Edward McNamara
Edward McNamara
Looking for all the world like a jolly, Irish neighborhood cop, Edward McNamara had once been exactly that in his hometown of Paterson, NJ. His lilting Irish tenor, however, brought him in contact with famed opera diva Ernestine Schumann-Heink who reportedly offered coaching for free. A hit in both vaudeville and on the legitimate stage, McNamara, with his Irish brogue and robust physique, was almost immediately typed for cop roles and would later play policemen onscreen as well in scores of films from 1929 on. McNamara succumbed to a fatal heart attack on a train near Boston, MA. The veteran performer had reportedly been engaged in a lively conversation with longtime friend James Cagney when stricken. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Edward McNamara:
- I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang with Paul Muni , Glenda Farrell , Helen Vinson , Noel Francis , Preston S. Foster , Allen Jenkins , Sheila Terry , Sally Blane , David Landau , James Bell , John Wray , Hale Hamilton , Robert Warwick , Louise Carter , Robert McWade , Everett Brown , William LeMaire , Edward Arnold , Erville Alderson , Irving Bacon , Reginald Barlow , Frederick Burton , Berton Churchill , Wallis Clark , George Pat Collins , Commerce of , Douglas Dumbrille , Edward Ellis , Lew Kelly , Jack LaRue , Edward J. LeSaint , Walter Long , Charles B. Middleton , William Pawley , Willard Robertson , Charles A. Sellon , Lee Shumway , George Cooper , Dennis O'Keefe , Harry Woods , J. Frank Glendon
- Arsenic and Old Lace with Cary Grant , Priscilla Lane , Raymond Massey , Jack Carson , Peter Lorre , Edward Everett Horton , James Gleason , Josephine Hull , Jean Adair , John Alexander , Grant Mitchell , Garry Owen , John Ridgely , Vaughan Glaser , Chester Clute , Charles Lane , Edward McWade , Spencer Charters , Hank Mann , Lee Phelps , Leo White
- Great Guy with James Cagney , Mae Clarke , James Burke , Robert Gleckler , Henry Kolker , Edward S. Brophy , Bernadene Hayes , Edward Gargan , Matty Fain , Joseph Sawyer , Douglas Wood , Gertrude Astor , Bobby Barber , Lynton Brent , Eddy Chandler , Wallis Clark , Kernan Cripps , John Dilson , Lester Dorr , James Ford , Dwight Frye , Bud Geary , Mary Gordon , Gertrude Green , Mildred Harris , Ben Jr. Hendricks , Arthur Hoyt , Ethelreda Leopold , Robert Lowery , Murdock MacQuarrie , Bill O'Brien , Kate Price , Pete Reilly , Henry Roquemore , Jeffrey Sayre , Lee Shumway , Harry Tenbrook , Frank Mills , Bruce Mitchell , Frank O'Connor , Dennis O'Keefe , Jack Pennick , Vera Steadman
- Ziegfeld Girl with James Stewart , Judy Garland , Hedy Lamarr , Lana Turner , Tony Martin , Jackie Cooper , Ian Hunter , Charles Winninger , Edward Everett Horton , Philip Dorn , Paul Kelly , Eve Arden , Dan Dailey , Al Shean , Fay Holden , Felix Bressart , Rose Hobart , Bernard Nedell , Mae Busch , Renie Riano , Josephine Whittell , Roscoe Ates , Joan Barclay , Leslie Brooks , Georgia Carroll , Joyce Compton , Myrna Dell , James Flavin , Bess Flowers , Frances Gladwin , Reed Hadley , Al Hill , Armand Kaliz , Donald Kirke , Victor Laplace , George H. Lloyd , Sergio Orta , Fred Santley , Six Hits & A Miss , Elliott Sullivan , Ray Teal , Ruth Tobey , Jean Wallace , Claire James , Vivian Mason , Virginia Cruzon , Rosario and Antonio , Anya Taranda
- The Palm Beach Story with Claudette Colbert , Joel D. McCrea , Mary Astor , Rudy Vallee , William Demarest , Sig Arno , Robert Warwick , Robert Dudley , Franklin Pangborn , Jack Norton , Esther Howard , Jimmy Conlin , George Anderson , Harry Hayden , Monte Blue , Dewey Robinson , Esther Michelson , Torben Meyer , Robert Greig , Roscoe Ates , Wilson Benge , Al Bridge , Chester Conklin , Frank Faylen , Byron K. Foulger , Arthur Stuart Hull , John Holland , Arthur Hoyt , Sheldon Jett , John Farrell MacDonald , Howard M. Mitchell , Charles Moore , Frank C. Moran , Mantan Moreland , Victor Potel , Harry Rosenthal , Julius Tannen , Fred "Snowflake" Toones , Harry Tyler , Max Wagner , Keith Richards
- Captains of the Clouds with James Cagney , Dennis Morgan , Brenda Marshall , Alan Sr. Hale , George Tobias , Reginald Gardiner , Reginald Denny , Russell Arms , Paul Cavanagh , Clem Bevans , Joseph M. Kerrigan , John Farrell MacDonald , Patrick O'Moore , Morton Lowry , Frederic Worlock , Roland Drew , Lucia Carroll , George Meeker , Ben Baker , Hardie Albright , Ray W. Walker , Charles Halton , Louis Jean Heydt , Willie Fung , Carl Harbord , Tod Andrews , Barry Bernard , W.A. Bishop , James Bush , Donald Dillaway , Pat Flaherty , John Gallaudet , Winifred Harris , John Hartley , Charles Irwin , O. Cathcart Jones , John G. Kellogg , Frank Lackteen , Miles Mander , Ray Montgomery , Gavin Muir , Charles B. Smith , Rafael Storm , Emmett Vogan , Billy Wayne , William Wilkerson , Larry Williams , Gig Young , James Stevens , Roy Walker , Tom Dugan , Theodore Fred Offenbecker , George Ovey , Herbert Gunn , George Offerman
Edward McNamara Trivia
When was Edward McNamara born?
Edward McNamara was born on August 14, 1884
Who did Edward McNamara portray in I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang?
Edward McNamara was Second Warden in I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
Who did Edward McNamara play in Arsenic and Old Lace?
Edward McNamara was Brophy in Arsenic and Old Lace
What role did Edward McNamara portray in Great Guy?
Edward McNamara played Capt. Pat Hanlon in Great Guy
Who did Edward McNamara play in Ziegfeld Girl?
Edward McNamara was Mr. Regan in Ziegfeld Girl
Who did Edward McNamara play in The Palm Beach Story?
Edward McNamara was Officer in Penn Station in The Palm Beach Story
Who did Edward McNamara portray in Captains of the Clouds?
Edward McNamara was Dog Man in Captains of the Clouds
