Acting

Edwin Stanley

Born November 22, 1880 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died December 25, 1944 · aged 64

No biography available.

Known For

Shadow of a Doubt · 1943

Shadow of a Doubt

★ 7.51943

MovieThrillerMystery

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

This Gun for Hire · 1942

This Gun for Hire

★ 7.01942

MovieCrimeThriller

Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.

Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.

Filmography

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Shadow of a Doubt · 1943

Shadow of a Doubt

★ 7.51943

MovieThrillerMystery

Mr. Green (uncredited)

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

Ferguson

This Gun for Hire · 1942

This Gun for Hire

★ 7.01942

MovieCrimeThriller

Police Captain at Train Station (uncredited)

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)

Editor (uncredited)

Businessman at Financiers' Meeting

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.

Bank President McInnes (uncredited)

Stock Exchange Official (uncredited)

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.

Clerk (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You · 1938

You Can't Take It with You

★ 7.51938

MovieComedyRomance

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

Executive (uncredited)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante · 1940

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

★ 5.71940

MovieComedyFamily

Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.

Judge (uncredited)

Murders in the Zoo · 1933

Murders in the Zoo

★ 5.91933

MovieCrimeHorror

Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York City zoo suggests a fundraising gala, Gorman sees a prime opportunity to dispatch the dashing Roger and anyone else who might cross him.

Doctor (Uncredited)

Confessions of a Nazi Spy · 1939

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

★ 6.11939

MovieDramaWar

FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

U.S. Official (uncredited)

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

Phillips (uncredited)

The Daring Young Man · 1935

The Daring Young Man

★ 10.01935

MovieComedy

The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and heroine give in to the inevitable and fall in love. But as Martha waits at the altar in her wedding gown, McLane is off on another crusade, this time getting himself arrested to expose corruption within the prison system.

Assistant Editor

Too Busy to Work · 1939

Too Busy to Work

★ 10.01939

MovieComedy

The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their household chores.

Frazier

Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia realizes, the truth was less romantic, and ill-starred.

Dignitary on Podium

Too Hot to Handle · 1938

Too Hot to Handle

★ 6.11938

MovieComedyAdventure

While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he manages to hire her as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America, her opinion of him begins to change.

Second Advertising Man (uncredited)

Lady of the Tropics · 1939

Lady of the Tropics

★ 6.51939

MovieRomanceDrama

American playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier to their happiness.

Mr. Hype

The Man Who Came to Dinner · 1941

The Man Who Came to Dinner

★ 7.01941

MovieComedy

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.

John

A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.

Joe, the Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)

Christmas Holiday · 1944

Christmas Holiday

★ 6.51944

MovieCrimeDrama

A young femme fatale realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.

Room Clerk (uncredited)

Fingers at the Window · 1942

Fingers at the Window

★ 5.71942

MovieMysteryThriller

In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.

Second Partner (uncredited)