Edmund Mortimer
Date of birth: 1874-08-21
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Edmund Mortimer Olson, Edward J. Mortimer, Edward Mortimer, Edwin Mortimer, Ed Mortimer
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edmund Mortimer (21 August 1874 – 21 May 1944) was an American actor and film director. He appeared in 251 films between 1913 and 1945. He also directed 23 films between 1918 and 1928. He was born in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California.
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The Male Animal
1942-03-12
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspect
Dodsworth
1936-09-23
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that the
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938-11-17
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out
The Devil Bat
1940-12-13
Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938-07-20
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming o
Beauty for the Asking
1939-02-24
Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she
Tell Your Children
1938-06-15
High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have d
Sunny
1941-05-30
A circus performer who falls in love with a rich car dealer's son, against her family's wishes. Feat
The Mad Ghoul
1943-11-12
A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning
The Dark Horse
1932-06-16
The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Z
It's Love I'm After
1937-10-08
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
The Night of Nights
1939-12-01
A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left hi
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937-07-02
Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Under Your Spell
1936-11-06
A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to bri
Frisco Kid
1935-11-30
After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him ris
Kid Galahad
1937-05-29
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid
Night After Night
1932-10-29
A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl.
Arrowsmith
1931-12-07
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of
A Lost Lady
1934-09-29
A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
Exposed
1938-11-05
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue
Crashing Through Danger
1938-09-14
Three electrical linemen work through the hazardous conditions of the Depression Era. Sparks fly, an
Breakfast for Two
1937-10-22
After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted hi
The Gay Deception
1935-09-13
A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City,
Men of Chance
1931-12-26
A gambler falls for a fake countess.
Frisco Lil
1942-03-13
Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her fat
Bathing Beauty
1944-06-27
After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal l
Werewolf of London
1935-05-13
A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.
I'm No Angel
1933-10-06
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she
Man Of The People
1937-01-27
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
Vogues of 1938
1937-08-18
An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reis
Live, Love and Learn
1937-10-29
A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get mar
Smashing the Rackets
1938-08-08
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothin
The Nurse from Brooklyn
1938-04-29
A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is
A Man to Remember
1938-10-14
On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
The President Vanishes
1934-11-17
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American pol
Going Places
1938-12-31
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargain
Hold That Kiss
1938-05-13
Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. C
Change of Heart
1934-05-18
Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fl
Parole Girl
1933-03-04
A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being releas
Broadway Gondolier
1935-07-27
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
Give Me Your Heart
1936-09-17
An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.
Sorority House
1939-05-05
A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she's trying to join.
Tell No Tales
1939-06-12
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save
Zenobia
1939-04-21
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939-01-27
Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.
Broadway Hostess
1935-12-07
Melodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer.
Desirable
1934-09-08
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
Personal Maid's Secret
1935-10-26
A longtime maid for New York socialites watches from afar as the daughter she once gave up is raised
The Ship That Died
1938-02-19
This MGM An Historical Mystery short traces the final voyage of the Mary Celeste, a ship discovered
Stage Mother
1933-09-29
Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls eve
The White Angel
1936-06-25
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurs
Three Who Loved
1931-07-03
A bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.
Champagne Charlie
1936-05-06
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
Buck Rogers
1939-04-10
Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are caught
Mama Steps Out
1937-02-05
A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Fur
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939-02-17
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from
Wuthering Heights
1939-04-07
The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns fro
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939-03-24
Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until
They Made Her a Spy
1939-04-14
When her brother is killed by sabotage, Irene Eaton (Sally Eilers) joins the secret service and goes
Midnight
1939-03-24
An unemployed American showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian high society.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939-03-29
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures la
At the Circus
1939-10-20
Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Cart
We Are Not Alone
1939-11-25
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933-11-02
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night
The Daredevil Drivers
1938-02-12
To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for her r
First Love
1939-11-10
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncl
Raffles
1939-11-11
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. M
Sergeant Madden
1939-03-24
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
The Under-Pup
1939-08-31
A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy
Eternally Yours
1939-10-07
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say pre
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938-02-25
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle i
Kentucky
1938-12-30
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby
I Married a Witch
1942-10-30
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter
Holiday
1938-05-26
Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the s
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940-01-11
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He
Libeled Lady
1936-10-09
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she f
Missing Witnesses
1937-12-11
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
Transatlantic
1931-08-19
As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to th
The Yellow Ticket
1931-10-30
A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British
The Thrill Hunter
1933-04-30
A blowhard cowboy talks himself into a job as a movie stunt man.
The Glass Key
1942-09-08
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help d
Woman Against Woman
1938-06-24
A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence
The Lady Objects
1938-10-12
A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her
Design for Living
1933-12-29
An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936-04-09
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and
The Saint Takes Over
1940-06-07
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the a
The Awful Truth
1937-10-21
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start underm
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939-02-02
Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chine
Duck Soup
1933-11-12
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring S
The Earl of Chicago
1940-01-05
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Ear
Edison, the Man
1940-05-10
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story star
Man's Castle
1933-11-20
Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will sup
The Lodger
1944-01-19
In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lo
Santa Fe Trail
1940-12-20
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, G
Guilty Hands
1931-08-22
A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and th
Huddle
1932-05-14
Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company
Mr. Skitch
1933-12-22
After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and
I Sell Anything
1934-10-20
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940-12-19
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyll
Freshman Love
1936-01-18
A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like
Foreign Correspondent
1940-08-16
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the i
Little Nellie Kelly
1940-11-22
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and matern
Waterloo Bridge
1940-05-17
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he
A Chump at Oxford
1940-01-25
The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disast
Hired Wife
1940-09-13
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940-12-05
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil Gen
Before I Hang
1940-09-17
Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating ag
It's in the Air
1935-10-10
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants
They Drive by Night
1940-07-26
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck b
That Certain Age
1938-10-06
Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss, new
My Love Came Back
1940-07-13
Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arran
Between Us Girls
1942-09-04
A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own mothe
Mr. Skeffington
1944-05-25
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth
In Old Missouri
1940-04-17
The Weavers are share-croppers who confront their landlord with their tale of woe only to find he is
Island of Doomed Men
1940-05-20
An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamon
Girl in 313
1940-05-31
A priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is one
Road to Singapore
1940-03-22
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943-09-25
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Who's Superstitious?
1943-01-02
This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knock
Stage Door
1937-10-08
The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls fr
Skyscraper Souls
1932-07-16
After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his
Music for Madame
1937-10-08
An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks wh
You Were Never Lovelier
1942-11-19
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
Honolulu Lu
1941-12-11
While in Hawaii, Velez begins the film as a risque nightclub act and due to her involvement with a g
The Girl in 419
1933-05-26
A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a
That Girl from Paris
1936-12-31
Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her j
Curtain Call
1940-04-18
Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941-11-17
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train h
They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death
Brooklyn Orchid
1942-01-31
Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.
My Favorite Spy
1942-06-12
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy miss
Break of Hearts
1935-05-31
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music t
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
1938-01-15
This short looks at the possibility that those who have passed on can communicate with us in ways we
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
1937-12-25
This short presents the possibility that a dead person's spirit can intervene in the lives of the li
Neptune's Daughter
1914-04-25
The daughter of King Neptune takes on human form to avenge the death of her young sister, who was ca
Chained
1934-08-31
Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to div
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938-07-23
When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical
His Butler's Sister
1943-11-26
Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.
Crash Dive
1943-04-22
A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant ra
Crazy House
1943-10-08
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie.
The Constant Nymph
1943-06-23
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. W
The Spider Woman
1943-12-10
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain be
Dames
1934-09-01
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
Mr. Lucky
1943-07-01
A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience be
True to Life
1943-12-24
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents
A Feather in Her Hat
1935-10-25
After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identit
3 Kids and a Queen
1935-10-21
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subseq
The Chaser
1938-07-29
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him,
The Moonstone
1915-06-21
Pursued by three Indian priests after stealing “The Moonstone” a valuable diamond from the eye of an
Page Miss Glory
1935-09-07
A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant cel
If You Could Only Cook
1935-12-30
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
The Major and the Minor
1942-09-16
Low on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay ha
Imitation of Life
1934-11-23
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The t
Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939-10-06
A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites her
Blonde Crazy
1931-09-16
The adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934-08-15
Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the m
The Wet Parade
1932-03-26
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich
Two Against the World
1936-07-11
Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to
Ship Cafe
1935-11-09
The singing stoker and the vamp.
Satan Met a Lady
1936-07-22
In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress
Incendiary Blonde
1945-07-25
Paramount's highly-fictionalized 1945 musical biography of Texas Guinan, the Roaring '20s New York n
Swing Fever
1943-11-01
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
Great Guy
1936-12-01
A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold t
Female
1933-11-11
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of bu
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932-06-10
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prenti
Goin' to Town
1935-04-25
Cleo Borden grew up in a saloon, loves the men—and the men love her—but her aspirations lead her to
Weird Woman
1944-03-01
After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she was ra
Belle of the Yukon
1944-12-27
Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest c
Laugh and Get Rich
1931-03-27
An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've be
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934-05-04
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in ord
Sadie McKee
1934-05-09
A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
Platinum Blonde
1931-10-31
Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her hig
The Phantom President
1932-09-23
Too bad for presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for sav
The Common Law
1916-10-15
Based on the Novel by Robert W. Chambers of New York City life among the upper-crust, Valerie West ,
The Good Fairy
1935-02-18
In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, d
Red-Headed Woman
1932-06-25
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair
What Price Hollywood?
1932-06-24
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film dir
Working Girls
1931-12-12
Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June
Fast Company
1938-07-05
Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
Yours for the Asking
1936-07-23
Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, i
Thirty Day Princess
1934-05-18
A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contr
The Gilded Lily
1935-01-25
Secretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her bes
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941-08-12
Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side,
When Tomorrow Comes
1939-08-11
A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he i
Upperworld
1934-04-28
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably un
We're Rich Again
1934-07-13
A polo-playing grandmother and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet.
Lawyer Man
1932-12-24
Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York
Vivacious Lady
1938-05-13
College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzl
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932-05-01
Vivienne Ware is defended by her ex-beau when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance.
Follow the Boys
1944-05-05
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star