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Edward Fielding is a Actor American born on 19 march 1875

Edward Fielding

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Birth name Edward B. Elkins
Nationality USA
Birth 19 march 1875
Death 10 january 1945 (at 69 years)

Edward Fielding (March 19, 1875 - January 10, 1945) was an American actor.

Edward Fielding appeared in nearly 40 Broadway productions between 1905 and 1939, often in leading roles. He played as a leading man with famous stage actresses like Olga Nethersole, Grace George, Ethel Barrymore and Laura Hope Crews. The tall and dignified-looking actor was especially known for his roles in the works of playwright Henrik Ibsen. Fielding also worked for some time as an actor in London. He appeared occasionally in silent films, most notably as Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (1916) with William Gillette in the leading role.

Fielding came to Hollywood in 1939 and appeared in over 80 films during the last years of his life. He usually played bit parts or supporting roles. Fielding was a favorite of Alfred Hitchcock and played in four Hitchcock movies between 1940 and 1945. He also played supporting roles in films like Kitty Foyle with Ginger Rogers, Billy Wilder's American film debut The Major and the Minor and In This Our Life starring Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland. Fielding was usually typecasted in dignified and noble roles as a Doctor, Official, Judge, Priest or Butler.

Edward Fielding collapsed and died of a heart attack while he mowed his lawn. His wife, Elizabeth Sherman Clark (1883-1959), was a Metropolitan Opera star. They had one child.

Biography

Edward Fielding né dans l'arrondissement de Brooklyn à New York. Il entame sa carrière d'acteur au théâtre et joue notamment à Broadway (New York) entre 1905 et 1939, principalement dans des pièces, dont Sherlock Holmes de William Gillette (1915, avec l'auteur dans le rôle-titre, lui-même personnifiant le docteur Watson), Les Marchands de gloire de Marcel Pagnol et Paul Nivoix (1925-1926, avec Charles Halton et Helen Westley), La Dame de la mer d'Henrik Ibsen (1929, avec Blanche Yurka), ou encore Othello de William Shakespeare (1937, avec Walter Huston dans le rôle-titre et Brian Aherne).

Toujours à Broadway, s'ajoutent deux comédies musicales représentées respectivement en 1916 et 1918.

Au cinéma, il apparaît d'abord dans cinq films muets sortis en 1916 et 1917. Le premier est Sherlock Holmes d'Arthur Berthelet (1916), adaptation de la pièce éponyme précitée, où William Gillette et lui reprennent leurs rôles respectifs.

Edward Fielding revient à l'écran dans trois courts métrages sortis en 1930, puis dans soixante-seize autres films parlants américains à partir de 1939, dont Rebecca d'Alfred Hitchcock (1940, avec Laurence Olivier et Joan Fontaine), Uniformes et jupons courts de Billy Wilder (1942, avec Ginger Rogers et Ray Milland) et Désir de femme de Sam Wood (1945,, avec Claudette Colbert et Don Ameche).

Son dernier film est Cinderella Jones de Busby Berkeley (avec Joan Leslie et Robert Alda), sorti le 9 mars 1946, plus d'un an après sa mort (début 1945, à 69 ans).

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Edith Head
Edith Head
(10 films)
Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(10 films)
Victor Young
Victor Young
(7 films)
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Filmography of Edward Fielding (61 films)

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Cinderella Jones, 1h31
Directed by Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, Julie Bishop, William Prince, S.Z. Sakall, Edward Everett Horton
Roles Dean Barker
Rating52% 2.6155252.6155252.6155252.6155252.615525
Struggling singer Judy Jones (Leslie) discovers she's entitled to a multi-million-dollar fortune, as long as she can live up to the terms of her late uncle's will. To collect her inheritance, Jones must marry an intellectual genius. Jones ditches her boyfriend, bandleader Tommy Coles (Alda), and matriculates at an elite university for the super-intelligent. On campus, Jones struggles to win the heart of a dashing professor, Bartholomew Williams (Prince).
Guest Wife
Guest Wife (1945)
, 1h30
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, Dick Foran, Charles Dingle, Gertrude Astor, Grant Mitchell
Roles Arnold
Rating64% 3.2425753.2425753.2425753.2425753.242575
Banker Christopher Price (Dick Foran) from the humdrum town of Keetoosen, Ohio, is happily married to Mary (Claudette Colbert), and the couple are just about to go to New York on their second honeymoon. However, Chris' old childhood friend Joe Parker (Don Ameche), a known newspaper reporter who has been stationed abroad, sends him a message just before they begin their journey. Joe arrives in Keetoosen before the couple leaves, and explains that he has lied to his boss about being martied to Mary, to get a longer vacation in the past. Now, he is to work in New York, and needs to "borrow" Mary to pretend that she is his wife, to save his career. Mary wants nothing to do with this, but Chris agrees to help out, lending Joe his wife. Joe and Mary go ahead to New York, but Chris is delayed because the trains are full. When they arrive to New York, Joe and Mary are taken to a press conference immediately, and their picture end up all over the papers. It turns out Joe's lies were a tad larger than he first said, since he has faked letters from his loving wife - letters that his boss, Arthur Truesdale Worth (Charles Dingle), has read. Chris experiences some large bumps on his way to New York, as his boss Arnold (Edward Fielding) sees the pictures of Joe and Mary in the papers, and believes Chris is an adulterer. Arnold forces Chris to stay on in Keetoosen a few days longer to fend off a scandal. Another person from Keetoosen recognizes Mary clubbing with Joe in New York. When Chris eventually makes it to New York the evening after, Worth and other people get suspicious of his interest in "Mrs. Parker". Eventually Mary pretends to be in love with Joe, and even tells her friend Suzy (Marlo Dwyer) about this. On invitation from Worth, she comes out to Long Island to his house, with Joe as company. Chris finds out where they are and sneaks into the house. He finds Joe and Mary under a romantic night sky on a balcony, and believes Mary has fallen for the reporter. The truth is that Mary pretends to be suicidal, threatening to jump off the balcony because Joe doesn't return her feelings for him. Chris knocks out Joe and takes Mary away in his car. Joe takes the opportunity to play the devastated husband who has been left by his wife, and gets sympathy from Worth. Mary is quite happy with Chris' actions and that he finally stood up to his friend.
Spellbound
Spellbound (1945)
, 1h51
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll, Rhonda Fleming, John Emery
Roles Dr. Anthony Edwardes (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.748943.748943.748943.748943.74894
The Fault... is Not in Our Stars, But in Ourselves...— William Shakespeare
The Man in Half Moon Street, 1h32
Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Nils Asther, Helen Walker, Paul Cavanagh, Konstantin Shayne, Edmund Breon, Morton Lowry
Roles Colonel Ashley
Rating60% 3.000373.000373.000373.000373.00037
A scientist, Dr. Karell (Asther), has found a way to prolong life (he is 120 years old) with the help of Dr. Van Bruecken (Schünzel). However, Dr. Karell has now fallen in love, and has discovered that if he doesn't get new glands, he will die.
A Medal for Benny, 1h17
Directed by Irving Pichel, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors J. Carrol Naish, Arturo de Córdova, Dorothy Lamour, Frank McHugh, Mikhail Rasumny, Charles Dingle
Roles Governor (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.13793.13793.13793.13793.1379
The film examines small town hypocrisy.
Saratoga Trunk, 2h15
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Flora Robson, Florence Bates, Curt Bois, John Warburton
Roles Mr. Bowers (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1962453.1962453.1962453.1962453.196245
In 1875, Clio Dulaine (Ingrid Bergman), the illegitimate daughter of an aristocratic New Orleans Creole father and a light-skinned Creole woman of color who was his placée, returns from Paris to her birthplace in Rampart Street to avenge her mother's mistreatment at the hands of her father's family, the Dulaines. Years ago, Clio's mother accidentally killed Dulaine when he tried to prevent her from committing suicide, and the scandalized Dulaines then exiled Clio and her mother to Paris. Clio is accompanied by her Haitian maid, Angelique (Flora Robson), and her dwarf manservant, Cupidon (Jerry Austin).
Tender Comrade, 1h42
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Ginger Rogers, Robert Ryan, Ruth Hussey, Kim Hunter, Patricia Collinge, Mady Christians
Roles Doctor (uncredited)
Rating61% 3.0983953.0983953.0983953.0983953.098395
Jo Jones (Ginger Rogers) works in an airplane factory and longs for the day when she will see her husband (Robert Ryan) again. The couple have a heart wrenching farewell at the train station before he leaves for overseas duty in the war. With their husbands off fighting in World War II, Jo and her co-workers struggle to pay living expenses. Unable to meet their rent, they decide to move in together and share expenses. The different women's personalities clash, especially when tensions rise over their German immigrant housekeeper Manya (Mady Christians). Jo discovers she is pregnant and ends up having a son who she names Chris after his father. The women are overjoyed when Doris' (Kim Hunter) husband comes home, but the same day Jo receives a telegram informing her that her husband has been killed. She hides her grief and joins in the homecoming celebration.
Lady in the Dark, 1h40
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall, Barry Sullivan, Mischa Auer
Roles Dr. Carlton
Rating58% 2.947612.947612.947612.947612.94761
Life has become a series of headaches and bad dreams for Liza Elliott, the successful editor-in-chief of Allure fashion magazine. She is being romanced by publisher Kendall Nesbitt, but he is married and slow in obtaining a divorce. And her second-in-command, Charley Johnson, is a cut-up who drives her so crazy with his jokes, Liza ends up seeing him in her craziest dreams at night.
The Story of Dr. Wassell, 2h20
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Rosson, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe, Paul Kelly, Carol Thurston
Roles Amiral Hart
Rating65% 3.294413.294413.294413.294413.29441
Lors de l'offensive japonaise en Indonésie, un médecin originaire de l'Arkansas, le Dr Wassell, chercheur passionné engagé dans la Marine se consacre à soigner les blessés américains d'un navire coulé par les Japonais. Au moment ce l'offensive japonaise sur Java un navire accepte d'embarquer les blessés capables de marcher mais pas la petite douzaine sur des civières. Le Dr Wassell reste avec eux, les ramène à l'hôpital de campagne plusieurs fois bombardé, parvient à les faire transporter par un convoi anglais à travers la jungle, use de la ruse pour les faire monter à bord d'un cargo surchargé et arrive enfin en Australie.
Madame Curie, 2h4
Directed by Harry Beaumont, Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Actors Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, Albert Bassermann, C. Aubrey Smith, May Whitty
Roles Board Member (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.5969053.5969053.5969053.5969053.596905
Marie Sklodowska (Greer Garson) is a poor, idealistic student living in Paris and studying at the Sorbonne. She neglects her health and one day faints during class. Her tutor, Prof. Perot (Albert Bassermann) is sympathetic and, finding that she has no friends or family in Paris, invites her to a soirée his wife is throwing for a "few friends" (primarily professors and their wives). Among the many guests is physicist Pierre Curie (Walter Pidgeon), an extremely shy and absentminded man completely devoted to his work. He allows Marie to share his lab and finds that she is a gifted scientist. Appalled that she plans on returning to Poland to teach after graduation, rather than devoting her life to further study, he takes her to visit his family in their country home. Marie and Pierre both tend to concentrate on science to the extent that they don't realize until the last minute they have fallen in love. Even when Pierre asks Marie to be his wife, he does so in terms of reason, logic and chemistry.
Mr. Skeffington, 2h25
Directed by Vincent Sherman, Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Richard Waring, John Alexander
Roles Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7946353.7946353.7946353.7946353.794635
In 1914, spoiled Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis) is a renowned beauty, with many suitors. She loves her brother Trippy (Richard Waring) and would do anything to help him. When Fanny learns that Trippy has embezzled money from his stockbroker employer Job Skeffington (Claude Rains), she marries the lovestruck businessman in order to save her brother. Disgusted by the arrangement, in part because of his prejudice against Skeffington being Jewish, Trippy leaves home to fight in the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I.
Mrs. Parkington, 2h4
Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Dan Duryea, Tom Drake, Agnes Moorehead
Roles Rev. Pilbridge (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.493133.493133.493133.493133.49313
Susie Parkington (Greer Garson), an elderly society matron, is surrounded by her many relatives at her stately home at Christmastime in 1938, with the exception of her beloved great-granddaughter Jane (Frances Rafferty). When Jane does appear she informs her great-grandmother that she plans to elope with Ned Talbot (Tom Drake), her father's employee, who wishes to take her away from her family and their way of life. Susie arranges a meeting with Ned, where he reveals that Jane's father Amory (Edward Arnold) is being questioned for fraud and he planned to take Jane away in order to hide her from the truth. Susie sends Ned away, telling Jane to forget about him, and after hearing her grandson-in-law's side of the story makes the decision to ask her heirs to pay off Amory's debts with a loan ($31 million), much to her family's disgust, as it will mean that they may lose their inheritance.
Belle of the Yukon, 1h23
Directed by Randolph Scott, William A. Seiter, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Musical, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore, Bob Burns, Bob Burns, Charles Winninger
Roles C.V. Atterbury
Rating53% 2.659852.659852.659852.659852.65985
In a Yukon town called Malemute, a saloon owned by "Honest" John Calhoun gets a new star performer, Belle De Valle, while he's away. A stranger in town, Sam Slade, offers to keep an eye on things until the boss returns, while saloon manager Pop Candless and crooked town marshal Maitland keep a suspicious eye on him.
Dead Man's Eyes, 1h4
Directed by Reginald Le Borg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., Jean Parker, Paul Kelly, Thomas Gomez, Jonathan Hale, Acquanetta
Roles Dr. Stanley Hayden
Rating60% 3.0040553.0040553.0040553.0040553.004055
Artist Dave Stuart is blinded by a jealous assistant. The father of his fiance offers an operation to restore his sight, but Stuart will have to wait until the man dies. The benefactor dies a premature death and Stuart becomes a suspect.