Edward Brophy
Acting
Born: February 26, 1895 · New York City, New York, USA
Died: May 27, 1960 (aged 65)
Highest Rated
Biography
Edward Brophy was an American character actor, voice artist, and comedian. Small of build, balding, and raucous-voiced, he frequently portrayed dumb cops and gangsters, both serious and comic. He is best remembered for his roles in the Falcon film series and for voicing Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo. His screen debut was in Yes or No. He appeared in The Champ, Freaks, The Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home (1944). He also made several appearances in the films of director John Ford.
Known for
Dumbo
1941
Freaks
1932
The Thin Man
1934
The Cameraman
1928
Mad Love
1935
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Cover Girl
1944
The Invisible Woman
1940
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
All Through the Night
1942
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
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Movies (129)
Dumbo
Timothy Q. Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Freaks
Rollo Brother
Wedding Present
Squinty
The Cameraman
Man in Bathhouse Stall with Buster (uncredited)
Cover Girl
Joe, bartender (uncredited)
The Thin Man
Joe Morelli
Oh, Doctor
Meg Smith
The Big Guy
Dippy
Beer and Pretzels
Theater Manager (uncredited)
Kelly the Second
Ike Arnold
Evelyn Prentice
Eddie Delaney
The Champ
Tim
Air Force
Marine Sgt. J.J. Callahan
All Through the Night
Joe Denning
The Last Hurrah
Ditto Boland
Passport Husband
Spike
Wonder Man
Torso
Naughty Marietta
Zeke
The Thin Man Goes Home
Brogan
Dance, Girl, Dance
Dwarfie
China Seas
Wilbur Timmons
Destroyer
Engineer Casey
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Buck Moseby
The Last Gangster
Fats Garvey
It Happened Tomorrow
Jake Shomberg
The Whole Town's Talking
'Slugs' Martin
Mad Love
Rollo
The Gay Falcon
Detective Bates
Woman Trap
George Meade (as Ed Brophy)
Hideaway Girl
Bugs Murphy
What! No Beer?
Spike Moran
A Slight Case of Murder
Lefty
The Invisible Woman
Bill
Renegade Girl
Bob Crandall
A Free Soul
Slouch (uncredited)
Golden Boy
Roxy Lewis
Pier 23
Prof. Shicker
Roaring City
'Professor' Fredrick Simpson Schicka
Strike Me Pink
Killer
Hide-Out
Det. Britt
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Hinkle
Jim Hanvey, Detective
Romo
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Corbett
The Girl Said No
Pick
Buy Me That Town
Ziggy
Larceny, Inc.
Weepy Davis
Hold That Kiss
Al
Kid Nightingale
Mike Jordon
I Live My Life
Pete (Uncredited)
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Detective
Bundle of Joy
Dance Contest Judge
Alias the Deacon
Stuffy
Spendthrift
Bill McGuire
Skyscraper Souls
Man in Elevator (uncredited)
Our Blushing Brides
Joe Munsey
Come On, Leathernecks!
Max 'Curly' Maxwell
Mister Cinderella
Detective McNutt
The Beast of the City
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Calling Philo Vance
Ryan
$1,000 a Minute
Benny Dolan
The Great Profile
Sylvester
Society Lawyer
Max
Great Guy
Pete Reilly
The Falcon's Adventure
Goldie Locke
Death on the Diamond
Grogan
Gold Diggers in Paris
Mike Coogan
Flesh
Dolan
Girl on the Spot
Fingers Foley
Thieves Fall Out
Rork
Here Comes Trouble
Crowley
The Soldier and the Lady
Packer
Madame Spy
Mike Reese
Yes or No
Tom Martin
The Slowest Gun in the West
The Bartender
The Passionate Plumber
Man Outside Beauty Parlor (uncredited)
Varsity Show
Mike Barclay
Estrellados
Assistant Director (uncredited)
People Will Talk
Pete Ranse
Sporting Blood
Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)
Golden Gloves
Potsy Brill
She Gets Her Man
Flash
Sleepers West
George Trautwein
Arson, Inc.
Pete Purdy
A Dangerous Affair
Nelson
The Falcon in San Francisco
Goldie Locke
Lady Bodyguard
Harry Gargan
Remember Last Night?
Maxie
Pardon Our Nerve
Nosey Nelson
The Poor Rich
Flannigan
Career Woman
Doc Curley
The Great Gambini
Butch
Vacation from Love
Barney Keenan
Spring Fever
Golf Game Spectator (uncredited)
Penthouse Rhythm
Bailey
See My Lawyer
Otis Fillmore
Broadway
Porky
Prosperity
Ice Cream Salesman (uncredited)
Trapped by G-Men
Lefty
Broadway to Hollywood
Joe Mannion
West Point
Team Manager (Uncredited)
Speak Easily
Reno
Steel Against the Sky
Pete Evans
Shadow of Doubt
Wilcox
I'll Remember April
Shadow
A Dangerous Game
Bugsy (misspelled Bugs in on-screen credits)
Show Them No Mercy!
Buzz
Remote Control
Al
The Sign on the Door
Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Officer Slattery
Swing Parade of 1946
Moose
A Night of Adventure
Steve
The Kid from Kokomo
Eddie Black
Paid
Burglar (uncredited)
Those Three French Girls
Yank
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Sid
Danger Zone
Prof. Frederick Simpson Schicker
Sequoia
Forest Ranger Pete (uncredited)
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Arty
Doughboys
Sgt. Brophy
The Hit Parade
Mulrooney
Paris Interlude
Ham
Blossoms On Broadway
Prussic
Romance on the Run
Whitey Whitehouse
I'll Fix It
Tilly Tilson
Sandy Gets Her Man
Fireman Junior
A Scream in the Dark
Eddie Tough
All American Chump
Pudgy Murphy
Hello Pop
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