Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 26, 1895
Died
May 27, 1960
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
140 titles
Edward Brophy
Biography
Edward Brophy was an American character actor, voice artist, and comedian. Small of build, balding, and raucous-voiced, he frequently portrayed dumb cops and gangsters, both serious and comic. He is best remembered for his roles in the Falcon film series and for voicing Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo. His screen debut was in Yes or No. He appeared in The Champ, Freaks, The Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home (1944). He also made several appearances in the films of director John Ford.
Known For
Filmography
The Slowest Gun in the West
The Bartender
The Last Hurrah
Ditto Boland
Bundle of Joy
Dance Contest Judge
The Millionaire
Preliminary Feeney
Mr. & Mrs. North
Pier 23
Prof. Shicker
Roaring City
'Professor' Fredrick Simpson Schicka
Danger Zone
Prof. Frederick Simpson Schicker
Arson, Inc.
Pete Purdy
The Price of Freedom
Man in restaurant (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton
Renegade Girl
Bob Crandall
The Falcon's Adventure
Goldie Locke
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Arty
Swing Parade of 1946
Moose
Girl on the Spot
Fingers Foley
The Falcon in San Francisco
Goldie Locke
Penthouse Rhythm
Bailey
Wonder Man
Torso
I'll Remember April
Shadow
See My Lawyer
Otis Fillmore
The Thin Man Goes Home
Brogan
A Night of Adventure
Steve
It Happened Tomorrow
Jake Shomberg
Cover Girl
Joe, bartender (uncredited)
A Scream in the Dark
Eddie Tough
Destroyer
Engineer Casey
Air Force
Marine Sgt. J.J. Callahan
Lady Bodyguard
Harry Gargan
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
Madame Spy
Mike Reese
Broadway
Porky
Larceny, Inc.
Weepy Davis
All Through the Night
Joe Denning
Steel Against the Sky
Pete Evans
Dumbo
Timothy Q. Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
The Gay Falcon
Detective Bates
Buy Me That Town
Ziggy
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Officer Slattery
A Dangerous Game
Bugsy (misspelled Bugs in on-screen credits)
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Hinkle
Thieves Fall Out
Rork
Sleepers West
George Trautwein
The Invisible Woman
Bill
Sandy Gets Her Man
Fireman Junior
Dance, Girl, Dance
Dwarfie
The Great Profile
Sylvester
Golden Gloves
Potsy Brill
Alias the Deacon
Stuffy
Calling Philo Vance
Ryan