Robert Edeson

Robert Edeson
Born	June 3, 1868(1868-06-03) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	March 24, 1931(1931-03-24) (aged 62) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1912 - 1931

Robert Edeson (June 3, 1868, New Orleans, Louisiana – March 24, 1931, Hollywood, California) was an American movie and stage actor of the silent era. Edeson got his first boost in movies in 1914 when he starred in the Cecil B. DeMille directed film, The Call of the North.

Robert Edeson with Flora Juliet Bowley from the 1907 play Classmates

Edeson replaced actor Rudolph Christians in Erich von Stroheim's production of Foolish Wives (1922), after Christians died of pneumonia. Edeson famously only showed his back to the camera so as not to clash with shot footage of Christians that was still to be used in the completed film. He also starred in several Broadway productions as well. Edeson died on the same day as character actor Charles Clary.

Selected filmography

• Danger Lights (1930)
• Walking Back (1928)
• Beware of Blondes (1928)
• Altars of Desire (1927)
• The Blue Eagle (1926)
• The Volga Boatman (1926)
• The Golden Bed (1925)
• The Prairie Pirate (1925)
• Thy Name Is Woman (1924)
• Triumph (1924)
• Men (1924)
• Feet of Clay (1924)
• To the Last Man (1923)
• The Ten Commandments (1923)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)
• How Molly Malone Made Good (1915) (*cameo; himself)
• The Call of the North (1914)

External links

• Robert Edeson at the Internet Movie Database
• Robert Edeson at the Internet Broadway Database
• a young Robert Edeson on the cover of THE THEATRE magazine September 1905