Eddie Sturgis

American actor

Eddie Sturgis

Lobby card with Sturgis (right) in Madame Jealousy (1918)

Born|

Josef Edwin Sturgis

(1881-10-22)October 22, 1881

Washington, D.C., United States

Died| December 13, 1947(1947-12-13) (aged 66)

Los Angeles, California, United States

Occupation| Actor
Years active| 1916–1938

Eddie Sturgis (1881–1947), also known as Edwin Sturgis, Ed Sturgis, or Edward Sturgis, was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras.

## Biography

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Born in Washington, D.C., his acting career began in the 1916 film The Lost Bridegroom, which starred John Barrymore.[1] In his twenty-three year career, he appeared in over fifty films, mostly in supporting or smaller roles. His final performance would be in the 1939 Joe E. Brown vehicle, Beware, Spooks!, in a minor role.[2] Sturgis died on December 13, 1947, in Los Angeles, California.

## Filmography

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(Per AFI database)[3][4][5][6]

* The Rainbow Princess (1916)
* The Lost Bridegroom (1916)
* The Moment Before (1916)
* Destiny's Toy (1916)
* A Case at Law (1917)
* A Girl Like That (1917)
* Heart's Desire (1917)
* Cassidy (1917)
* At First Sight (1917)
* We Should Worry (1918)
* Doing Their Bit (1918)
* Just for Tonight (1918)
* Madame Jealousy (1918)
* Peck's Bad Girl (1918)
* The Racing Strain (1918)
* The Bondage of Barbara (1919)
* Miss Crusoe (1919)
* One of the Finest (1919)
* The Peace of Roaring River (1919)
* A Man and His Money (1919)
* The Dark Star (1919)
* The Oakdale Affair (1919)
* The Deep Purple (1920)
* Man and Woman (1920)
* Legally Dead (1923)
* Ponjola (1923)
* Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925)
* The Blackbird (1926)
* Hard Boiled (1926)
* The Road to Mandalay (1926)
* The Show (1927)
* Let It Rain (1927)
* Wolf's Clothing (1927)
* After Midnight (1927)
* The Big City (1928)
* Fazil (1928)
* Shadows of the Night (1928)
* Square Crooks (1928)
* Outside the Law (1930)
* Shooting Straight (1930)
* The Squealer (1930)
* Sob Sister (1931)
* The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
* Young America (1932)
* King Kong (1933)
* Broadway Bill (1934)
* Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
* Springtime for Henry (1934)
* Hell Bent for Love (1934)
* Here Comes the Groom (1934)
* Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
* Bad Boy (1935)
* Frisco Kid (1935)
* Red Hot Tires (1935)
* Mississippi (1935)
* Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)
* Stolen Harmony (1935)
* The Jungle Princess (1936)
* Riffraff (1936)
* Hell-Ship Morgan (1936)
* Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936)
* Beware Spooks! (1939)

## References

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1. ^ "The Lost Bridegroom". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
2. ^ "Beware, Spooks!". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
3. ^ "Eddie Sturgis". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
4. ^ "Edwin Sturgis". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
5. ^ "Edward Sturgis". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
6. ^ "Edward Sturgis". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 24, 2014.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eddie Sturgis.

* Eddie Sturgis at IMDb