--- name: "Edward Keane" canonical: "https://film.one/person/edward-keane" fi1m_id: "edward-keane" imdb_id: "nm0443849" tmdb_id: 120708 wikidata_id: "Q18638539" roles: ["Actor"] born: "28 May 1884" died: "12 October 1959" reviewed_on_fi1m: 7 average_fi1m_score: 83 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-25T02:15:15.392283+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." --- # Edward Keane ## Identity Edward Keane - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/edward-keane - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** edward-keane - **IMDb ID:** nm0443849 - **TMDB ID:** 120708 - **Wikidata ID:** Q18638539 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Keane_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18638539, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443849/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120708 Actor. Born 28 May 1884 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 12 October 1959. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 28 May 1884, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 12 October 1959 - **Active:** 1934–1946 - **Also known as:** Edward Kelley, Edward Kean, Eddie Keane, Edmund Keane, Ed Keane, Edward Keene - **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 3 acting, 4 other - **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 75 (5), 1940s 77 (2) - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Music 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1, Romance 1 - **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $12m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Keane_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18638539, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443849/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120708 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*A Night at the Opera*](https://film.one/film/a-night-at-the-opera.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Edward Keane (28 May 1884 – 12 October 1959) was an American film actor. Born in New York City, he appeared in more than 300 films between 1921 and 1955, often in supporting or uncredited roles as authority figures. He is credited as Captain in *A Night at the Opera* (1935). Other appearances include *It's a Wonderful Life* (1946) as Tom (Bldg. & Loan), *You Can't Take It with You* (1938) as a board member, *The Roaring Twenties* (1939) as Henderson, and *Sergeant York* (1941) as Oscar of the Waldorf. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.* ## On Fi1m (7) ### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these - *It's a Wonderful Life* (1946), Fi1m 91, as Tom (Bldg. & Loan) — [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-wonderful-life.md) - *A Night at the Opera* (1935), Fi1m 84, as Captain — [page](https://film.one/film/a-night-at-the-opera.md) - *One Night of Love* (1934), Fi1m 73, as Metropolitan Stage Director — [page](https://film.one/film/one-night-of-love.md) ### Also credited (4) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *The Song of Bernadette* (1943), Fi1m 63, as Policeman (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-song-of-bernadette.md) - *You Can't Take It with You* (1938), Fi1m 70, as Board Member (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/you-cant-take-it-with-you.md) - *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), Fi1m 82, as Board Member (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-deeds-goes-to-town.md) - *Naughty Marietta* (1935), Fi1m 64, as Major Bonnell (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/naughty-marietta.md) ## Complete filmography (187) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Big Boss* (1959), Actor - *MGM Parade* (1955), series, Actor - *Twilight in the Sierras* (1950), as Judge Wiggins - *The Invisible Monster* (1950), as Warren Madison - *The Good Humor Man* (1950), as Doctor (uncredited) - *The Baron of Arizona* (1950), as Surveyor General Miller - *Madame Bovary* (1949), as Presiding Judge (uncredited) - *It Happens Every Spring* (1949), as Jack Bell (uncredited) - *Hellfire* (1949), as Edwards (uncredited) - *The Judge Steps Out* (1947), as Judge (uncredited) - *Roses Are Red* (1947), as Jim Locke - *Desire Me* (1947), as The Baker (uncredited) - *The Invisible Wall* (1947), as Marty Floyd - *Key Witness* (1947), as Police Chief Crandall (uncredited) - *The Hat Box Mystery* (1947), as District Attorney - *Undercover Maisie* (1947), as Police Chief (uncredited) - *Trail to San Antone* (1947), as Sheriff Jones - *It's a Wonderful Life* (1946), as Tom (Bldg. & Loan) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-wonderful-life.md) - *Out California Way* (1946), as E.J. Pearson - *Sister Kenny* (1946), as Reporter (uncredited) - *Angel on My Shoulder* (1946), as Prison Yard Captain (uncredited) - *Roll on Texas Moon* (1946), as Frank B. Wilson - *If I'm Lucky* (1946), as Golfer (uncredited) - *Night Editor* (1946), as Police Chief Burns (Uncredited) - *Scarlet Street* (1945), as Detective (uncredited) - *Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion* (1945), as Doctor - *Fashion Model* (1945), as Jacques Duval - *Rogues' Gallery* (1944), as Gentry - *One Mysterious Night* (1944), as Police Commissioner Howard (Uncredited) - *Haunted Harbor* (1944), as Fredrick Vorhees [Ch. 1] - *When Strangers Marry* (1944), as Middle-Aged Man - *A Fig Leaf for Eve* (1944), as Horace Sardham - *South of Dixie* (1944), as Mr. Platt - *The Lady and the Monster* (1944), as Mr. Manning, Bank Official (Uncredited) - *Voodoo Man* (1944), as (scenes deleted/never filmed) (uncredited) - *California Joe* (1943), as Governor Glynn - *The Song of Bernadette* (1943), as Policeman (uncredited) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-song-of-bernadette.md) - *I Escaped from the Gestapo* (1943), as Domack - *Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case* (1943), as Stiles (uncredited) - *Mission to Moscow* (1943), as Isolationist (uncredited) - *A Stranger in Town* (1943), as Blaxton's Lawyer - *Let's Have Fun* (1943), as James Bradley - *The Adventures of Smilin' Jack* (1943), as Hon. George Hill [Chs. 8-12] - *The Traitor Within* (1942), as Davis - *Who Done It?* (1942), as Man in drug store touting Juliet (uncredited) - *Kid Glove Killer* (1942), as Forsythe - Second Politician (uncredited) - *Who Is Hope Schuyler?* (1942), as Judge - *Man With Two Lives* (1942), as Dr. Richard Clark - *They Died with Their Boots On* (1941), as Congressman (uncredited) - *Sea Raiders* (1941), as Elliott Carlton - *Sergeant York* (1941), as Oscar of the Waldorf (uncredited) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/sergeant-york.md) - *Riders of the Timberline* (1941), as Preston Yates - *Harmon of Michigan* (1941), as City Editor - *Double Cross* (1941), as Commissioner Bob Trent (as Edmund Keane) - *Her First Beau* (1941), as Mr. Wharton - *South of Panama* (1941), as Colonel Stoddard - *The Son of Monte Cristo* (1940), as Turnkey - *A Dispatch from Reuters* (1940), as Reporter (uncredited) - *City for Conquest* (1940), as Gaul - *Money and the Woman* (1940), as Mr. Kaiser - *The Golden Fleecing* (1940), as Barney aka Derby Hat (uncredited) - *Winners of the West* (1940), as John Hartford - *A Fugitive from Justice* (1940), as Partridge - *Edison, the Man* (1940), as Lecturer - *'Til We Meet Again* (1940), as Ship Officer (uncredited) - *And One Was Beautiful* (1940), as Prosecuting Attorney - *Virginia City* (1940), as Officer (uncredited) - *Midnight Limited* (1940), as Captain Harrigan - *Charlie Chan in Panama* (1940), as Dr. Fredericks - *I Take This Woman* (1940), as Dr. Harrison (uncredited) - *Hidden Enemy* (1940), as Newspaper Editor - *The Man Who Wouldn't Talk* (1940), as Warden - *The Green Hornet* (1940), as Williams (uncredited) - *Heroes in Blue* (1939), as Moran - *The Roaring Twenties* (1939), as Henderson - *The Escape* (1939), as Captain of Detectives - *Angels Wash Their Faces* (1939), as Defense Attorney (uncredited) - *When Tomorrow Comes* (1939), as Man Announcing End of Strike (uncredited) - *Chicken Wagon Family* (1939), as Bank Manager - *The Sun Never Sets* (1939), as DNXY Radio Operator - *My Wife's Relatives* (1939), as Jarvis - *Ex-Champ* (1939), as Clerk - *Confessions of a Nazi Spy* (1939), as FBI Agent (uncredited) - *Union Pacific* (1939), as Man (uncredited) - *Frontier Pony Express* (1939), as Senator Calhoun Lassister - *Mr. Moto in Danger Island* (1939), as Washington Official - *The Story of Alexander Graham Bell* (1939), as Banker at Demo - *Three Smart Girls Grow Up* (1939), as Stock Broker - *Wings of the Navy* (1939), as Psychology Examiner - *Devil's Island* (1939), as Dr. Duval - *Stand Up and Fight* (1939), as Donnelly - *Kentucky* (1938), as Man at Race Track - *I Demand Payment* (1938), as District Attorney - *Nancy Drew… Detective* (1938), as Adam Thorne - *Torchy Gets Her Man* (1938), as Henchman Stoneham (uncredited) - *Girls on Probation* (1938), as Bob Brian - *Shadows Over Shanghai* (1938), as American Consul - *Slander House* (1938), as George Horton - *You Can't Take It with You* (1938), as Board Member (uncredited) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/you-cant-take-it-with-you.md) - *Marie Antoinette* (1938), as General (uncredited) - *Border G-Man* (1938), as Colonel Christie - *Josette* (1938), as Doorman (uncredited) - *The Face Behind the Mask* (1938), as Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited) - *Love on a Budget* (1938), as Bank Manager - *Gold Is Where You Find It* (1938), as San Francisco Bar Patron (uncredited) - *International Settlement* (1938), as Captain - *The Invisible Menace* (1938), as Officer at Dolman's Hearing - *The Dummy Owner* (1938), Actor - *Wells Fargo* (1937), as Salmon P. Chase - Secretary of the Treasury - *You're a Sweetheart* (1937), as Backstage Reporter (uncredited) - *Missing Witnesses* (1937), as District Attorney (uncredited) - *Hollywood Round-Up* (1937), as Lew Wallace - *The Firefly* (1937), as French Chief of Staff (uncredited) - *Alcatraz Island* (1937), as Crandall (uncredited) - *Madame X* (1937), as Gendarme at Villa - *Dangerously Yours* (1937), as Bronson - *The Californian* (1937), as Marshal Morse - *Song of Revolt* (1937), as Mayor (uncredited) - *Charlie Chan at the Olympics* (1937), as Army Colonel - *Seventh Heaven* (1937), as Gendarme - *Time Out for Romance* (1937), as Stanhope - *Once a Doctor* (1937), as Captain Littlejohn - *Westbound Mail* (1937), as 'Gun' Barlow - *We Who Are About to Die* (1937), as Ed Stanley (uncredited) - *The Boss Rider of Gun Creek* (1936), as Lawyer - *California Mail* (1936), as Thompson - *Mummy's Boys* (1936), as Ship's Captain - *The Man Who Lived Twice* (1936), as Police Commissioner (uncredited) - *Gambling with Souls* (1936), as District Attorney - *So and Sew* (1936), as Jack Campbell - *Jailbreak* (1936), as Attorney - *The Devil-Doll* (1936), as Gendarme (uncredited) - *For the Service* (1936), as Captain Murphy - *The Princess Comes Across* (1936), as Chief Purser (uncredited) - *The Drag Net* (1936), as Arthur Hill - *The Singing Kid* (1936), as Agent Potter (uncredited) - *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), as Board Member (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-deeds-goes-to-town.md) - *Down the Ribber* (1936), Actor - *Colleen* (1936), as Mr. Edwards (uncredited) - *Exclusive Story* (1936), as Al Brown (uncredited) - *Dangerous* (1935), as Doctor - *Man of Iron* (1935), as Mortgage Man - *Show Them No Mercy!* (1935), as Doctor (uncredited) - *Frisco Kid* (1935), as Contractor (uncredited) - *Stars Over Broadway* (1935), as Ford - *A Night at the Opera* (1935), as Captain — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-night-at-the-opera.md) - *3 Kids and a Queen* (1935), as Gangster - *Shipmates Forever* (1935), as Piane Doctor (uncredited) - *Page Miss Glory* (1935), as Advertising Man (uncredited) - *The Murder Man* (1935), as Joe - Editor (uncredited) - *Stranded* (1935), as Doctor (uncredited) - *Border Brigands* (1935), as Inspector Jim Barry, RCMP - *Whispering Smith Speaks* (1935), as Rebstock - *'G' Men* (1935), as Bank Teller (uncredited) - *Go Into Your Dance* (1935), as Producer #3 - *Circumstantial Evidence* (1935), as Judge Samuels - *Naughty Marietta* (1935), as Major Bonnell (uncredited) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/naughty-marietta.md) - *Public Opinion* (1935), as Edward Keane - *The Payoff* (1935), as Frank (uncredited) - *Mills of the Gods* (1934), as Morgan - *Gentlemen Are Born* (1934), as First Broker - *A Lost Lady* (1934), as The Murderer (uncredited) - *Kansas City Princess* (1934), as Plaza Garden Captain (uncredited) - *Girl in Danger* (1934), as Thornton - *Desirable* (1934), as First Playgoer - *One Exciting Adventure* (1934), as Hotel Manager - *Housewife* (1934), as William Reynolds' Attorney - *One Night of Love* (1934), as Metropolitan Stage Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/one-night-of-love.md) - *Green Eyes* (1934), as Raynor - *The Merry Frinks* (1934), as Truant Officer - *The Crime of Helen Stanley* (1934), as Mr. Richardson - Studio Manager (uncredited) - *Autobuyography* (1934), as Mr. Lee - *I Am Suzanne!* (1933), as Theatre Manager - *Havana Widows* (1933), as El Havana Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) - *Female* (1933), as Department Head (Uncredited) - *Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men* (1933), as Construction Boss (uncredited) - *I Loved a Woman* (1933), as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited) - *Bureau of Missing Persons* (1933), as Hotel Manager (uncredited) - *One Year Later* (1933), as Grant - *Headline Shooter* (1933), as Joe Burnett (uncredited) - *Ann Carver's Profession* (1933), as Harrison (uncredited) - *The Symphony Murder Mystery* (1932), as Sergeant - *The Cheat* (1931), as Defense Attorney - *His Woman* (1931), as Crewman - *Stolen Heaven* (1931), as Detective Morgan - *Fast and Loose* (1930), as Maitre d' - *The Runaway Bride* (1930), as Policeman --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/edward-keane