---
name: "Ed McNamara"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ed-mcnamara"
fi1m_id: "ed-mcnamara"
imdb_id: "nm0573677"
tmdb_id: 150238
wikidata_id: "Q16011618"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 June 1921"
died: "11 October 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T04:32:27.636667+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ed McNamara

## Identity

Ed McNamara

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ed-mcnamara
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ed-mcnamara
- **IMDb ID:** nm0573677
- **TMDB ID:** 150238
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16011618
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McNamara, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16011618, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573677/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150238

Actor. Born 23 June 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 11 October 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 June 1921, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 11 October 1986
- **Active:** 1976–1979
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McNamara, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16011618, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573677/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150238

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Black Stallion*](https://film.one/film/the-black-stallion.md) (87)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ed McNamara was a Canadian actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he performed on stage in Toronto and worked in radio before appearing in television and feature films from the early 1940s.

His screen credits include Benny in *Silver Streak* (1976) and Jake in *The Black Stallion* (1979). He received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance as Phillip Longlan in *Bayo* (1985). In 1986 he was awarded the inaugural Earle Grey Award for lifetime achievement by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

McNamara died in Toronto on 11 October 1986.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Black Stallion* (1979), Fi1m 87, as Jake — [page](https://film.one/film/the-black-stallion.md)
- *Silver Streak* (1976), Fi1m 63, as Benny — [page](https://film.one/film/silver-streak.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Town Where No One Got Off* (1986), as Old Man
- *Red Serge* (1986), series, Actor
- *Stitches* (1985), as Osgood Hamilton, Jr
- *Gentle Sinners* (1985), as Sigfius
- *Tramp at the Door* (1985), as Gustave
- *The Ray Bradbury Theater* (1985), series, as Old Man
- *Bayo* (1985), as Phillip Longlan
- *The Black Stallion* (1979), as Jake — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-black-stallion.md)
- *Riel* (1979), as Asseewyn
- *Silver Streak* (1976), as Benny — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/silver-streak.md)
- *Find the Lady* (1976), as Kaminsky
- *The New Avengers* (1976), series, as Chicken Farmer
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, Actor
- *The House by the Lake* (1976), as Spragg
- *Shoot* (1976), as Sargent Bellows
- *Peep Show* (1975), series, as Old Man
- *Last Bride Of Salem* (1974), as Seth Whately
- *Class of '44* (1973), as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- *Mahoney's Last Stand* (1972), as Clerk in General Store
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, Actor
- *Rocket Robin Hood* (1966), series, as Little John (voice)
- *Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans* (1957), series, as Sun Bear
- *The Fletcher Affair* (1957), as Josiah Higgins
- *Coney Island* (1943), as Policeman
- *This Land Is Mine* (1943), as Policeman
- *Ziegfeld Girl* (1941), as Mr. Regan

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Earle Grey Award 1986: Earle Grey Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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