Edward Connelly Explained

Edward Connelly
Birth Date:	30 December 1859
Birth Place:	New York, New York, US
Death Place:	Hollywood, California, US
Yearsactive:	1914–28
Occupation:	Actor

Edward Connelly (December 30, 1859  - November 21, 1928) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era.

Biography

Connelly had a Broadway theater career going back to the Victorian era. His Broadway credits include The Wild Duck (1918), The Great Adventure (1913), A Good Little Devil (1913), The Dollar Princess (1909), Twiddle-Twaddle (1906), Bird Center (1904), Babette (1903), and The Belle of New York (1900).^[1]

Connelly appeared in 69 films between 1914 and 1929. His last film was The Desert Law.

He was born in New York, New York and died of influenza^[2] in Hollywood, California. He was survived by his wife.^[3]

Selected filmography

• A Good Little Devil (1914)
• Shore Acres (1914)
• The Devil (1915)
• Marse Covington as Covington Halliday ("Marse Covington")^[4]
• The Fall of the Romanoffs (1917)
• A Successful Adventure (1918)
• The First Law (1918)
• The Lion's Den (1919)
• The Red Lantern (1919)
• The Great Victory (1919)
• The World and Its Woman (1919)
• The Parisian Tigress (1919)
• In Old Kentucky (1919)
• Johnny-on-the-Spot (1919)
• False Evidence (1919)
• Easy to Make Money (1919)
• The Willow Tree (1920)
• Shore Acres (1920)
• The Saphead (1920)
• Hearts Are Trumps (1920)
• Cinderella's Twin (1920)
• Dangerous to Men (1920)
• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
• The Last Card (1921)
• The Conquering Power (1921)
• Conflict (1921)
• Camille (1921)
• Turn To The Right (1922)
• Kisses (1922)
• Love in the Dark (1922)
• Seeing's Believing (1922)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)
• Trifling Women (1922)
• Her Fatal Millions (1923)
• Desire (1923)
• Where the Pavement Ends (1923)
• Slave of Desire (1923)
• The Goldfish (1924)
• A Fool's Awakening (1924)
• The Denial (1925)
• The Unholy Three (1925)
• Sun-Up (1925)
• So This Is Marriage? (1925)
• The Merry Widow (1925)
• The Torrent (1926)
• Brown of Harvard (1926)
• Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
• Love (1927)
• The Show (1927)
• The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
• Across to Singapore (1928)
• Forbidden Hours (1928)
• The Mysterious Lady (1928)
• Brotherly Love (1928)
• The Desert Rider (1929)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Edward J. Connelly. Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. March 31, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331005938/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/edward-j-connelly-67138. March 31, 2018.
2. News: Edward Connelly Gone. Tampa Bay Times. December 30, 1928. Florida, St. Petersburg. 20. Newspapers.com. March 30, 2018.
3. News: (untitled brief). The Montana Standard. December 23, 1928. Montana, Butte. 37. Newspapers.com. March 30, 2018.
4. Web site: Marse Covington .