Personal Info
Birth date
1884-05-28 (141 Years)
Day of death
1959-10-12
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Edward Kelley
Edward Kean
Eddie Keane
Edmund Keane
Ed Keane
Edward Keene
Edward Keane
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edward Keane (May 28, 1884 – October 12, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1921 and 1955.
Filmography
It's a Wonderful Life
8.271
Overview:
A holiday favourite for generations... 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.Scarlet Street
7.578
Overview:
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.Roll on Texas Moon
6
Overview:
To get the Delaney ranch Cole's henchman Anders has started a phony range war between the cattlemen and sheepmen. After killing Delaney, he tries to kill his daughter Jill and then Roy who was sent to investigate the war. But the failed attempts gives Roy the information he needs.You Can't Take It with You
7.5
Overview:
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.Sergeant York
7.189
Overview:
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.They Died with Their Boots On
6.612
Overview:
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.Madame Bovary
6.769
Overview:
A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
7.539
Overview:
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.The Baron of Arizona
6.719
Overview:
The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical evidence that makes a foundling girl the Baroness of Arizona. Reavis marries the girl and presses his claim to the entire Arizona territory.Angel on My Shoulder
6.4
Overview:
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.A Night at the Opera
7.4
Overview:
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.The Roaring Twenties
7.494
Overview:
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.Housewife
7.7
Overview:
Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful commercial for the client and neats up their old romance. Wife and girlfriend struggle over Bill.The Son of Monte Cristo
5.636
Overview:
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to come to the aid of the Duchess.Union Pacific
6.5
Overview:
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?Heroes in Blue
4
Overview:
Family heartbreak: A dedicated New York City policeman raises two sons, one following in his dad's footsteps as a cop while the other turns to crime and is arrested for murder.The Song of Bernadette
6.992
Overview:
In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the Virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think she is nuts, and do their best to suppress the girl and her followers, and the church wants nothing to do with the whole matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the the town, and transforms their lives.'G' Men
6.563
Overview:
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.Voodoo Man
5
Overview:
A mad doctor (Bela Lugosi) and his helpers (John Carradine, George Zucco) lure girls to his lab for brain work, to help his wife.Gold Is Where You Find It
6.9
Overview:
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.The Devil-Doll
6.8
Overview:
Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When the scientist dies during the escape, Lavond heads for his lab, using the shrinking technology to get even with those who framed him and vindicate himself in both the public eye and the eyes of his daughter, Lorraine. When an accident leaves a crazed assistant dead, however, Lavond must again make an escape.Who Done It?
6.975
Overview:
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.Kentucky
5.833
Overview:
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.Marie Antoinette
6.6
Overview:
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.The Sun Never Sets
4.8
Overview:
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompanied by his wife Helen. He discovers his younger brother John, is not keen on following in his footsteps. John is then persuaded to try colonial service by his grandfather. He is accompanied by Clive who has been sent to investigate the source of a series of radio broadcasts that are sewing unrest throughout the world. These may be linked to Hugo Zurof, a man plotting to rule the world.Dangerous
6.7
Overview:
Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. He asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play.Wells Fargo
5.2
Overview:
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.The Invisible Menace
4.1
Overview:
Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of Army Intelligence arrives to take over the case. The prime suspect, Jevries, is well-known to Rogers, who sets out to get a confession from Jevries even though there are plenty of other suspects.Mr. Moto in Danger Island
6.7
Overview:
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.Acting
1959The Big Boss as Unknown
1950Twilight in the Sierras as Judge Wiggins
1950The Invisible Monster as Warren Madison
1950The Good Humor Man as Doctor (uncredited)
1950The Baron of Arizona as Surveyor General Miller
1949Madame Bovary as Presiding Judge (uncredited)
1949It Happens Every Spring as Jack Bell (uncredited)
1949Hellfire as Unknown
1947The Judge Steps Out as Judge (uncredited)
1947Roses Are Red as Jim Locke
1947The Invisible Wall as Marty Floyd
1947Key Witness as Police Chief Crandall (uncredited)
1947The Hat Box Mystery as District Attorney
1947Undercover Maisie as Police Chief (Uncredited)
1947Trail to San Antone as Sheriff Jones
1946It's a Wonderful Life as Tom (Bldg. & Loan)
1946Out California Way as E.J. Pearson
1946Sister Kenny as Reporter (uncredited)
1946Angel on My Shoulder as Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)
1946Roll on Texas Moon as Frank B. Wilson
1946If I'm Lucky as Golfer (uncredited)
1946Night Editor as Police Chief Burns (Uncredited)
1945Scarlet Street as Detective (uncredited)
1945Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion as Doctor
1945Fashion Model as Jacques Duval
1944Rogues' Gallery as Gentry
1944One Mysterious Night as Police Commissioner Howard (Uncredited)
1944Haunted Harbor as Fredrick Vorhees [Ch. 1]
1944When Strangers Marry as Middle-Aged Man
1944A Fig Leaf for Eve as Horace Sardham
1944South of Dixie as Mr. Platt
1944The Lady and the Monster as Mr. Manning, Bank Official (Uncredited)
1944Voodoo Man as (scenes deleted/never filmed) (uncredited)
1943California Joe as Governor Glynn
1943The Song of Bernadette as Policeman (uncredited)
1943I Escaped from the Gestapo as Domack
1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Stiles (uncredited)
1943Mission to Moscow as Isolationist (uncredited)
1943A Stranger in Town as Blaxton's Lawyer
1943Let's Have Fun as James Bradley
1943The Adventures of Smilin' Jack as Hon. George Hill [Chs. 8-12]
1942The Traitor Within as Davis
1942Who Done It? as Man in drug store touting Juliet (uncredited)
1942Who Is Hope Schuyler? as Judge
1942Kid Glove Killer as Forsythe - Second Politician (uncredited)
1942Man With Two Lives as Dr. Richard Clark
1941They Died with Their Boots On as Congressman (uncredited)
1941Sea Raiders as Elliott Carlton
1941Sergeant York as Oscar of the Waldorf (uncredited)
1941Riders of the Timberline as Preston Yates
1941Harmon of Michigan as City Editor
1941Double Cross as Commissioner Bob Trent (as Edmund Keane)
1941Her First Beau as Mr. Wharton
1941South of Panama as Colonel Stoddard
1940The Son of Monte Cristo as Turnkey
1940A Dispatch from Reuters as Reporter (uncredited)
1940City for Conquest as Gaul
1940Money and the Woman as Mr. Kaiser
1940The Golden Fleecing as Barney aka Derby Hat (uncredited)
1940Winners of the West as John Hartford
1940A Fugitive from Justice as Partridge
1940Edison, the Man as Lecturer
1940'Til We Meet Again as Ship Officer (uncredited)
1940And One Was Beautiful as Prosecuting Attorney
1940Virginia City as Officer (uncredited)
1940Midnight Limited as Captain Harrigan
1940Charlie Chan in Panama as Dr. Fredericks
1940I Take This Woman as Dr. Harrison (uncredited)
1940Hidden Enemy as Newspaper Editor
1940The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Warden
1940The Green Hornet as Williams (uncredited)
1939Heroes in Blue as Moran
1939The Roaring Twenties as Henderson
1939The Escape as Captain of Detectives
1939Angels Wash Their Faces as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
1939When Tomorrow Comes as Man Announcing End of Strike (uncredited)
1939Chicken Wagon Family as Bank Manager
1939The Sun Never Sets as DNXY Radio Operator
1939My Wife's Relatives as Jarvis
1939Ex-Champ as Clerk
1939Confessions of a Nazi Spy as FBI Agent (uncredited)
1939Union Pacific as Man (uncredited)
1939Frontier Pony Express as Senator Calhoun Lassister
1939Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Washington Official
1939The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Banker at Demo
1939Three Smart Girls Grow Up as Stock Broker
1939Wings of the Navy as Psychology Examiner
1939Devil's Island as Dr. Duval
1939Stand Up and Fight as Donnelly
1938Kentucky as Man at Race Track
1938I Demand Payment as District Attorney
1938Nancy Drew… Detective as Adam Thorne
1938Torchy Gets Her Man as Henchman Stoneham (uncredited)
1938Girls on Probation as Bob Brian
1938Shadows Over Shanghai as American Consul
1938Slander House as George Horton
1938You Can't Take It with You as Board Member (uncredited)
1938Marie Antoinette as General (uncredited)
1938Border G-Man as Colonel Christie
1938Josette as Doorman (uncredited)
1938The Face Behind the Mask as Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited)
1938Love on a Budget as Bank Manager
1938Gold Is Where You Find It as San Francisco Bar Patron (uncredited)
1938International Settlement as Captain
1938The Invisible Menace as Officer at Dolman's Hearing
1938The Dummy Owner as Unknown
1937Wells Fargo as Salmon P. Chase - Secretary of the Treasury
1937You're a Sweetheart as Backstage Reporter (uncredited)
1937Missing Witnesses as District Attorney (uncredited)
1937Hollywood Round-Up as Lew Wallace
1937The Firefly as French Chief of Staff (uncredited)
1937Alcatraz Island as Crandall (uncredited)
1937Madame X as Gendarme at Villa
1937Dangerously Yours as Bronson
1937The Californian as Marshal Morse
1937Song of Revolt as Mayor (uncredited)
1937Charlie Chan at the Olympics as Army Colonel
1937Seventh Heaven as Gendarme
1937Time Out for Romance as Stanhope
1937Once a Doctor as Captain Littlejohn
1937We Who Are About to Die as Ed Stanley (uncredited)
1936The Boss Rider of Gun Creek as Lawyer
1936California Mail as Thompson
1936Mummy's Boys as Ship's Captain
1936The Man Who Lived Twice as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
1936Gambling with Souls as District Attorney
1936So and Sew as Jack Campbell
1936Jailbreak as Attorney
1936The Devil-Doll as Gendarme (uncredited)
1936For the Service as Captain Murphy
1936The Princess Comes Across as Chief Purser (uncredited)
1936The Drag-Net as Arthur Hill
1936The Singing Kid as Agent Potter (uncredited)
1936Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Board Member (uncredited)
1936Down the Ribber as Unknown
1936Colleen as Mr. Edwards (uncredited)
1936Exclusive Story as Al Brown (uncredited)
1935Dangerous as Doctor
1935Man of Iron as Mortgage Man
1935Show Them No Mercy! as Doctor (uncredited)
1935Frisco Kid as Contractor (uncredited)
1935Stars Over Broadway as Ford
1935A Night at the Opera as Captain
19353 Kids and a Queen as Gangster
1935Shipmates Forever as Piane Doctor (uncredited)
1935Page Miss Glory as Advertising Man (uncredited)
1935The Murder Man as Joe - Editor (uncredited)
1935Stranded as Doctor (uncredited)
1935Border Brigands as Inspector Jim Barry, RCMP
1935Whispering Smith Speaks as Rebstock
1935'G' Men as Bank Teller (uncredited)
1935Go Into Your Dance as Producer #3
1935Circumstantial Evidence as Judge Samuels
1935Naughty Marietta as Major Bonnell (uncredited)
1935Public Opinion as Edward Keane
1935The Payoff as Frank (uncredited)
1934Mills of the Gods as Morgan
1934Gentlemen Are Born as First Broker
1934A Lost Lady as The Murderer (uncredited)
1934Kansas City Princess as Plaza Garden Captain (uncredited)
1934Girl in Danger as Thornton
1934Desirable as First Playgoer
1934One Exciting Adventure as Hotel Manager
1934Housewife as William Reynolds' Attorney
1934One Night of Love as Metropolitan Stage Director
1934Green Eyes as Raynor
1934The Merry Frinks as Truant Officer
1934The Crime of Helen Stanley as Mr. Richardson - Studio Manager (uncredited)
1934Autobuyography as Mr. Lee
1933I Am Suzanne! as Theatre Manager
1933Havana Widows as El Havana Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1933Female as Department Head (Uncredited)
1933Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men as Construction Boss (uncredited)
1933I Loved a Woman as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
1933Bureau of Missing Persons as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1933One Year Later as Grant
1933Headline Shooter as Joe Burnett (uncredited)
1933Ann Carver's Profession as Harrison (uncredited)
1932The Symphony Murder Mystery as Sergeant
1931The Cheat as Defense Attorney
1931His Woman as Crewman
1931Stolen Heaven as Detective Morgan
1930Fast and Loose as Maitre d'
1930The Runaway Bride as Policeman