- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAlbert Edward Sutherland
- Nickname
- Eddie
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- British-born A. Edward ("Eddie") Sutherland started in vaudeville and acted in films from 1914 at Keystone (he was one of the original Keystone Cops). He became a director in 1925, first with Paramount (1925-31), then at United Artists (1931-32), again with Paramount (1933, 1935-37), then Universal (1940-41) and RKO (1942). He hit his stride in the 1930s and 1940s with a string of well-received comedies starring Laurel & Hardy and W.C. Fields, but his Abie's Irish Rose (1946), an adaptation of the often-filmed stage play, which he also produced, was such a critical and financial disaster that he could not find work as a director in Hollywood again. In the 1950s he went to Britain and ended his career directing episodic television.
- IMDb mini biography by: A. Nonymous
- SpousesEdwina Blanche (Robinson) Kinsley(1944 - December 31, 1973) (his death)Audree Henderson(January 8, 1933 - December 11, 1935) (divorced)Ethel Kenyon(February 6, 1930 - April 15, 1931) (divorced)Louise Brooks(July 21, 1926 - June 20, 1928) (divorced)Marjorie Daw(April 20, 1923 - 1925) (divorced)
- Was an invaluable source for film historians Kevin Brownlow and Garson Kanin.
- While some directors who worked with W.C. Fields came to despise him, Sutherland got along famously with him and became a lifelong friend.
- Was reported to have said of Stan Laurel that he would sooner direct a tarantula.
- His father Al Sutherland was a theatrical manager and producer and mother Julie Ring a vaudeville headliner. His great-grandfather J. H. Ring was a prominent English playwright, his aunt Blanche Ring a major American stage star, and his uncle Thomas Meighan a popular film actor.
- Was one of the original Keystone Cops.
- [on the reputation of his friend Jack Pickford for drinking and womanizing] What do you expect from a guy with the biggest thirst and the biggest joint in town? Join a monastery?
- The Hazards of Helen (1914) - $15 /week
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