Edward Peil Sr.

Personal Info

Birthday

January 18, 1883

Day of Death

1958-12-29

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Also Known As

Charles Edward Peil

Edward J. Peel

Edward Peel

Ed Peil Sr.

Edward J. Peil

Edward Peil

Ed Peil

Edward Pell

Edward Piel Sr.

Ed Piel Sr.

E.J. Piel

Eddie Piel

Edward J. Piel

Edward Piel

Ed Piel

Ed Pier Sr.

Edward J. Peil Sr.

Edward Peil Sr.

Biography

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

Known For

Bride of Frankenstein

The Awful Truth

You Can't Take It with You

Night Flight

Captains Courageous

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

Everything’s Rosie

The Lady from Shanghai

Filmography

1951
Fort Worth
as Citizen (uncredited)
Storm Warning
as Townsman (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)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Townsman (uncredited)
Valley of Fear
as Jamison Forbes (as Edward J. Peil)
Yankee Fakir
as Frank
1946
Desert Command
as Ratkin
1943
Canyon City
as Jim Hardy (as Ed Peil Sr.)
Cattle Stampede
as Banker
Robin Hood of the Range
as Grady (as Ed Peil Sr.)
Captive Wild Woman
as Jake - Handler (uncredited)
Bombardier
as Officer
King of the Cowboys
as Townsman
Hoppy Serves a Writ
as Card Player
The Outlaw
as Swanson (uncredited)
The Kid Rides Again
as John Ainsley
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
as Freighter Captain [Chs. 7-8]
1942
For Me and My Gal
as Jim (uncredited)
Foreign Agent
as Robert Nelson, fifth columnist
Border Roundup
as Sheriff
The Major and the Minor
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
Sunset Serenade
as Party Guest
The Secret Code
as Policeman
Riders of the West
as Investigator Jim Dodge
The Pride of the Yankees
as Policeman (uncredited)
Texas Justice
as Ed Hannigan
Down Rio Grande Way
as Commissioner Adams
My Favorite Blonde
as Policeman (uncredited)
Black Dragons
as Ryder
Shut My Big Mouth
as Hotel Proprietor
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Man from Cheyenne
as Rancher
1941
Pacific Blackout
as Air Raid Warden
Forbidden Trails
as Dealer with Visor
Red River Valley
as Cattle Rancher
Underground Rustlers
as Mr. Ward
Jesse James at Bay
as U.S. Marshal
Tonto Basin Outlaws
as Photographer
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
as Mr. Harper - Cattle Rancher (as Ed Piel Sr.)
Fugitive Valley
as Jailer Ed
The Texas Marshal
as Sam Adams
Love Crazy
as Sun Valley Private Investigator (uncredited)
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
as Clark
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
as Hardy
In Old Cheyenne
as Train Conductor
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Opera House Assistant manager (uncredited)
1940
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Dave Barlow
The Border Legion
as Barfly
Riders of Black Mountain
as George Harris
You're Not So Tough
as Carstens
Deadwood Dick
as Sears
One Man's Law
as Joel Winters
I Take This Oath
as Police Sergeant Riley
Men with Steel Faces
as Dr. Cooper (archive footage)
Two Girls on Broadway
as Man Saying 'Give Him His Five Bucks' (uncredited)
Riders of Pasco Basin
as Jones (uncredited)
The Showdown
as Man Wearing Visor
The Shadow
as Inspector Joe Cardona
Legion of the Lawless
as Speaker at Meeting (uncredited)
1939
Geronimo
as John A.J. Cresswell
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Express Agent Frank (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Big House
as Prison Gate Guard
Dick Tracy's G-Men
as Price
Girl from Rio
as William W. Wilson, Lawyer
I Stole a Million
as Doorman (uncredited)
The Man from Sundown
as Sheriff Wiley
Union Pacific
as Laborer (uncredited)
The Night Riders
as Rancher Harper
Dodge City
as Mr. Turner (uncredited)
Let Us Live
as Bank Cashier (uncredited)
Sundown on the Prairie
as John
Water Rustlers
as Weylan's Lawyer
1938
King of the Sierras
as Rancher Blake
Gangster's Boy
as Editor
Colorado Trail
as Hobbs
You Can't Take It with You
as Neighbor Helping with Move (uncredited)
The Singing Cowgirl
as Tom Harkins
Six Shootin' Sheriff
as Andy
Code of the Rangers
as Ranger Captain (as Ed Pier Sr.)
The Girl of the Golden West
as Townsman in Sheriff's Office
1937
Blossoms On Broadway
as Conductor (uncredited)
The Old Wyoming Trail
as Edward Peil Sr.
The Awful Truth
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Idol of the Crowds
as Det. Sgt. Baker (uncredited)
Heroes of the Alamo
as General Sam Houston
Slaves in Bondage
as Detective Captain
It Can't Last Forever
as Detective
Captains Courageous
as Fisherman (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Judge Webster
Come on, Cowboys
as Thomas Rigby
Gunsmoke Ranch
as Dam Engineer Rankin
Paradise Express
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1936
A Million to One
as Mac
College Holiday
as Cop in Park
The Cowboy Star
as Clem Baker (as Ed Piel Sr.)
Ghost Town Gold
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Alibi for Murder
as Peters (Uncredited)
Oh, Susanna
as Mineral Springs Sheriff Cole (as Ed Peil Sr.)
Yours for the Asking
as Waiter (uncredited)
White Fang
as Minor Role
Two Against the World
as Coroner (uncredited)
Road Gang
as Guard in Sleeping Quarters (uncredited)
Love on a Bet
as Mr. Bligh, at Hutchinson's Meeting
Exclusive Story
as Newspaperman (uncredited)
1935
Society Fever
as Booker
The Nitwits
as Eddie the Detective
Bride of Frankenstein
as Villager (uncredited)
Reckless
as Man Raising Stage Curtain (uncredited)
The Phantom Empire
as Cooper (as Edward Piel Sr.)
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
as Jen Yu
1934
Million Dollar Baby
as Louie
Kid Millions
as Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
Our Daily Bread
as Powerhouse Employee (uncredited)
Fog Over Frisco
as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
Bandits of the Badlands
as Malgrove
The Man from Utah
as Spike Barton (as Edward Peil)
Rodeo Rocketeers
as Spike
Blue Steel
as Malgrove
Manhattan Love Song
as Employment Agent
Journal of a Crime
as Jailer (uncredited)
1933
I Am Suzanne!
as Newspaper Reporter
The Mystery Squadron
as Andrew Martin
Fury of the Jungle
as Molango Villager (uncredited)
Night Flight
as Airport Office Employee (uncredited)
Broadway to Hollywood
as Stage Manager
Headline Shooter
as Riverport Townsman (uncredited)
King of the Arena
as Police Chief
The Big Cage
as Glenn Stoner
The Three Musketeers
as Ratkin
1932
Tombstone Canyon
as Replaced by Bob Burns (credit only)
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Coolie Spy (uncredited)
The Devil Horse
as The Sheriff (as Edward Peil)
Movie Crazy
as Waiter (Uncredited)
Trapped in Tia Juana
as Capt. Davis
Madame Racketeer
as Train Passenger
Destry Rides Again
as Frank Warren
The Hatchet Man
as Bing Foo
Charlie Chan's Chance
as Li Gung
The Local Bad Man
as Sheriff Hickory (as Edward Peil)
Emma
as Man (uncredited)
1931
The Gay Buckaroo
as Hi - Clint's Servant (as Edward Peil)
The Galloping Ghost
as Coach of Baxter Team
Law of the Rio Grande
as Second Sheriff
Wild Horse
as Sheriff
Everything’s Rosie
as 1st Sheriff
Clearing the Range
as Sheriff Jim
The Avenger
as Ike Mason
1930
Shadow of the Law
as Usher
Cock o' the Walk
as Ortega
1929
Masked Emotions
as Lee Wing
1927
Tumbling River
as Roan Tibbets
Framed
as Moola
1926
The Great K&A Train Robbery
as Bill Tolfree
Black Paradise
as Murdock
Midnight Faces
as Suie Chang
Yellow Fingers
as Kwong Li
The Girl from Montmartre
as Messenger
Queen o'Diamonds
as Crook
1925
The Pleasure Buyers
as Kildare
The Fighting Heart
as Flash Fogarty
The Iron Horse
as Old Chinese Railroad Worker (uncredited)
The Hunted Woman
as Charlie
As No Man Has Loved
as Capt. Kearney
1924
$50,000 Reward
as Buck Scofield
Teeth
as Sheriff (as Edward Piel)
The Man Who Came Back
as Sam Shu Sin
1923
The Lone Star Ranger
as Kane (as Edward Peil)
Stepping Fast
as Sun Yat (as Edward Peil)
The Purple Dawn
as Wong Chang
Three Jumps Ahead
as Buck Taggitt (as Edward Piel)
1922
Arabia
as Ibrahim Bulamar (as Edward Piel)
The Dust Flower
as Judson Flack
The Song of Life
as Amos Tilden
1921
Dream Street
as Swan Way
That Girl Montana
as Lee Holly
The Killer
as Ramon (as Edward Peil)
1920
Isobel or the Trail's End
as Scottie Dean
Two Moons
as Lang Whistler
The Road to Divorce
as Dr. Shaw (as Edward Peil)
1919
The Lincoln Highwayman
as Steele
The Dragon Painter
as Kano Indara
The Pagan God
as Wah Kung
A Sage Brush Hamlet
as Claude Dutton
Prudence on Broadway
as Mr. Wentworth
I'll Get Him Yet
as Robert Hamilton (as Edward Peil)
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
as Evil Eye
Peppy Polly
as Judge Monroe
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
as Turnverein Terror
Boots
as Nicholas Jerome
1918
The Greatest Thing in Life
as The German Officer
Borrowed Clothes
as George Weston
You Can't Believe Everything
as Jim Wheeler
Jilted Janet
as Ernest Morgan
The Shuttle
as Ughtred Anstruthers
Cheating the Public
as Mary's Attorney
1917
The Man from Montana
as Warren Summers
Souls in Pawn
as Etienne Jaccard
The Serpent's Tooth
as Jack Stilling
Whose Wife?
as John Herrick (as Edward Peil)
The Eyes of the World
as James Rutledge Jr.
1916
The Stronger Love
as Jim Serviss (as Edward Peil)
The Valiants of Virginia
as Edward Sassoon
At Piney Ridge
as Mark Brierson
Unto Those Who Sin
as Stokes
1914
The Ragged Earl
as Lord Wildbrook (as Edward J. Peil)
Through Fire to Fortune
as Thomas Barrett