Robert Edeson

Robert Edeson
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.

Edeson replaced actor Rudolph Christians in Erich von Stroheim's production of Foolish Wives (1922), after Christians dropped dead. 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.

Selected filmography

• Danger Lights (1930)
• Walking Back (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)
• Feet of Clay (1924)
• To the Last Man (1923)
• The Ten Commandments (1923)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)
• The Call of the North (1914)

External links

• Robert Edeson at IMDb
• Robert Edeson at the Internet Broadway Database