Edward Joseph McNamara (19 September 1894 – February 1928) was an Australian vaudevillian who made a career on stage in Australia, the United States, and in Hollywood silent films before dying suddenly in 1928. At various times he has credited as Ted McNamara, Teddy McNamara, and Teddie McNamara.

Biography

McNamara was born in Melbourne, Australia. As a juvenile, he appeared on stage in numerous productions while travelling Australia and New Zealand, with great acclaim. In 1905, he joined a long tour by

Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company was series of professional children's troupes, first established in Launceston, Tasmania, in May 1880. Established by James Joseph Pollard, over the next thirty years several members of the Pollard family operate ...

through Japan, China, Canada and the US, the company achieving considerable renown. He married former company member and Australian actress Phyllis Hill in Canada in 1913, while both were underage. She returned to Australia in 1915, obtaining a divorce nine years later, in 1926, on the grounds of desertion. There was one child of the union. McNamara continued to perform in North America, including on Broadway through 1922–1924. In 1926,

Raoul Walsh Raoul Walsh (born Albert Edward Walsh; March 11, 1887December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh. He w ...

teamed him with fellow comedian Sammy Cohen for supporting character roles in the war film '' What Price Glory?'' As a comedy duo, McNamara and Cohen would appear together in several films. He died of pneumonia in early 1928. Many of the former Pollard's performers living in Hollywood attended the funeral, including Alf Goulding,

Billy Bevan Billy Bevan (born William Bevan Harris, 29 September 1887 – 26 November 1957) was an Australian-born vaudevillian, who became an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 American films between 1916 and 1950. Career Bevan was b ...

, Snub Pollard, and Daphne Pollard.COMEDIAN'S DEATH
''The Daily News'' (Perth), Fri 23 Mar 1928, Page 11, Accessed 23 December 2016 He had remarried by this time.

Filmography

* '' Shore Leave ''(1925) * '' What Price Glory?'' (1926) (with Sammy Cohen) * '' The Monkey Talks'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1927) * ''

Rich But Honest ''Rich But Honest'' is a 1927 American silent comedy-drama film, written by Randall H. Faye and directed by Albert Ray and Horace Hough. The film was released on May 22, 1927 by Fox Film Corporation, starring Nancy Nash, John Holland, Char ...

'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1927) (with Sammy Cohen) * '' Chain Lightning'' (1927) * ''

The Gay Retreat ''The Gay Retreat'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Gene Cameron, Betty Francisco, Judy King, Sammy Cohen, Jerry Madden, and Holmes Herbert. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on Sept ...

'' (1927) (with Sammy Cohen) * '' The Gateway of the Moon'' (1928) * '' Mother Machree'' (1928) * '' Why Sailors Go Wrong'' (1928) (with Sammy Cohen)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McNamara, Ted 1894 births 1928 deaths Australian male film actors Male actors from Melbourne 20th-century Australian male actors Deaths from pneumonia in California Australian emigrants to the United States