Acting

Edward Cecil

Born September 12, 1878 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died December 13, 1940 · aged 62

No biography available.

Known For

The Phantom of the OperaThe Phantom of the Opera · 1925
The Phantom of the Opera
★ 7.11925
MovieHorror
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
The Defense RestsThe Defense Rests · 1934
The Defense Rests
★ 7.11934
MovieDramaCrime
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
Third Finger, Left HandThird Finger, Left Hand · 1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
★ 7.01940
MovieComedy
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
The Girl Who Came BackThe Girl Who Came Back · 1935
The Girl Who Came Back
★ 6.01935
MovieCrimeDrama
A counterfeiter gives up her life of crime and goes straight. She gets a job in a bank, but the members of her former gang hear about it and try to blackmail her into helping them rob the bank.
Secrets of the NightSecrets of the Night · 1924
Secrets of the Night
★ 6.71924
MovieDramaMystery
At a lavish house party, bank president Robert Andrews stages his own “murder” to distract a visiting bank examiner from uncovering a shortage, setting off a whodunit where nearly everyone has a motive. The investigation spirals until Andrews is found alive and admits the frame-up—after the deficit is repaid. A silent black-and-white Universal mystery-melodrama-comedy directed by Herbert Blaché; long thought lost, a print resurfaced in 2017.
Public Deb No. 1Public Deb No. 1 · 1940
Public Deb No. 1
★ 4.91940
MovieComedy
When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his company.
WhirlpoolWhirlpool · 1934
Whirlpool
★ 6.41934
MovieCrimeDrama
An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.
The Captain of the Grey Horse TroopThe Captain of the Grey Horse Troop · 1917
The Captain of the Grey Horse Troop
1917
MovieDramaWestern
Captain George Curtis is sent from Washington, D.C. to improve conditions on an Indian reservation. After ousting a prejudiced government agent, George earns both the allegiance of the Indians and the hostility of neighboring cattlemen, who hope to appropriate the reservation through political corruption.

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Love TimeLove Time · 1934
Love Time
★ 10.01934
MovieDramaRomance
Newly arrived in the nineteenth century court of Emperor Francis 1st of Austria Countess Valerie happens to overhear a young pianist and advises him to play with more feeling, for he is playing a piece by Franz Schubert, her favorite composer. Unknown to Valerie, the man is Schubert, and he playfully keeps his identity a secret. Valerie visits Franz the next day, and he teaches her to play the violin part of a new song he has written, and she hopes for romance though he still longs for his lost love Caroline. But as a week passes, he forgets Caroline and returns Valerie's affections. When Franz is evicted, there is much tumult, but he is finally called to court where his music is celebrated, and Valerie and he are reunited.

Lackey (uncredited)