---
name: "Philip Edwards"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philip-edwards"
fi1m_id: "philip-edwards"
imdb_id: "nm0250281"
tmdb_id: 10277
roles: []
born: "23 September 1907"
died: "6 September 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:47:21.391799+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."
---

# Philip Edwards

## Identity

Philip Edwards

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philip-edwards
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** philip-edwards
- **IMDb ID:** nm0250281
- **TMDB ID:** 10277
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10277

Actor. Born 23 September 1907 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana). Died 6 September 1971.

## Details

- **Born:** 23 September 1907, Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana)
- **Died:** 6 September 1971
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10277

## Biography

Philip Edwards was a Canadian middle-distance runner who competed for Canada at three Olympic Games. Born in British Guiana, he won five Olympic bronze medals across the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Games, earning the nickname 'Man of Bronze'.

Edwards appeared uncredited as himself in the 1938 documentary film *Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations*, which recorded events from the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He later became a physician specialising in tropical diseases.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, olympedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations* (1938), Fi1m 75, as Self - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/olympia-part-one-festival-of-the-nations.md)

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