Edward McWade
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Edward McWade was an American writer and stage and screen actor. He appeared in more than 132 films from 1919 to 1944, mostly in secondary roles. He also wrote 15 stage plays and silent film scenarios.
Known For
Arsenic and Old Lace
Gibbs
Woman of the Year
Adolph (uncredited)
Jezebel
Second Director (uncredited)
The Return of Frank James
Colonel Jackson
The Lady Is Willing
Boston Doorman (uncredited)
Satan Met a Lady
City Fathers Committee Member (uncredited)
Oil for the Lamps of China
Dan
I Wake Up Screaming
Old man at library (uncredited)
Filmography
Bat Men of Africa
1966
as Gorn
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
as Gibbs
Don't You Believe It
1943
as Wise Man
Trifles That Win Wars
1943
as Billiard Ball Tester (uncredited)
Crash Dive
1943
as Crony
The Hard Way
1943
as Stage Doorman (Uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
1942
as Ground-Hog
Woman of the Year
1942
as Adolph (uncredited)
Famous Boners
1942
as Thomas Carlyle (uncredited)
The Lady Is Willing
1942
as Boston Doorman (uncredited)
Nothing but the Truth
1941
as Elderly Clerk (uncredited)
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
as Old man at library (uncredited)
Teddy the Rough Rider
1940
as Russell Alger, Secretary of War
Chad Hanna
1940
as Elias
The Return of Frank James
1940
as Colonel Jackson
Brother Orchid
1940
as Aged Brother (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
as Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)
Money and the Woman
1940
as Bank Customer Explaining 'NSF' (uncredited)
Hot Steel
1940
as Carlton
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
as Tom Dugan
Zenobia
1939
as Minister
Naughty but Nice
1939
as Professor Trill (uncredited)
Bad Little Angel
1939
as Ticket Seller at Station (uncredited)
They Asked For It
1939
as 'Pi' Kelly
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
as Neighbor
Our Neighbors - The Carters
1939
as Pop Hagen
Comet Over Broadway
1938
as Harvey
White Banners
1938
as Sloan
The Patient in Room 18
1938
as Frank Warren
Garden of the Moon
1938
as Peter McGillicuddy
Three Comrades
1938
as Ludwig, Pat’s majordomo (uncredited)
Jezebel
1938
as Second Director (uncredited)
They Won't Forget
1937
as Confederate Soldier
The Women Men Marry
1937
as Brother Lamb
Love and Hisses
1937
as Ticket Seller
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
as Bishop Mallory
She Had to Eat
1937
as Stationmaster Tucker (uncredited)
Let's Get Married
1937
as Tom
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as Minister in Film (uncredited)
F-Man
1936
as Mr. Whitney
Darkest Africa
1936
as Gorn
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Harvey
The Case of the Black Cat
1936
as Keene's Apartment Manager (uncredited)
The Big Noise
1936
as Douglas, the Gardener (uncredited)
The Country Doctor
1936
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
I Married a Doctor
1936
as Pa Dawson
Satan Met a Lady
1936
as City Fathers Committee Member (uncredited)
King of the Islands
1936
as The Princess' Father
Alibi for Murder
1936
as Walter Emerson (Uncredited)
Frisco Kid
1935
as Tupper
The Girl from 10th Avenue
1935
as Art Clerk
The Goose and the Gander
1935
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
as Dan
Mary Jane's Pa
1935
as Chuck - the Old Timer
Red Salute
1935
as Baldy
Here's to Romance
1935
as Stage Doorman
Life Begins at Forty
1935
as Doctor
Shipmates Forever
1935
as Tailor (uncredited)
Stranded
1935
as Tim Powers
If You Could Only Cook
1935
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
as Lawyer Partington
A Lost Lady
1934
as Simpson
The Meanest Gal in Town
1934
as Clark
I'll Tell the World
1934
as Trapper
Gentlemen Are Born
1934
as Pawnbroker
Journal of a Crime
1934
as Rigaud
One Exciting Adventure
1934
as Grouchy Man
I Sell Anything
1934
as Mr. Arden - Old Man (uncredited)
Murder in the Clouds
1934
as Clement Williams
The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934
as Jeweler (uncredited)
Girl Missing
1933
as Henry Gibson's Valet (Uncredited)
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
as Tom - Dock Watchman (uncredited)
Murders in the Zoo
1933
as Dan Baker (Uncredited)
Adorable
1933
as Valet (uncredited)
Two Seconds
1932
as The Prison Doctor
The Crowd Roars
1932
as Tom Beal the Counterman
6 Hours to Live
1932
as Ivan
Big City Blues
1932
as Baggage Master (uncredited)
Lawyer Man
1932
as Moyle (uncredited)
The Big Shot
1931
as Uncle Ira
The Monster
1925
as Luke Watson
The Town Scandal
1923
as Avery Crawford
Deserted at the Altar
1922
as The Sheriff
The Strangers' Banquet
1922
as Harriman
Wing Toy
1921
as Wong
Stop Thief
1920
as Mr. Carr
Dangerous Days
1920
as Dr. Haverford
The Husband Hunter
1920
as Charles Mack
The Great Accident
1920
as Williams
Hornet's Nest
1919
as Wimms