Biography

Edwin McKim was born on October 31, 1869 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and writer, known for A Bath Tub Mystery (1916), Oliver Twist (1912) and Should a Woman Divorce? (1914). He was married to Anna Lehr. He died on March 31, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Father of Ann Dvorak. He separated from Dvorak's mother, Anna Lehr in 1919, and was finally reunited with his daughter in August, 1934. At the time, he had been out of films for several years, working in business in Philadelphia under the name Samuel McKim.

Ann was not reunited with her father until August 1934. She and husband Leslie Fenton met him at the train station in Pasadena, along with a lot of press photographers. The reunion seemed to be a successful one, and Ann remained in contact with McKim until his death in 1942.

He was an actor and director of American silent films. He had directed films for Lubin Manufacturing Company, among other companies.

McKim was the father of actress Ann Dvorak, born during his marriage to silent film actress Anna Lehr. After Lehr and McKim divorced around 1921, Dvorak did not see McKim for 14 years, finally locating him after she began a public search.