Edward Wallace — Night in New Orleans Character Profile

About Edward Wallace

A brother of Phillip and George Wallace. Suspected by Steve and ultimately deduced by detectives as the murderer of his siblings. Attempts to flee during a Mardi Gras parade in a costume before being apprehended.

Character Facts

Played by

Charles Butterworth

Appears in

Night in New Orleans (1942)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Night in New Orleans

• Police Lt. Steve Abbott (Preston Foster)
• Ethel Abbott (Patricia Morison)
• Police Lieutenant William Richards (Albert Dekker)
• Shadrach Jones (Dooley Wilson)
• Sergeant Casper Riordan (Paul Hurst)
• Carney (Noble Johnson)
• George Wallace (William Wright)
• Dan Odell (Cecil Kellaway)
• Janet Price (Jean Phillips)
• Carlson (Joe Pope)
• Sal, Shadrach's Girl (uncredited) (Dorothy Dandridge)
• Taxi Driver (uncredited) (George Chandler)