| Eddie Sturgis | |
|---|---|
 Lobby card with Sturgis (right) in Madame Jealousy (1918) | |
| Born | Josef Edwin Sturgis (1881-10-22)October 22, 1881 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Died | December 13, 1947(1947-12-13) (aged 66) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1916–1938 |
Eddie Sturgis (1881–1947), also known as Edwin Sturgis, Ed Sturgis, or Edward Sturgis, was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras.
Biography
Born in Washington, D.C., his acting career began in the 1916 film The Lost Bridegroom, which starred John Barrymore. In his twenty-three year career, he appeared in over fifty films, mostly in supporting or smaller roles. His final performance would be in the 1939 Joe E. Brown vehicle, Beware, Spooks!, in a minor role. Sturgis died on December 13, 1947, in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
(Per AFI database)
- The Rainbow Princess (1916)
- The Lost Bridegroom (1916)
- The Moment Before (1916)
- Destiny's Toy (1916)
- A Case at Law (1917)
- A Girl Like That (1917)
- Heart's Desire (1917)
- Cassidy (1917)
- At First Sight (1917)
- We Should Worry (1918)
- Doing Their Bit (1918)
- Just for Tonight (1918)
- Madame Jealousy (1918)
- Peck's Bad Girl (1918)
- The Racing Strain (1918)
- The Bondage of Barbara (1919)
- Miss Crusoe (1919)
- One of the Finest (1919)
- The Peace of Roaring River (1919)
- A Man and His Money (1919)
- The Dark Star (1919)
- The Oakdale Affair (1919)
- The Deep Purple (1920)
- Man and Woman (1920)
- Legally Dead (1923)
- Ponjola (1923)
- Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925)
- The Blackbird (1926)
- Hard Boiled (1926)
- The Road to Mandalay (1926)
- The Show (1927)
- Let It Rain (1927)
- Wolf's Clothing (1927)
- After Midnight (1927)
- The Big City (1928)
- Fazil (1928)
- Shadows of the Night (1928)
- Square Crooks (1928)
- Outside the Law (1930)
- Shooting Straight (1930)
- The Squealer (1930)
- Sob Sister (1931)
- The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
- Young America (1932)
- King Kong (1933)
- Broadway Bill (1934)
- Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
- Springtime for Henry (1934)
- Hell Bent for Love (1934)
- Here Comes the Groom (1934)
- Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
- Bad Boy (1935)
- Frisco Kid (1935)
- Red Hot Tires (1935)
- Mississippi (1935)
- Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)
- Stolen Harmony (1935)
- The Jungle Princess (1936)
- Riffraff (1936)
- Hell-Ship Morgan (1936)
- Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936)
- Beware Spooks! (1939)
References
- "The Lost Bridegroom". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- "Beware, Spooks!". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- "Eddie Sturgis". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- "Edwin Sturgis". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- "Edward Sturgis". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- "Edward Sturgis". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 24, 2014.