Edward Peil Sr.
- Birthday
- Jan 18, 1883
Bio: Enjoying a screen career that began in 1908 and lasted until the early '50s, Edward Peil Sr. remains one of those faces every lover of classic Hollywood movies knows so well but just cannot quite place. A barnstormer of the old school, Peil supported legendary stage diva Helena Modjeska in road companies of such theatrical classics as The Witching Hour and… More Bio: Enjoying a screen career that began in 1908 and lasted until the early '50s, Edward Peil Sr. remains one of those faces every lover of classic Hollywood movies knows so well but just cannot quite place. A barnstormer of the old school, Peil supported legendary stage diva Helena Modjeska in road companies of such theatrical classics as The Witching Hour and Brewster's Millions. Although he had dabbled in motion picture acting as early as 1908 (probably with the Philadelphia-based Lubin company), Peil came into his own with D.W. Griffith, who cast him as Evil Eye in Broken Blossoms (1919) and Swan Way in Dream Street (1921), not exactly characterizations that will endear him to modern, more politically correct moviegoers. Peil, whose last name was often misspelled "Piel," performed more evil-doing later in the decade, although age had a mellowing effect and he increasingly began playing gentleman ranchers, the heroine's father/uncle, decent lawmen, and the like, carving out a whole new career for himself in the field of B-Westerns. According to genre expert Les Adams, Peil made a total of 104 sound Westerns and 11 serials, adding the "Sr." to his name when his namesake son dropped his previous moniker of Johnny Jones. Father and son made one film together: the 1941 aviation drama I Wanted Wings. Edward Peil Sr. died in 1958 at the age of 76. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
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Filmography
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Excuse My Dust (Mr. Belden's Amazing Gasmobile) (1951)
- 2nd Man
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Kansas Raiders (1950)
- Bank Teller
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Branded (1950)
- Tully
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My Foolish Heart (1949)
- Conductor
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Sun Comes Up (1949)
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Edward Peil Sr. Videos
The Awful Truth
2 minutes 58 seconds
Excuse My Dust
3 minutes 44 seconds
San Quentin
2 minutes 56 seconds
The Toast Of New York
30 seconds
Captains Courageous
2 minutes 52 seconds
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