Edmund Mortimer (born Edmund Mortimer Olson;
August 21, 1874 – May 21, 1944) was an American actor and
film director
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.
Early years
Mortimer's family was "prominent socially in Brooklyn and Washington".
His father (also named Edmund Mortimer Olson) was a captain in the U. S. Navy. As a boy, Mortimer sang in church choirs and participated in other musical activities in Brooklyn. His military service included membership; in the Second Naval Battalion and in Company C, 23rd Regiment.
Career
Mortimer began acting on stage in 1904 and went on to perform with several theatrical companies.
He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1945. He also directed 23 films between 1918 and 1928, including ''The Arizona Romeo'' (1925).
Selected filmography
* ''
Neptune's Daughter'' (1914)
* ''
The Road Through the Dark'' (1918)
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The Savage Woman'' (1918)
* ''
The Misfit Wife'' (1920)
* ''
Alias Jimmy Valentine'' (1920, director)
* ''
Railroaded'' (1923)
* ''
The Wolf Man'' (1924)
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That French Lady'' (1924)
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A Man's Mate'' (1924, director)
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The Desert Outlaw
''The Desert Outlaw'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Edmund Mortimer and starring Evelyn Brent. Prints of the film survive in the Czech Film Archive.
Cast
* Buck Jones as Sam Langdon
* Evelyn Brent as May Halloway
* DeWit ...
'' (1924, director)
* ''
Scandal Proof'' (1925)
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The Prairie Pirate'' (1925)
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The Man from Red Gulch
''The Man from Red Gulch'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Edmund Mortimer and featuring Harry Carey.
Plot
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'' (1925)
* ''
Satan Town'' (1926)
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A Woman's Way'' (1928, director)
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Kiki'' (1931)
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Freshman Love
''Freshman Love'' is a 1936 American musical comedy film based on George Ade's oft filmed 1904 play '' The College Widow'', adaptations of which were filmed twice previously, in 1915 and 1927, and parodied by the Marx Brothers in their 1932 fil ...
'' (1936)
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52nd Street'' (1937)
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At The Circus
''At the Circus'' is a 1939 comedy film starring the Marx Brothers ( Groucho, Harpo and Chico) released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in which they help save a circus from bankruptcy. The film contains Groucho Marx's classic rendition of " Lydia the ...
'' (1939)
* ''
A Chump at Oxford
''A Chump at Oxford'' is a Hal Roach comedy film produced in 1939 and released in 1940 by United Artists. It was directed by Alfred J. Goulding and is the penultimate Laurel and Hardy film made at the Roach studio. The title echoes the film '' ...
'' (1940)
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Too Many Blondes'' (1941)
References
External links
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1874 births
1944 deaths
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
20th-century American male actors
Film directors from New York City
Male actors from New York (state)
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