Edward McWade was an American writer and stage and screen actor. He appeared in more than 132 films from 1919 to 1944, mostly in secondary roles. He also wrote 15 stage plays and silent film scenarios.

KNOWN FOR

Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
Woman of the Year
1942
Murders in the Zoo
1933
The Return of Frank James
1940
Jezebel
1938
Zenobia
1939
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
Mary Jane's Pa
1935
Satan Met a Lady
1936
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
If You Could Only Cook
1935
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
90
Writing
6
1966
Bat Men of Africa
as Gorn
1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Gibbs
1943
Don't You Believe It
as Wise Man
1943
Trifles That Win Wars
as Billiard Ball Tester (uncredited)
1943
Crash Dive
as Crony
1943
The Hard Way
as Stage Doorman (Uncredited)
1942
Lady in a Jam
as Ground-Hog
1942
Woman of the Year
as Adolph (uncredited)
1942
Famous Boners
as Thomas Carlyle (uncredited)
1942
The Lady Is Willing
as Boston Doorman (uncredited)
1941
Nothing but the Truth
as Elderly Clerk (uncredited)
1941
I Wake Up Screaming
as Old man at library (uncredited)
1940
Teddy the Rough Rider
as Russell Alger, Secretary of War
1940
Chad Hanna
as Elias
1940
The Return of Frank James
as Colonel Jackson
1940
Brother Orchid
as Aged Brother (uncredited)
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)
1940
Money and the Woman
as Bank Customer Explaining 'NSF' (uncredited)
1940
Hot Steel
as Carlton
1939
Indianapolis Speedway
as Tom Dugan
1939
Zenobia
as Minister
1939
Naughty but Nice
as Professor Trill (uncredited)
1939
Bad Little Angel
as Ticket Seller at Station (uncredited)
1939
They Asked For It
as 'Pi' Kelly
1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Neighbor
1939
Our Neighbors - The Carters
as Pop Hagen
1938
Comet Over Broadway
as Harvey
1938
White Banners
as Sloan
1938
The Patient in Room 18
as Frank Warren
1938
Garden of the Moon
as Peter McGillicuddy
1938
Three Comrades
as Ludwig, Pat’s majordomo (uncredited)
1938
Jezebel
as Second Director (uncredited)
1937
They Won't Forget
as Confederate Soldier
1937
The Women Men Marry
as Brother Lamb
1937
Love and Hisses
as Ticket Seller
1937
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Bishop Mallory
1937
She Had to Eat
as Stationmaster Tucker (uncredited)
1937
Let's Get Married
as Tom
1936
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as Minister in Film (uncredited)
1936
F-Man
as Mr. Whitney
1936
Darkest Africa
as Gorn
1936
Laughing at Trouble
as Harvey
1936
The Case of the Black Cat
as Keene's Apartment Manager (uncredited)
1936
The Big Noise
as Douglas, the Gardener (uncredited)
1936
The Country Doctor
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
1936
I Married a Doctor
as Pa Dawson
1936
Satan Met a Lady
as City Fathers Committee Member (uncredited)
1936
King of the Islands
as The Princess' Father
1936
Alibi for Murder
as Walter Emerson (Uncredited)
1935
Frisco Kid
as Tupper
1935
The Girl from 10th Avenue
as Art Clerk
1935
The Goose and the Gander
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1935
Oil for the Lamps of China
as Dan
1935
Mary Jane's Pa
as Chuck - the Old Timer
1935
Red Salute
as Baldy
1935
Here's to Romance
as Stage Doorman
1935
Life Begins at Forty
as Doctor
1935
Shipmates Forever
as Tailor (uncredited)
1935
Stranded
as Tim Powers
1935
If You Could Only Cook
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1935
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as Lawyer Partington
1934
A Lost Lady
as Simpson
1934
The Meanest Gal in Town
as Clark
1934
I'll Tell the World
as Trapper
1934
Gentlemen Are Born
as Pawnbroker
1934
Journal of a Crime
as Rigaud
1934
One Exciting Adventure
as Grouchy Man
1934
I Sell Anything
as Mr. Arden - Old Man (uncredited)
1934
Murder in the Clouds
as Clement Williams
1934
The Notorious Sophie Lang
as Jeweler (uncredited)
1933
Girl Missing
as Henry Gibson's Valet (Uncredited)
1933
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Tom - Dock Watchman (uncredited)
1933
Murders in the Zoo
as Dan Baker (Uncredited)
1933
Adorable
as Valet (uncredited)
1932
Two Seconds
as The Prison Doctor
1932
The Crowd Roars
as Tom Beal the Counterman
1932
6 Hours to Live
as Ivan
1932
Big City Blues
as Baggage Master (uncredited)
1932
Lawyer Man
as Moyle (uncredited)
1931
The Big Shot
as Uncle Ira
1925
The Monster
as Luke Watson
1923
The Town Scandal
as Avery Crawford
1922
Deserted at the Altar
as The Sheriff
1922
The Strangers' Banquet
as Harriman
1921
Wing Toy
as Wong
1920
Stop Thief
as Mr. Carr
1920
Dangerous Days
as Dr. Haverford
1920
The Husband Hunter
as Charles Mack
1920
The Great Accident
as Williams
1919
Hornet's Nest
as Wimms