Acting

Eddie Collins

Born January 29, 1883 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Died September 2, 1940 · aged 57

He began working in vaudeville in 1935 and was discovered in burlesque. He appeared in dozens of films. Eddie Collins played Dopey in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Dopey is the only dwarf who does not have a beard. He is clumsy and mute, with Happy explaining that he has simply "never tried" to speak. In the movie's trailer, Walt Disney describes Dopey as "nice, but sort of silly". In the Di…

Known For

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs · 1938

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

MovieFantasyAnimation

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.

The Return of Frank James

The Return of Frank James · 1940

The Return of Frank James

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

Young Mr. Lincoln

Young Mr. Lincoln · 1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

MovieDramaHistory

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.

Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk · 1939

Drums Along the Mohawk

MovieDramaHistory

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago · 1938

MovieDramaHistory

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird · 1940

MovieFamilyFantasy

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

Little Miss Broadway

Little Miss Broadway · 1938

Little Miss Broadway

MovieDramaFamily

An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.

Sally, Irene and Mary

Sally, Irene and Mary · 1938

Sally, Irene and Mary

MovieComedyRomance

Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry boat, they turn it into a successful supper club.

Filmography

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs · 1938

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

MovieFantasyAnimation

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.

Dopey / Chipmunk and Squirrel Sneezes (voice) (uncredited)

The Return of Frank James

The Return of Frank James · 1940

The Return of Frank James

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

Station Agent

Young Mr. Lincoln

Young Mr. Lincoln · 1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

MovieDramaHistory

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.

Efe Turner

Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk · 1939

Drums Along the Mohawk

MovieDramaHistory

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.

Christian Reall

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago · 1938

MovieDramaHistory

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

Drunk

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird · 1940

MovieFamilyFantasy

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

Tylo

Little Miss Broadway

Little Miss Broadway · 1938

Little Miss Broadway

MovieDramaFamily

An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.

Band Member

Sally, Irene and Mary

Sally, Irene and Mary · 1938

Sally, Irene and Mary

MovieComedyRomance

Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry boat, they turn it into a successful supper club.

Ship's Captain

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

Charlie Chan in Honolulu · 1938

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

MovieMysteryCrime

While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.

Al Hogan

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Alexander's Ragtime Band · 1938

Alexander's Ragtime Band

MovieMusicDrama

Classical violinist Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a solo star. When the World War separates them in 1917, Stella marries Roger's best friend and, when Roger returns home after the war, an important concert at Carnegie Hall brings the corners of the romantic triangle together.

Corporal Collins

Charlie Chan in Reno

Charlie Chan in Reno · 1939

Charlie Chan in Reno

MovieMysteryThriller

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.

Cab Driver

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence · 1939

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.

Bill - Counterman

Diamond Jim

Diamond Jim · 1935

A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.

Bicycle Act

Kentucky Moonshine

Kentucky Moonshine · 1938

Kentucky Moonshine

MovieComedyRomance

The Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.

'Spats' Swanson

Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade · 1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

MovieComedyDrama

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.

Keystone Cop Driver

Down on the Farm

Down on the Farm · 1938

Down on the Farm

Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.

Cyrus Sampson

News Is Made at Night

News Is Made at Night · 1939

News Is Made at Night

MovieActionComedy

Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.

Billiard

Quick Millions

Quick Millions · 1939

In Hollywood the Jones family runs into crooks who convince them they have inherited a gold mine at the Grand Canyon.

Henry 'Beaver' Howard

Stop, Look and Love

Stop, Look and Love · 1939

Stop, Look and Love

Daughter has trouble holding onto boyfriends because of her critical mother until understanding father comes to her aid.

Dinty

Souvenir

Souvenir · 1994

MovieComedyRomance

Yoshio, a young Japanese loner travelling through Europe, falls for a flight attendant en route to Barcelona. After a mix-up, Yoshio's red suitcase ends up in the hands of his new crush.

Metge Hospital

Always in Trouble

Always in Trouble · 1938

Always in Trouble

Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into society by his wife.

Uncle Ed Mulligan

Penrod and His Twin Brother

Penrod and His Twin Brother · 1938

Penrod and His Twin Brother

Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodney.

Captain

Josette

Josette · 1938

MovieComedyCrime

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.

Customs Inspector (uncredited)

Up the River

Up the River · 1938

A group of prison inmates pass the time playing football and romancing ladies in this prison escape crime musical screwball comedy that was apparently a wacky spoof of the crime movies that were so popular in the 1930s. It seems to be completely forgotten today, except by major film buffs.

Fisheye Conroy