Edward Santree Brophy was an American character actor and comedian, as well as an assistant director and second unit director during the 1920s.
10 Facts About Edward Brophy
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Edward Brophy is best remembered as the sidekick to The Falcon in the Tom Conway film series of the 1940s, and for voicing Timothy Q Mouse in Walt Disney's Dumbo.
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Edward Santree Brophy was born on February 27,1895, in New York City and attended the University of Virginia.
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In 1928, with only a few minor film roles to his credit, Brophy was working as a production manager for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer when he was on location with Buster Keaton for the feature film The Cameraman.
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Each time Keaton attempts to hang his clothes on one hook, Edward Brophy removes the clothes and hands them back to Keaton and gestures to the other hook.
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Edward Brophy worked steadily through the 1950s, in both featured roles and uncredited bits, almost always in light film fare.
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Edward Brophy made several appearances in the films of director John Ford, notably as "Ditto" Boland in The Last Hurrah, Brophy's last film.
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Edward Brophy was the model for comic-book character Doiby Dickles, the cab-driving sidekick to Green Lantern in the 1940s.
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Edward Brophy died on May 27,1960, during the production of Ford's Two Rode Together.
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Edward Brophy was buried in Santa Monica's Woodlawn Cemetery next to his wife Ann S Brophy.