Neely Edwards (born Cornelius Limbach; September 16, 1883 – July 10, 1965) was an American

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performer and film actor.

Biography

Edwards appeared in 174 films between 1915 and 1959. The first was as an unbilled player in a

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short. In the early 1920s Edwards and his vaudeville partner Edward Flanagan appeared as the "Hall Room Boys" in some of the earliest short films produced by Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales, which would develop into

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. Of his credited film appearances, about 140 are comedy short subjects, notably the "Nervy Ned" one-reelers made for

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from 1922 to 1924, in which he and

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played a couple of hoboes who typically get into slapstick trouble. His later career is marked by bit parts and character work. Edwards was married to actress Marguerite Snow. He was born in

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, and died in

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Vaudeville farces and skits

*"Off and On" - skit of stage life 1917The Independent - Volumes 37-38 1917 - Page 85 "One of the best liked teams in vaudeville is that of Ed. Flanagan and Neely Edwards, who will present their amusing skit of stage life entitled “Off and On.”

Partial filmography

* '' The Hungry Actors'' (1915) * '' You Never Can Tell'' (1920) * '' The Little Clown'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1921) * ''

The Green Temptation ''The Green Temptation'' is a lost 1922 American silent melodrama film directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring Betty Compson. It was written by Julia Crawford Ivers and Monte Katterjohn based upon the short story "The Noose" by Constan ...

'' (1922) * '' Made for Love'' (1926) * ''

Footloose Widows ''Footloose Widows'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Roy Del Ruth, and starring Louise Fazenda and Jacqueline Logan. Cast * Louise Fazenda as Flo * Jacqueline Logan as Marian * Jaso ...

'' (1926) * '' The Princess on Broadway'' (1927) * ''

Show Boat ''Show Boat'' is a musical theatre, musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 Show Boat (novel), novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the per ...

'' (1929) * ''

Gold Diggers of Broadway ''Gold Diggers of Broadway'' is a 1929 American sound ( All-Talking) pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Winnie Lightner and Nick Lucas. Distributed by Warner Bros., the film is the second all-talking, all-Techni ...

'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' Scarlet Pages'' (1930) * ''

Love, Honor, and Oh Baby! ''Love, Honor, and Oh Baby!'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film, starring Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, and George Barbier. A group of stars rounds out the rest of the cast that includes Donald Meek, Lucille Gleason and Varree Teasdal ...

'' (1933) * '' Strictly in the Groove'' (1942) * '' Hat Check Honey'' (1944) * '' Patrick the Great'' (1945)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Neely 1883 births 1965 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from Ohio American vaudeville performers 20th-century American male actors Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) People from Delphos, Ohio