Edward Sedgwick
Edward Sedgwick | |
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St. Mary's University of Galveston | |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1915–1953 |
Spouse | Ebba Havez |
Relatives | Eileen Sedgwick (sister) Josie Sedgwick (sister) |
Edward Sedgwick (November 7, 1889 – March 7, 1953) was an American film director, writer, actor and producer.[2]
Early life
He was born in Galveston, Texas, the son of Edward Sedgwick, Sr. and Josephine Walker, both stage actors. At the age of four, young Edward Sedgwick joined his show business family in what was then the Sedgwick Comedy Company, a vaudeville act, doing a "singing speciality".[1] He played child parts and did vaudeville acts until he was seven, when he was given his first comedy part, that of an Irish immigrant, in a comedy written by his father called Just Over.[1]
During this time, he was only on stage during the summer months. In winter his father took him back to Galveston and sent him to school.
The two other family members were Edward's twin sisters Eileen and Josie, who both later pursued successful silent-movie acting careers. Sedgwick broke into films as a comedian in 1915, frequently cast as a zany baseball player. He then became a serial director six years later in 1921, and moved on to the Tom Mix western unit. Sedgwick's love of baseball came in handy for the ballpark sequences of Mix's Stepping Out, Buck Jones’ Hit and Run, William Haines’ Slide, Kelly, Slide, Buster Keaton’s The Cameraman, and Robert Young’s Death on the Diamond.
Career
Sedgwick signed with MGM in the late 1920s. There, he found a kindred spirit in fellow baseball buff
He directed the 1938 film The Gladiator starring Joe E. Brown and Dickie Moore.
By the 1940s, Sedgwick had fewer opportunities to direct. When Laurel and Hardy returned to MGM in late 1942, Sedgwick was chosen to direct them in Air Raid Wardens. It was his last assignment for five years, but he remained on the MGM payroll, sharing an office with the almost-as-idle Buster Keaton.
In 1948, Keaton, employed as a
Sedgwick's 1923 silent film
Death
Sedgwick died of a
Filmography
- The Haunted Pajamas (1917)
- Fantômas (1920)
- Live Wires (1921)
- The Rough Diamond (1921)
- Bar Nothing(1921)
- Boomerang Justice (1922)
- The Bearcat (1922)
- The Flaming Hour (1922)
- Chasing the Moon (1922)
- Do and Dare (1922)
- Out of Luck (1923)
- Romance Land (1923)
- Single Handed (1923)
- The Gentleman from America (1923)
- Dead Game (1923)
- Shootin' for Love (1923)
- The First Degree (1923)
- Blinky (1923)
- The Ramblin' Kid (1923)
- The Thrill Chaser (1923)
- Hook and Ladder (1924)
- Ride for Your Life (1924)
- 40-Horse Hawkins (1924)
- Broadway or Bust (1924)
- The Sawdust Trail (1924)
- Hit and Run (1924)
- The Ridin' Kid from Powder River (1924)
- The Hurricane Kid (1925)
- The Saddle Hawk (1925)
- Let 'er Buck (1925)
- Lorraine of the Lions (1925)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- Two-Fisted Jones (1925)
- The Runaway Express (1926)
- Tin Hats (1926)
- The Flaming Frontier (1926)
- Under Western Skies (1926)
- There You Are! (1926)
- Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927)
- The Bugle Call (1927)
- Spring Fever (1927)
- West Point (1927)
- Circus Rookies (1928)
- The Cameraman (1928)
- Spite Marriage (1929)
- Free and Easy (1930)
- Estrellados (1930)
- Doughboys (1930)
- Remote Control (1930)
- Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
- Maker of Men (1931)
- A Dangerous Affair (1931)
- The Big Shot (1931)
- The Passionate Plumber (1932)
- Speak Easily (1932)
- What! No Beer? (1933)
- Horse Play (1933)
- Saturday's Millions (1933)
- The Poor Rich (1934)
- I'll Tell the World (1934)
- Death on the Diamond (1934)
- Here Comes the Groom (1934)
- Father Brown, Detective (1934)
- Murder in the Fleet (1935)
- The Virginia Judge (1935)
- Mr. Cinderella (1936)
- Pick a Star (1937)
- Riding on Air (1937)
- Fit for a King (1937)
- The Gladiator (1938)
- Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939)
- Beware Spooks! (1939)
- So You Won't Talk (1940)
- Air Raid Wardens (1943)
- Easy to Wed (1946)
- A Southern Yankee (1948)
- Excuse My Dust (1951)
- Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
- I Love Lucy(1953)
References
- ^ a b c d e f Robert Grau (1914) The Theatre of Science pp.372-3, Broadway publishing company, New York
- ^ "Edward Sedgwick". latimes.com. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ^ Zmuda, Michael. The five Sedgwicks: pioneer entertainers of Vaudeville, film and television. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2015.
- ^ Babler, Olivia; Desouki, Yasmin (August 2020). "Lost Film From 1923 Uncovered in CFA Collection". Chicago Film Archives. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ "Long-lost 1923 silent movie turns up at Chicago Film Archives". chicagotribune.com. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
External links
- Media related to Edward Sedgwick at Wikimedia Commons
- Works by or about Edward Sedgwick at Wikisource
- Edward Sedgwick at IMDb