Biography
Eddie Polo (1 February 1875 – 14 June 1961) was an Austrian-American actor of the silent era. He was of Jewish descent. He was born Edward W. Wyman or Weimer in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on 1 February 1875. With his brother Sam he was the trapeze act The Flying Cordovas. Beginning in 1913, he appeared in serials and films in the United States and became an action star in Germany in the late 1920s. After his acting career ended in the mid-1940s he worked as a makeup artist.
He was the father of actress Malvina Polo (1903–2000), best remembered as the mentally handicapped girl preyed upon for rape in Erich von Stroheim's Foolish Wives (1922). His brother was the acrobat, actor and makeup artist Sam Polo (1872–1966).
Polo died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.
Filmography
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Movies 37
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Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
The Climax (1944)
Crazy House (1943)
Honeymoon Lodge (1943)
The Secret Code (1942)
Don Winslow of the Navy (1942)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Law and Order (1940)
Spring Parade (1940)
Son of Roaring Dan (1940)
La Conga Nights (1940)
It's a Date (1940)
Zeugen gesucht (1930)
Geheimpolizisten (1929)
Der Teufelsreporter (1929)
Rache für Eddy (1929)
Der gefesselte Polo (1928)
Do or Die (1921)
The Vanishing Dagger (1920)
King of the Circus (1920)
The Lure of the Circus (1918)
The Plow Woman (1917)
Money Madness (1917)
The Bronze Bride (1917)
Liberty (1916)
The Broken Coin (1915)
Captain Kidd
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1875-02-01
Deathday1961-06-14 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsEdward W. Wyman, Edward W. Weimer
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