Ned Sparks

Personal Info

Birthday

November 18, 1883

Day of Death

1957-04-03

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

Edward Arthur Sparkman

Ned A. Sparks

Ned Sparks

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ned Sparks (born Edward Arthur Sparkman, November 19, 1883 – April 3, 1957) was a Canadian-born character actor of the American stage and screen. Sparks was known for his deadpan expression and deep, gravelly voice.

Born in Guelph, Ontario, Sparks left home at age 16 and attempted to work as a gold prospector on the Klondike Gold Rush. After running out of money, he won a spot as a singer on a traveling musical company's tour. At age 19, he returned to Canada and briefly attended a Toronto seminary.

Known For

The Big Noise

The Devil's Holiday

Marie Galante

Lady for a Day

42nd Street

Alice in Wonderland

The Bond Boy

Gold Diggers of 1933

Filmography

2006
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
1947
Magic Town
as Ike
1943
Stage Door Canteen
as Ned Sparks
1941
For Beauty's Sake
as Jonathan B. Sweet
1939
The Star Maker
as 'Speed' King
1938
Hawaii Calls
as Strings
1937
This Way Please
as Inky Wells
Wake Up and Live
as Steve Cluskey
One in a Million
as Danny Simpson
1936
Two's Company
as Al
The Bride Walks Out
as Paul Dodson
Collegiate
as 'Scoop' Oakland
1935
George White's 1935 Scandals
as Elmer
Sweet Music
as 'Ten Percent' Nelson
1934
Sweet Adeline
as Dan Herzig
Imitation of Life
as Elmer Smith
Marie Galante
as Plosser
Servants' Entrance
as Hjalmar Gnu
Down to Their Last Yacht
as Captain 'Sunny Jim' Roberts
Private Scandal
as Inspector Riordan
Sing and Like It
as Toots McGuire
Hi, Nellie!
as Shammy
1933
Going Hollywood
as Conroy
Alice in Wonderland
as Caterpillar
Too Much Harmony
as Lem Spawn
Lady for a Day
as Happy McGuire
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Barney
Secrets
as Sunshine
42nd Street
as Barry
1932
The Crusader
as Eddie Crane
Big City Blues
as Mr. 'Stacky' Stackhouse
Blessed Event
as George Moxley
The Miracle Man
as Harry Evans
Big Dame Hunting
as Ned
1931
The Wide Open Spaces
as Sheriff Jack Rancid
Corsair
as Slim
The Secret Call
as Bert Benedict
Iron Man
as Riley
Kept Husbands
as Hughie Hanready
1930
Leathernecking
as Sparks
Conspiracy
as Winthrop 'Little Nemo' Clavering
The Fall Guy
as Danny Walsh
The Devil's Holiday
as Charlie Thorne
Double Cross Roads
as Happy Max
Love Comes Along
as Happy
1929
Street Girl
as Happy Winter
Nothing But the Truth
as Clarence van Dyke
Strange Cargo
as Yacht First Mate
The Canary Murder Case
as Tony Skeel
1928
The Magnificent Flirt
as Tim
The Big Noise
as William Howard
1927
The Small Bachelor
as J. Hamilton Beamish
Alias the Lone Wolf
as Phinuit
Alias The Deacon
as Slim Sullivan
1926
Love's Blindness
as Valet
The Hidden Way
as Mulligan
Money Talks
as Lucius Fenton
Mike
as Slinky
1925
The Only Thing
as Gibson
Bright Lights
as Barney Gallagher
Faint Perfume
as Orrin Crumb
His Supreme Moment
as Adrian
The Boomerang
as Bert Hanks
1924
The Law Forbids
as Clyde Vernon
1923
The Bond Boy
as Cyrus Morgan
1920
Good References
as Peter Stearns
The Perfect Woman
as Grimes, the Anarchist
In Search of a Sinner
as Waiter
1919
A Temperamental Wife
as The Hotel Clerk
1915
The Little Miss Brown
as Night Clerk