15 Facts About Edward Sedgwick

Edward Sedgwick was an American film director, writer, actor and producer.

Edward Sedgwick was born in Galveston, Texas, the son of Edward Sedgwick, Sr.

At the age of four, young Edward Sedgwick joined his show business family in what was then the Sedgwick Comedy Company, a vaudeville act, doing a "singing speciality".

Edward Sedgwick played child parts and did vaudeville acts until he was seven, when he was given his first comedy part, that of an Irish immigrant, in a comedy written by his father called Just Over.

Edward Sedgwick graduated from St Mary's University of Galveston, and was then sent to the Peacock Military Academy in San Antonio, from which he graduated with the rank of first lieutenant.

Edward Sedgwick was very successful, and it was only after repeated offers from Romaine Fielding that he was induced, at the end of his third successful season, to disband his company and become a film-actor.

Edward Sedgwick broke into films as a comedian in 1915, frequently cast as a zany baseball player.

Edward Sedgwick then became a serial director six years later in 1921, and moved on to the Tom Mix western unit.

In 1936 Edward Sedgwick briefly became a producer-director at Hal Roach Studios.

Edward Sedgwick directed the 1938 film The Gladiator starring Joe E Brown and Dickie Moore.

When Laurel and Hardy returned to MGM in late 1942, Edward Sedgwick was chosen to direct them in Air Raid Wardens.

In 1948, Keaton, employed as a gagman for Red Skelton, had suggested that Edward Sedgwick would be an ideal director for the upcoming A Southern Yankee.

Edward Sedgwick's final released film was Universal's Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm.

Edward Sedgwick died of a heart attack in North Hollywood, California at the age of 63.

Edward Sedgwick is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.