Edward Brophy
Born	February 27, 1895(1895-02-27) New York City, New York, USA
Died	May 27, 1960 (aged 65) Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA
Years active	1920–1960

Edward Brophy (February 27, 1895–May 27, 1960) was an American character actor. Small of build, balding and raucous-voiced, Brophy was known for portraying gangsters, both serious and comic.

In 1928, with only a few minor film roles to his credit, Brophy was working as a junior production executive for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer when he was chosen to appear with Buster Keaton in one sequence of Keaton's film The Cameraman. As two clients in a bath-house, Brophy and Keaton attempt to undress and put on bathing suits while sharing a single tiny changing room with only one hook. Each time Keaton attempts to hang his clothes on the hook, Brophy removes the clothes and hands them back to Keaton. Appearing only in this one brief scene, Brophy attracted enough attention to receive more and better roles. Most of his long and prolific career was spent at MGM.

He played the title character's loyal manager in The Champ (1931), a Rollo Brother in the movie Freaks (1932), Joe Morelli from The Thin Man (1934) and Nick Charles' friend Brogan from The Thin Man Goes Home (1944). Brophy was the voice behind the diminutive Timothy Q. Mouse in the Disney animated film Dumbo (1941), though he was uncredited for this role.

Brophy died on May 27, 1960 during the production of Two Rode Together. He was buried in Santa Monica's Woodlawn Cemetery.

[edit] Partial filmography

[edit] External links

• Edward Brophy at the Internet Movie Database
• Edward S. Brophy at Allmovie