Edward Brophy
Acting • Born 1895-02-26 – Died 1960-05-27
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.
Filmography
135 credits
Estrellados
Movie • 1930
Assistant Director (uncredited)
The Thin Man
Movie • 1934
Joe Morelli
Hideaway Girl
Movie • 1936
Bugs Murphy
It Happened Tomorrow
Movie • 1944
Jake Shomberg
Dumbo
Movie • 1941
Timothy Q. Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
The Cameraman
Movie • 1928
Man in Bathhouse Stall with Buster (uncredited)
The Price of Freedom
Movie • 1949
Man in restaurant (uncredited)
A Slight Case of Murder
Movie • 1938
Lefty
Mad Love
Movie • 1935
Rollo
The Invisible Woman
Movie • 1940
Bill
The Last Gangster
Movie • 1937
Fats Garvey
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Movie • 1939
Corbett
The Thin Man Goes Home
Movie • 1944
Brogan
The Champ
Movie • 1931
Tim
Bundle of Joy
Movie • 1956
Dance Contest Judge
Golden Boy
Movie • 1939
Roxy Lewis
The Gay Falcon
Movie • 1941
Detective Bates
Great Guy
Movie • 1936
Pete Reilly
The Falcon's Adventure
Movie • 1946
Goldie Locke
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Movie • 1931
Detective
The Falcon in San Francisco
Movie • 1945
Goldie Locke
Larceny, Inc.
Movie • 1942
Weepy Davis
The Whole Town's Talking
Movie • 1935
'Slugs' Martin
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Movie • 1946
Arty
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Movie • 1947
Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton
Arson, Inc.
Movie • 1949
Pete Purdy
Evelyn Prentice
Movie • 1934
Eddie Delaney
Pier 23
Movie • 1951
Prof. Shicker
The Last Hurrah
Movie • 1958
Ditto Boland
Remember Last Night?
Movie • 1935
Maxie
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Movie • 1941
Officer Slattery
Broadway
Movie • 1942
Porky
Sleepers West
Movie • 1941
George Trautwein
Renegade Girl
Movie • 1946
Bob Crandall
Doughboys
Movie • 1930
Sgt. Brophy
Danger Zone
Movie • 1951
Prof. Frederick Simpson Schicker
Flesh
Movie • 1932
Dolan
Gold Diggers in Paris
Movie • 1938
Mike Coogan
Trapped by G-Men
Movie • 1937
Lefty
Varsity Show
Movie • 1937
Mike Barclay
A Scream in the Dark
Movie • 1943
Eddie Tough
Show Them No Mercy!
Movie • 1935
Buzz
Girl on the Spot
Movie • 1946
Fingers Foley
Mister Cinderella
Movie • 1936
Detective McNutt
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Movie • 1936
Sid
Society Lawyer
Movie • 1939
Max
Shadow of Doubt
Movie • 1935
Wilcox
Blossoms On Broadway
Movie • 1937
Prussic
Calling Philo Vance
Movie • 1940
Ryan
The Girl Said No
Movie • 1937
Pick
A Night of Adventure
Movie • 1944
Steve
I'll Remember April
Movie • 1945
Shadow
Jim Hanvey, Detective
Movie • 1937
Romo
The Hit Parade
Movie • 1937
Mulrooney
Hold That Kiss
Movie • 1938
Al
Sporting Blood
Movie • 1931
Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)
Spendthrift
Movie • 1936
Bill McGuire
All Through the Night
Movie • 1942
Joe Denning
Cover Girl
Movie • 1944
Joe, bartender (uncredited)
Remote Control
Movie • 1930
Al
Romance on the Run
Movie • 1938
Whitey Whitehouse
Vacation from Love
Movie • 1938
Barney Keenan
Hide-Out
Movie • 1934
Det. Britt
Wedding Present
Movie • 1936
Squinty
Passport Husband
Movie • 1938
Spike
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Movie • 1941
Hinkle
Wonder Man
Movie • 1945
Torso
Paris Interlude
Movie • 1934
Ham
Skyscraper Souls
Movie • 1932
Man in Elevator (uncredited)
The Great Profile
Movie • 1940
Sylvester
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Movie • 1939
Buck Moseby
Broadway to Hollywood
Movie • 1933
Joe Mannion
She Gets Her Man
Movie • 1935
Flash
Kid Nightingale
Movie • 1939
Mike Jordon
What! No Beer?
Movie • 1933
Spike Moran
Strike Me Pink
Movie • 1936
Killer
West Point
Movie • 1928
Team Manager (Uncredited)
China Seas
Movie • 1935
Wilbur Timmons
Alias the Deacon
Movie • 1940
Stuffy
A Dangerous Affair
Movie • 1931
Nelson
Steel Against the Sky
Movie • 1941
Pete Evans
Our Blushing Brides
Movie • 1930
Joe Munsey
Thieves Fall Out
Movie • 1941
Rork
The Slowest Gun in the West
Movie • 1960
The Bartender
Air Force
Movie • 1943
Marine Sgt. J.J. Callahan
The Great Gambini
Movie • 1937
Butch
Here Comes Trouble
Movie • 1936
Crowley
Destroyer
Movie • 1943
Engineer Casey
Roaring City
Movie • 1951
'Professor' Fredrick Simpson Schicka
All American Chump
Movie • 1936
Pudgy Murphy
Kelly the Second
Movie • 1936
Ike Arnold
$1,000 a Minute
Movie • 1935
Benny Dolan
Come On, Leathernecks!
Movie • 1938
Max 'Curly' Maxwell
Pardon Our Nerve
Movie • 1939
Nosey Nelson
A Dangerous Game
Movie • 1941
Bugsy (misspelled Bugs in on-screen credits)
Oh, Doctor
Movie • 1937
Meg Smith
For Love or Money
Movie • 1939
Sleeper
Buy Me That Town
Movie • 1941
Ziggy
Swing Parade of 1946
Movie • 1946
Moose
Gambling Ship
Movie • 1938
Cuthbert Innocent
The Poor Rich
Movie • 1934
Flannigan
Dance, Girl, Dance
Movie • 1940
Dwarfie
Those Three French Girls
Movie • 1930
Yank
Sequoia
Movie • 1935
Forest Ranger Pete (uncredited)
Madame Spy
Movie • 1942
Mike Reese
The Kid from Kokomo
Movie • 1939
Eddie Black
Hello Pop
Movie • 1933
Brophy
Paid
Movie • 1930
Burglar (uncredited)
The Beast of the City
Movie • 1932
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
I Live My Life
Movie • 1935
Pete (Uncredited)
The Soldier and the Lady
Movie • 1937
Packer
Yes or No
Movie • 1920
Tom Martin
The Sign on the Door
Movie • 1921
Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
Career Woman
Movie • 1936
Doc Curley
Beer and Pretzels
Movie • 1933
Theater Manager (uncredited)
Death on the Diamond
Movie • 1934
Grogan
Golden Gloves
Movie • 1940
Potsy Brill
Lady Bodyguard
Movie • 1943
Harry Gargan
Prosperity
Movie • 1932
Ice Cream Salesman (uncredited)
See My Lawyer
Movie • 1945
Otis Fillmore
A Free Soul
Movie • 1931
Slouch (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta
Movie • 1935
Zeke
Penthouse Rhythm
Movie • 1945
Bailey
Sandy Gets Her Man
Movie • 1940
Fireman Junior
Freaks
Movie • 1932
Rollo Brother
I'll Fix It
Movie • 1934
Tilly Tilson
Spring Fever
Movie • 1927
Golf Game Spectator (uncredited)
The Passionate Plumber
Movie • 1932
Man Outside Beauty Parlor (uncredited)
Speak Easily
Movie • 1932
Reno
People Will Talk
Movie • 1935
Pete Ranse
The Big Guy
Movie • 1939
Dippy
Woman Trap
Movie • 1936
George Meade (as Ed Brophy)
Breakdowns of 1942
Movie • 1942
Self
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Preliminary Feeney
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV • 1952