Edward J. LeSaint
Edward J. LeSaint
White-maned, saintly American actor Edward LeSaint became a familiar figure in B-westerns of the '30s. He was almost invariably cast as the frail but courageous father of the heroine, who refused to sell his land (water, oil, gold) rights to the villains -- and equally invariably received a bullet in the back for his brave stance. A stage actor since the 19th century and in films since at least 1915, LeSaint was engaged as a staff director by the Fox Studios in 1918, where he was billed as E.J. LeSaint. Switching back to acting in the talkie era, LeSaint showed up in brief roles as college professors, judges, generals, city officials and the like. Edward LeSaint is best known to modern viewers as one of the "yes-men" professors in The Marx Brothers' Horse Feathers, and as judges in both the Three Stooges' Disorder in the Court (1936) and the anti-pot camp classic Reefer Madness (1936). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Edward J. LeSaint:
- Pigskin Parade with Patsy Kelly , Jack Sr. Haley , Stuart Erwin , Johnny Downs , Betty Grable , Judy Garland , Grady Sutton , Elisha Jr. Cook , Emma Dunn , Si Jenks , Lynn Bari , Ben Hall , Alan Ladd , David Sharpe
- Wife vs. Secretary with Clark Gable , Jean Harlow , Myrna Loy , May Robson , James Stewart , George Barbier , Tom Dugan , Greta Meyer , Jack Mulhall , John Qualen
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town with Gary Cooper , Jean Arthur , George Bancroft , Lionel Stander , Douglas Dumbrille , Raymond Walburn , H.B. Warner , Ruth Donnelly , Emma Dunn , Walter Catlett , Stanley Andrews , Billy Bevan , Cecil Cunningham , Ann Doran , Bess Flowers , George "Gabby" Hayes , Gene Morgan , Franklin Pangborn , Lee Shumway , Charles Sullivan , Dale vanSickel , Gustav vonSeyffertitz , Dennis O'Keefe
- Jesse James with Tyrone Power , Henry Fonda , Nancy Kelly , Randolph Scott , Brian Donlevy , John Carradine , George "Slim" Summerville , J. Edward Bromberg , Donald Meek , John Russell , Jane Darwell , Granville Bates , Lon Jr. Chaney , James Flavin , Ethan Laidlaw , Charles B. Middleton , George Breakston
- I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang with Paul Muni , Glenda Farrell , Helen Vinson , Preston S. Foster , Allen Jenkins , Robert Warwick , Edward Arnold , Berton Churchill , Douglas Dumbrille , Edward Ellis , Lew Kelly , Charles B. Middleton , William Pawley , Charles A. Sellon , Lee Shumway , Dennis O'Keefe
- Fury with Spencer Tracy , Sylvia Sidney , Bruce Cabot , Edward Ellis , Walter Brennan , Clara Blandick , Ward Bond , Esther Dale , Ben Hall , Sherry Hall , Raymond Hatton , Si Jenks , Clarence Kolb , Murdock MacQuarrie , Mira McKinney , Franklin Parker , Eddie Quillan , Carl Stockdale , Minerva Urecal , Duke York , Frank Mills
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