Edwin Stanley

Biography

Career Overview

Edwin Stanley has 135 screen credits in a career dating back to 1916. Their work spans 7 cinematic universes — most prominently Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include The Honest Thief, Marriages Are Made, Divorce and the Daughter. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

135

Birth Date

1880-11-22 00:00:00

Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known For

• The Honest Thief
• 

  Marriages Are Made
• 

  Divorce and the Daughter
• 

  Scouts to the Rescue
• 

  The Phantom Creeps
• Every Mother's Son

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 7 universes

• Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection (2 titles)
• Our Gang: The MGM talkies (1929-1938) (1 titles)
• Andy Hardy Collection (1 titles)
• Mr. Moto Collection (1 titles)
• Dr. Kildare Collection (1 titles)
• Jones Family (1 titles)
• Ellery Queen Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Tom Steele (2 collaborations)
• Helene Chadwick (1 collaborations)
• Billy Sullivan (1 collaborations)
• William Bittner (1 collaborations)
• Frank Redman (1 collaborations)
• Peggy Hyland (1 collaborations)
• George Clarke (1 collaborations)
• Al Lee (1 collaborations)
• Dan Mason (1 collaborations)
• Ellen Burford (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (134 credits)

  • The Phantom Creeps

    Dr. Fred Mallory

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Conflict

    Phillips (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Faces in the Fog

    Fairbanks, Juror

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Missing Juror

    Prison Warden (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Strange Affair

    Dr. Parrish (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Christmas Holiday

    Room Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Follow the Boys

    Taylor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Jamboree

    Sam Smith

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Racket Man

    Death Scene Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Johnny Come Lately

    Winterbottom

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Yanks Ahoy

    Dr. Hadley (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Flight for Freedom

    Rear Admiral Gage (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Air Force

    Doctor Attending Quincannon (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Shadow of a Doubt

    Mr. Green (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Seven Miles from Alcatraz

    The Warden

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Gentleman Jim

    Bank President McInnes (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

    Dr. Moran

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Syncopation

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • This Gun for Hire

    Police Captain at Train Station (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Fingers at the Window

    Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Who Is Hope Schuyler?

    Stafford

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Blue, White and Perfect

    Ship's Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Sealed Lips

    Warden (as Ed Stanley)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner

    John

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Sergeant York

    Editor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Lydia

    Dignitary on Podium

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Ice-Capades

    Lawyer

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Bad Men of Missouri

    Prison Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • A Man Betrayed

    Prosecutor

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Flight from Destiny

    Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Arkansas Judge

    Judge Elmer Carruthers

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Where Did You Get That Girl?

    Harper

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Behind the News

    Judge #2

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Mysterious Doctor Satan

    Col. Bevans

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Kiddie Kure

    Dr. Malcolm Scott

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Youth Will Be Served

    CCC Camp Major

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • East of the River

    Commencement Speaker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Knute Rockne All American

    Committee Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Diamond Frontier

    Judge

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Service with the Colors

    Tom's Father (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Man Who Talked Too Much

    District Attorney Nelson

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Private Affairs

    Floor Manager (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

    Judge (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Babies for Sale

    Mr. Edwards

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Johnny Apollo

    Stock Exchange Official (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Charlie Chan in Panama

    Governor D.C. Webster

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

    Officer

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Big Guy

    Judge (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Too Busy to Work

    Frazier

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Ninotchka

    Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • 20,000 Men a Year

    Chief Pilot Lawson

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Monroe Doctrine

    President James K. Polk

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Sabotage

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Eternally Yours

    Reno Lawyer Jones (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Espionage Agent

    Secretary of State

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Lady of the Tropics

    Mr. Hype

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • When Tomorrow Comes

    Man on Bus with Child (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Mutiny on the Blackhawk

    Chief of Army Intelligence

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Charlie Chan in Reno

    Police Chemist

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Confessions of a Nazi Spy

    U.S. Official (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Union Pacific

    Businessman at Financiers' Meeting

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Mr. Moto in Danger Island

    Doctor at Hospital

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Money to Loan

    McCormick

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Tail Spin

    Doctor (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Scouts to the Rescue

    Pat Scanlon

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • King of the Underworld

    Dr. Jacobs

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Phantom Creeps

    Dr. Fred Mallory

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Kentucky

    Banker

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Comet Over Broadway

    Doctor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Shining Hour

    Minister Performing Wedding (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Adventure in Sahara

    Dr. Renault

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Girls on Probation

    Sutton

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Young Dr. Kildare

    Resident Doctor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Too Hot to Handle

    Second Advertising Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Billy The Kid Returns

    Nathaniel Moore

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • You Can't Take It with You

    Executive (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Missing Guest

    Dr. Carroll

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Nurse from Brooklyn

    Ballistics Expert

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Love on a Budget

    Committeeman Emmett

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Born to Be Wild

    Randolph

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • International Settlement

    Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Missing Witnesses

    Grand Jury Foreman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Borrowing Trouble

    Haynes

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Beg, Borrow or Steal

    Minister (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Some Blondes Are Dangerous

    Reilly

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Alcatraz Island

    Attorney (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Love Is on the Air

    Mr. Brown - KDTS Lawyer

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Women Men Marry

    Charley (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Easy Living

    Second Partner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Behind The Headlines

    Mr. Denning

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Let Them Live

    Roberts

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Marked Woman

    Ferguson

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Once a Doctor

    Dr. Adams

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Mandarin Mystery

    Howard Bronson

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Accusing Finger

    Fingerprint Expert

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Public Pays

    John Allgren, Department of Justice (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Libeled Lady

    Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Trailin' West

    Major Pinkerton

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • China Clipper

    Airplane Designer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Jailbreak

    Judge

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Hot Money

    Joe Thomas

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Two Against the World

    Board Chairman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The White Angel

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • And Sudden Death

    Dr. Grayson

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Bullets or Ballots

    Judge in Newsreel (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Daring Young Man

    Assistant Editor

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Stranded

    Police Surgeon (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Strangers All

    Policeman in Film

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • A Night at the Ritz

    Doctor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • You Belong to Me

    Major Hurley - School Commandant

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Life of Vergie Winters

    Mr. Truesdale

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Upperworld

    Joe, the Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Let's Fall in Love

    Roland Markwell

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Wild Boys of the Road

    Merchant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • My Woman

    Harry Mason, Studio Manager (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Ann Carver's Profession

    Clarkson, Bill’s Boss (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Murders in the Zoo

    Doctor (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Treason

    District Attorney

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Lucky Devils

    Mr. Spence - A Director

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • No Other Woman

    Judge

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Rockabye

    Defense Attorney (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • If I Had a Million

    Mr. Galloway - Bank Manager (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Virtue

    District Attorney

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Amateur Daddy

    1st Fred Smith

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Love Auction

    Jack Harley

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Every Mother's Son

    Eldest Son

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Marriages Are Made

    James Morton

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Honest Thief

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Just a Woman

    Fred Howard

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Law of Compensation

    Raymond Wells

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Dummy

    Mr. Meredith

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • King Lear

    Edgar

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Divorce and the Daughter

    Dr. John Osborne

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Fear of Poverty

    Alfred Griffin

    actor

    actors
    1916

• writing (1 credits)

  • Men of Steel

    writer

    writing
    1938