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Edmund Burns(1892-1980)

  • Actor
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Edmund Burns
Edmund Burns was born on 27 September 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Male and Female (1919), The Shamrock and the Rose (1927) and Ransom (1928). He was married to Ruth Curry. He died on 2 April 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornSeptember 27, 1892
DiedApril 2, 1980(87)
BornSeptember 27, 1892
DiedApril 2, 1980(87)
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Known for

Gloria Swanson in Male and Female (1919)
Male and Female
7.0
  • Treherne
  • 1919
The Shamrock and the Rose (1927)
The Shamrock and the Rose
6.8
  • Tom Kelly
  • 1927
Ransom
5.1
  • Burton Meredith
  • 1928
George A. Billings in The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
5.5
  • John McNeil(as Eddie Burns)
  • 1924

Credits

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Actor

  • Murder with Pictures (1936)
    Murder with Pictures
    5.7
    • Reporter (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
    Hollywood Boulevard
    6.3
    • Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas in She Married Her Boss (1935)
    She Married Her Boss
    6.5
    • Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Grace Moore in Love Me Forever (1935)
    Love Me Forever
    5.9
    • Polo Player (scenes deleted)
    • 1935
  • Mary Boland, Leila Hyams, Dean Jagger, and Charles Ruggles in People Will Talk (1935)
    People Will Talk
    6.5
    • Douglas Mahoney (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Myrna Loy and Warner Baxter in Broadway Bill (1934)
    Broadway Bill
    6.6
    • (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Tala Birell, Walter Catlett, Walter Connolly, Leon Errol, Wynne Gibson, John Gilbert, Fred Keating, Victor McLaglen, Alison Skipworth, and Helen Vinson in The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
    The Captain Hates the Sea
    6.4
    • Assistant Jeweler (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Claudette Colbert, Henry Wilcoxon, and Warren William in Cleopatra (1934)
    Cleopatra
    6.8
    • Roman (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Grace Moore in One Night of Love (1934)
    One Night of Love
    5.6
    • Undetermined Role (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Robert Young, Walter Connolly, and Doris Kenyon in Whom the Gods Destroy (1934)
    Whom the Gods Destroy
    7.1
    • Forrester Associate (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Ann Sothern in The Hell Cat (1934)
    The Hell Cat
    6.8
    • Minor Role (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Once to Every Woman (1934)
    Once to Every Woman
    6.5
    • Interne (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night (1934)
    It Happened One Night
    8.1
    • Best Man at Wedding (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • William Bakewell and Barbara Weeks in The Quitter (1934)
    The Quitter
    5.3
    • 1934
  • Baby LeRoy and Dorothea Wieck in Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)
    Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
    6.6
    • Friend of Miss Fane (uncredited)
    • 1934

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Eddie Burns
  • Height
    • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
  • Born
    • September 27, 1892
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • April 2, 1980
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Ruth CurrySeptember 25, 1934 - ?
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Silent screen actor who began in films as an extra in D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" (1915). Under contract at United Artists, he graduated to featured roles by the 1920's. By the time sound films arrived, he had slipped back into uncredited bit parts.

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