Person
Edward McWade
Acting · 1865–1943 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Biography
Edward McWade was an American writer and stage and screen actor. He appeared in more than 132 films from 1919 to 1944, mostly in secondary roles. He also wrote 15 stage plays and silent film scenarios.
Known for
Arsenic and Old Lace
Gibbs
Jezebel
Second Director (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)
Zenobia
Minister
The Return of Frank James
Colonel Jackson
Satan Met a Lady
City Fathers Committee Member (uncredited)
Woman of the Year
Adolph (uncredited)
Naughty but Nice
Professor Trill (uncredited)
If You Could Only Cook
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Three Comrades
Ludwig, Pat’s majordomo (uncredited)
Filmography
- 1966Bat Men of AfricaGorn
- 1944Arsenic and Old LaceGibbs
- 1943Trifles That Win WarsBilliard Ball Tester (uncredited)
- 1943Don't You Believe ItWise Man
- 1943Crash DiveCrony
- 1943The Hard WayStage Doorman (Uncredited)
- 1942Famous BonersThomas Carlyle (uncredited)
- 1942Lady in a JamGround-Hog
- 1942The Lady Is WillingBoston Doorman (uncredited)
- 1942Woman of the YearAdolph (uncredited)
- 1941I Wake Up ScreamingOld man at library (uncredited)
- 1941Nothing but the TruthElderly Clerk (uncredited)
- 1940Chad HannaElias
- 1940A Dispatch from ReutersChemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)
- 1940Money and the WomanBank Customer Explaining 'NSF' (uncredited)
- 1940The Return of Frank JamesColonel Jackson
- 1940Brother OrchidAged Brother (uncredited)
- 1940Hot SteelCarlton
- 1940Teddy the Rough RiderRussell Alger, Secretary of War
- 1939Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the PresidentNeighbor
- 1939Our Neighbors - The CartersPop Hagen
- 1939Bad Little AngelTicket Seller at Station (uncredited)
- 1939Indianapolis SpeedwayTom Dugan
- 1939Naughty but NiceProfessor Trill (uncredited)
- 1939They Asked For It'Pi' Kelly
- 1939ZenobiaMinister
- 1938Comet Over BroadwayHarvey
- 1938Garden of the MoonPeter McGillicuddy
- 1938White BannersSloan
- 1938Three ComradesLudwig, Pat’s majordomo (uncredited)
- 1938JezebelSecond Director (uncredited)
- 1938The Patient in Room 18Frank Warren
- 1937Love and HissesTicket Seller
- 1937The Women Men MarryBrother Lamb
- 1937They Won't ForgetConfederate Soldier
- 1937She Had to EatStationmaster Tucker (uncredited)
- 1937The Case of the Stuttering BishopBishop Mallory
- 1937Let's Get MarriedTom
- 1936Laughing at TroubleHarvey
- 1936The Case of the Black CatKeene's Apartment Manager (uncredited)
- 1936Alibi for MurderWalter Emerson (Uncredited)
- 1936Satan Met a LadyCity Fathers Committee Member (uncredited)
- 1936The Big NoiseDouglas, the Gardener (uncredited)
- 1936F-ManMr. Whitney
- 1936I Married a DoctorPa Dawson
- 1936The Ex-Mrs. BradfordMinister in Film (uncredited)
- 1936The Country DoctorNewspaper Editor (uncredited)
- 1936King of the IslandsThe Princess' Father
- 1936Darkest AfricaGorn
- 1935If You Could Only CookJustice of the Peace (uncredited)
- 1935The Calling of Dan MatthewsLawyer Partington
- 1935Frisco KidTupper
- 1935Shipmates ForeverTailor (uncredited)
- 1935Here's to RomanceStage Doorman
- 1935The Goose and the GanderJustice of the Peace (uncredited)
- 1935Red SaluteBaldy
- 1935StrandedTim Powers
- 1935Oil for the Lamps of ChinaDan
- 1935The Girl from 10th AvenueArt Clerk
- 1935Mary Jane's PaChuck - the Old Timer
- 1935Life Begins at FortyDoctor
- 1934Murder in the CloudsClement Williams
- 1934Gentlemen Are BornPawnbroker
- 1934I Sell AnythingMr. Arden - Old Man (uncredited)
- 1934A Lost LadySimpson
- 1934One Exciting AdventureGrouchy Man
- 1934The Notorious Sophie LangJeweler (uncredited)
- 1934I'll Tell the WorldTrapper
- 1934Journal of a CrimeRigaud
- 1934The Meanest Gal in TownClark
- 1933Bureau of Missing PersonsTom - Dock Watchman (uncredited)
- 1933Murders in the ZooDan Baker (Uncredited)
- 1933Girl MissingHenry Gibson's Valet (Uncredited)
- 1932Lawyer ManMoyle (uncredited)
- 19326 Hours to LiveIvan
- 1932Big City BluesBaggage Master (uncredited)
- 1932Two SecondsThe Prison Doctor
- 1932The Crowd RoarsTom Beal the Counterman
- 1931The Big ShotUncle Ira
- 1925The MonsterLuke Watson
- 1923The Town ScandalAvery Crawford
- 1922The Strangers' BanquetHarriman
- 1922Deserted at the AltarThe Sheriff
- 1921Wing ToyWong
- 1920Stop ThiefMr. Carr
- 1920The Great AccidentWilliams
- 1920Dangerous DaysDr. Haverford
- 1920The Husband HunterCharles Mack
- 1919Hornet's NestWimms
- 1914Uncle Tom's CabinWriter
- 1913Thor, Lord of the JunglesWriter
- 1913The Flight of the CrowStory
- 1913The Devil and Tom WalkerStory
- 1913Juggling with FateWriter
- 1911Captain KateWriter
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