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Edmund Mortimer (actor)
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Edmund Mortimer (born Edmund Mortimer Olson;[1] August 21, 1874 – May 21, 1944) was an American actor and film director.
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Early years
[edit]Mortimer's family was "prominent socially in Brooklyn and Washington".[1] His father (also named Edmund Mortimer Olson) was a captain in the U. S. Navy. As a boy, Mortimer sang in church choirs and participated in other musical activities in Brooklyn. His military service included membership; in the Second Naval Battalion and in Company C, 23rd Regiment.[1]
Career
[edit]Mortimer began acting on stage in 1904 and went on to perform with several theatrical companies.[1] He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1945. He also directed 23 films between 1918 and 1928,[citation needed] including The Arizona Romeo (1925).[2]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Neptune's Daughter (1914)
- The Road Through the Dark (1918)
- The Savage Woman (1918)
- The Misfit Wife (1920)
- Alias Jimmy Valentine (1920, director)
- Railroaded (1923)
- The Wolf Man (1924)
- That French Lady (1924)
- A Man's Mate (1924, director)
- The Desert Outlaw (1924, director)
- Scandal Proof (1925)
- The Prairie Pirate (1925)
- The Man from Red Gulch (1925)
- Satan Town (1926)
- A Woman's Way (1928, director)
- Kiki (1931)
- Freshman Love (1936)
- 52nd Street (1937)
- At The Circus (1939)
- A Chump at Oxford (1940)
- Too Many Blondes (1941)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Gossip of the Stage". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 11, 1907. p. 28. Retrieved October 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rialto Books Two Westgerns for This Week". Nashville Banner. June 28, 1925. p. 41. Retrieved October 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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