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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-01-18 (142 years old)

Place of Birth

Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Edward Peil Sr.

Biography:

Edward Peil Sr. was an American stage and screen actor. He appeared in films from 1906 to 1951.

Known For

Acting

1951

Storm Warning as Townsman (uncredited)
Fort Worth as Citizen (uncredited)

1950

Pretty Baby as Hawkins (uncredited)
Bright Leaf as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Colt .45 as Townsman (uncredited)

1949

Red, Hot and Blue as Piano Tuner (uncredited)

1948

Three Daring Daughters as Waiter (uncredited)

1947

The Lady from Shanghai as Guard (uncredited)
Valley of Fear as Jamison Forbes (as Edward J. Peil)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap as Townsman (uncredited)
Yankee Fakir as Frank

1946

Desert Command as Ratkin

1943

The Outlaw as Swanson (uncredited)
Canyon City as Jim Hardy (as Ed Peil Sr.)
The Kid Rides Again as John Ainsley
Robin Hood of the Range as Grady (as Ed Peil Sr.)
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack as Freighter Captain [Chs. 7-8]
Cattle Stampede as Banker
Hoppy Serves a Writ as Card Player
Captive Wild Woman as Jake - Handler (uncredited)
Bombardier as Officer

1942

The Pride of the Yankees as Policeman (uncredited)
My Favorite Blonde as Policeman (uncredited)
Shut My Big Mouth as Hotel Proprietor
Border Roundup as Sheriff
Texas Justice as Ed Hannigan
Foreign Agent as Robert Nelson, fifth columnist
Down Rio Grande Way as Commissioner Adams
Sunset Serenade as Party Guest
Ride 'Em Cowboy as Minor Role (uncredited)
Riders of the West as Investigator Jim Dodge
The Secret Code as Policeman
The Major and the Minor as Stationmaster (uncredited)
Black Dragons as Ryder
For Me and My Gal as Jim (uncredited)

1941

The Texas Marshal as Sam Adams
Love Crazy as Sun Valley Private Investigator (uncredited)
Forbidden Trails as Dealer with Visor
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Opera House Assistant manager (uncredited)
Tonto Basin Outlaws as Photographer
Fugitive Valley as Jailer Ed
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury as Mr. Harper - Cattle Rancher (as Ed Piel Sr.)
In Old Cheyenne as Train Conductor
Jesse James at Bay as U.S. Marshal
Red River Valley as Cattle Rancher
Pacific Blackout as Air Raid Warden

1940

Riders of Pasco Basin as Jones (uncredited)
Men with Steel Faces as Dr. Cooper (archive footage)
The Shadow as Inspector Joe Cardona
Legion of the Lawless as Speaker at Meeting (uncredited)
I Take This Oath as Police Sergeant Riley
The Showdown as Man Wearing Visor
Deadwood Dick as Sears
Two Girls on Broadway as Man Saying 'Give Him His Five Bucks' (uncredited)
One Man's Law as Joel Winters
Riders of Black Mountain as George Harris

1939

The Man from Sundown as Sheriff Wiley
Water Rustlers as Weylan's Lawyer
Dodge City as Mr. Turner (uncredited)
Let Us Live as Bank Cashier (uncredited)
The Night Riders as Rancher Harper
Union Pacific as Laborer (uncredited)
Girl from Rio as William W. Wilson, Lawyer
The Marshal Of Mesa City as Express Agent Frank (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Big House as Prison Gate Guard
Geronimo as John A.J. Cresswell
I Stole a Million as Doorman (uncredited)

1938

Code of the Rangers as Ranger Captain (as Ed Pier Sr.)
The Girl of the Golden West as Townsman in Sheriff's Office
Gangster's Boy as Editor
The Singing Cowgirl as Tom Harkins
King of the Sierras as Rancher Blake
You Can't Take It with You as Neighbor Helping with Move (uncredited)

1937

Gunsmoke Ranch as Dam Engineer Rankin
Slaves in Bondage as Detective Captain
Idol of the Crowds as Det. Sgt. Baker (uncredited)
Come on, Cowboys as Thomas Rigby
Heroes of the Alamo as General Sam Houston
Two-Fisted Sheriff as Judge Webster
Paradise Express as Sheriff (uncredited)
The Awful Truth as Bailiff (uncredited)
Captains Courageous as Fisherman (uncredited)
The Old Wyoming Trail as Edward Peil Sr.
Blossoms On Broadway as Conductor (uncredited)

1936

Exclusive Story as Newspaperman (uncredited)
Love on a Bet as Mr. Bligh, at Hutchinson's Meeting
Ride 'Em Cowboy as Jailer (uncredited)
College Holiday as Cop in Park
White Fang as Minor Role
The Cowboy Star as Clem Baker (as Ed Piel Sr.)
Road Gang as Guard in Sleeping Quarters (uncredited)
Two Against the World as Coroner (uncredited)
Oh, Susanna as Mineral Springs Sheriff Cole (as Ed Peil Sr.)
Alibi for Murder as Peters (Uncredited)
Yours for the Asking as Waiter (uncredited)

1935

Reckless as Man Raising Stage Curtain (uncredited)
The Nitwits as Eddie the Detective
Bride of Frankenstein as Villager (uncredited)
Society Fever as Booker
The Phantom Empire as Cooper (as Edward Piel Sr.)

1934

Blue Steel as Malgrove
Manhattan Love Song as Employment Agent
Journal of a Crime as Jailer (uncredited)
Kid Millions as Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
The Man from Utah as Spike Barton (as Edward Peil)
Our Daily Bread as Powerhouse Employee (uncredited)
Fog Over Frisco as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)

1933

The Mystery Squadron as Andrew Martin
Fury of the Jungle as Molango Villager (uncredited)
I Am Suzanne! as Newspaper Reporter
Broadway to Hollywood as Stage Manager
King of the Arena as Police Chief
Headline Shooter as Riverport Townsman (uncredited)
Night Flight as Airport Office Employee (uncredited)
The Big Cage as Glenn Stoner

1932

The Local Bad Man as Sheriff Hickory (as Edward Peil)
The Mask of Fu Manchu as Coolie Spy (uncredited)
The Hatchet Man as Bing Foo
Destry Rides Again as Frank Warren
Emma as Man (uncredited)
The Devil Horse as The Sheriff (as Edward Peil)
Trapped in Tia Juana as Capt. Davis
Madame Racketeer as Train Passenger
Tombstone Canyon as Replaced by Bob Burns (credit only)
Movie Crazy as Waiter (Uncredited)

1931

Clearing the Range as Sheriff Jim
The Galloping Ghost as Coach of Baxter Team
The Avenger as Ike Mason
Wild Horse as Sheriff
Everything’s Rosie as 1st Sheriff
The Gay Buckaroo as Hi - Clint's Servant (as Edward Peil)
Law of the Rio Grande as Second Sheriff

1930

Cock o' the Walk as Cafe Manager

1929

Masked Emotions as Lee Wing

1927

Tumbling River as Roan Tibbets
Framed as Moola

1926

Yellow Fingers as Kwong Li
Midnight Faces as Suie Chang
Black Paradise as Murdock

1925

The Hunted Woman as Charlie
As No Man Has Loved as Capt. Kearney
The Fighting Heart as Flash Fogarty

1924

Teeth as Sheriff (as Edward Piel)
The Man Who Came Back as Sam Shu Sin
$50,000 Reward as Buck Scofield

1923

Stepping Fast as Sun Yat (as Edward Peil)
The Lone Star Ranger as Kane (as Edward Peil)
Three Jumps Ahead as Buck Taggitt (as Edward Piel)
The Purple Dawn as Wong Chang

1922

Arabia as Ibrahim Bulamar (as Edward Piel)
The Song of Life as Amos Tilden
The Dust Flower as Judson Flack

1921

The Killer as Ramon (as Edward Peil)
That Girl Montana as Lee Holly
Dream Street as Swan Way

1920

Two Moons as Lang Whistler
The Road to Divorce as Dr. Shaw (as Edward Peil)

1919

Broken Blossoms as Evil Eye
The Dragon Painter as Kano Indara
The Pagan God as Wah Kung
Boots as Nicholas Jerome
Peppy Polly as Judge Monroe
I'll Get Him Yet as Robert Hamilton (as Edward Peil)
The Girl Who Stayed at Home as Turnverein Terror
A Sage Brush Hamlet as Claude Dutton
Prudence on Broadway as Mr. Wentworth

1918

The Shuttle as Ughtred Anstruthers
The Greatest Thing in Life as The German Officer
Borrowed Clothes as George Weston
Cheating the Public as Mary's Attorney

1917

Whose Wife? as John Herrick (as Edward Peil)
The Serpent's Tooth as Jack Stilling
Souls in Pawn as Etienne Jaccard
The Eyes of the World as James Rutledge Jr.

1916

At Piney Ridge as Mark Brierson
The Stronger Love as Jim Serviss (as Edward Peil)
The Valiants of Virginia as Edward Sassoon

1914

The Ragged Earl as Lord Wildbrook (as Edward J. Peil)
Through Fire to Fortune as Thomas Barrett