Acting

Eddie Kane

Born August 11, 1889 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Died April 30, 1969 · aged 79

No biography available.

Known For

It's a Wonderful Life · 1946

It's a Wonderful Life

★ 8.31946

MovieDramaFamily

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

★ 7.81939

MovieComedyDrama

After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.

A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her attempts to find happiness with a handsome engineer.

An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.

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.

Double Trouble · 1941

Double Trouble

★ 10.01941

MovieComedy

Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers star in this 1941 Monogram comedy, about two bumbling brothers who take jobs at a New York food cannery and accidentally lose a valuable diamond inside a can of pork-and-beans.

Bathing Beauty · 1944

Bathing Beauty

★ 5.91944

MovieMusicComedy

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

★ 7.51936

MovieComedyDrama

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

Filmography

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It's a Wonderful Life · 1946

It's a Wonderful Life

★ 8.31946

MovieDramaFamily

Building & Loan Depositor (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

★ 7.81939

MovieComedyDrama

Reporter (uncredited)

A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her attempts to find happiness with a handsome engineer.

'Freddy' Friedman (uncredited)

Inspector's Assistant (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You · 1938

You Can't Take It with You

★ 7.51938

MovieComedyRomance

Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)

Double Trouble · 1941

Double Trouble

★ 10.01941

MovieComedy

Carney

Bathing Beauty · 1944

Bathing Beauty

★ 5.91944

MovieMusicComedy

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.

Captain of Waiters (uncredited)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

★ 7.51936

MovieComedyDrama

Brookfield (uncredited)

The Public Enemy · 1931

The Public Enemy

★ 7.21931

MovieCrimeDrama

Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.

Joe - Headwaiter (uncredited)

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

Wall Street Tycoon (uncredited)

Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.

J. Hanson

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.

Maitre d' (uncredited)

An idealistic young newspaper reporter crusades against organized crime.

Sam Grey

The Broadway Melody · 1929

The Broadway Melody

★ 5.11929

MovieMusicRomance

The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.

Francis Zanfield (uncredited)

State of the Union · 1948

State of the Union

★ 6.81948

MovieComedyDrama

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

Television Prompter (uncredited)

When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn't spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.

Eddie (uncredited)

Dirigible commander Jack Braden and Navy pilot 'Frisky' Pierce fight over the glory associated with a successful expedition to the South Pole and the love of beautiful Helen, Frisky's wife. After Braden's dirigible expedition fails, Frisky tries an expedition by plane. Unfortunately he crashes and strands his party at the South Pole. Braden must decide between a risky rescue attempt by dirigible and remaining safely at home with Helen.

Lakehurst Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Sailor Spike dates girls whose names he finds in an address book. Each girl has the same tatoo, placed there by another sailor Bill. When Spike meets Bill they become friends. In Calais Spike meets Goldie. Bill warns him against her, but Spike ignores the warning until he finds Bill's tatoo on Goldie as well.

Barker

A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York.

First Booking Agent

An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.

Reporter (uncredited)

A devoted wife helps her husband achieve success as a radio comic, but stardom comes at a price.

Eddie, Straight Man (Uncredited)

Dangerous Crossroads · 1933

Dangerous Crossroads

★ 6.51933

MovieActionCrime

A railroad detective is having a difficult time stopping or even slowing down a gang that is robbing the merchandise carried on the freight trains, with inside information. However, his son and his son's young friends notice something that helps the railway detective get on the right trail.

Herb Jackson

Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane, she kills him.

Frank (uncredited)

A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.

Robber (uncredited)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp · 1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

★ 6.81955

SeriesDramaWestern

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.

Bartender (uncredited)