Neely Edwards

Neely Edwards
File:Neely Edwards 1934.jpg in 1934
Born	Cornelius Limbach (1883-09-16)September 16, 1883 Delphos, Ohio, U.S.
Died	Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, U.S.
Years active	1915-1959

Neely Edwards (born Cornelius Limbach; September 16, 1883 – July 10, 1965) was an American vaudeville performer and film actor.

Biography

File:Neely Edwards & Edward Flanagan - 1919 MPN.jpg

Neely Edwards (right) and Edward Flanagan in a "Hall Room Boys" comedy short

Edwards appeared in 174 films between 1915 and 1959. The first was as an unbilled player in a Harold Lloyd short. In the early 1920s Edwards and his vaudeville partner Edward Flanagan appeared as the "Hall Room Boys" in some of the earliest short films produced by Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales, what would develop into Columbia Pictures. Of his approximately 180 credited film appearances, about 140 are comedy short subjects.

His later career is marked by bit parts and character work. Edwards was married to actress Marguerite Snow. He was born in Delphos, Ohio, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

Partial filmography

• The Hungry Actors (1915)
• You Never Can Tell (1920)
• Brewster's Millions (1921)
• The Green Temptation (1922)
• Made for Love (1926)
• Footloose Widows (1926)
• Show Boat (1929)
• Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
• Dynamite (1929)
• Scarlet Pages (1930)
• Strictly in the Groove (1942)
• Hat Check Honey (1944)
• Patrick the Great (1945)

External links

• Neely Edwards at the Internet Movie Database