Snitz Edwards

Snitz Edwards

Born: January 1, 1868
Died: May 1, 1937
in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Snitz Edwards was a noted character actor, in films from 1915 to 1931.

Movies for Snitz Edwards...

The Public Enemy
Title: The Public Enemy
Character: Miller (uncredited)
Released: April 23, 1931
Type: Movie
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
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Sit Tight
Title: Sit Tight
Character: Charley
Released: February 18, 1931
Type: Movie
Winnie Lightner is the head of a health clinic and has Joe E. Brown as one of her employees. Brown is a wrestler named JoJo and he is forced to enter the ring and face down a musclebound masked opponent (Frank S. Hagney). Making matters worse, the masked marauder is convinced that his wife has been fooling around with JoJo. JoJo is knocked out early in the proceedings, whereupon he dreams he's a sultan surrounded by harem girls. A romantic subplot involves Paul Gregory and Claudia Dell. Gregory works for Dell's father and Dell asks her father to give Gregory a promotion so that she can spend more time with him. When Gregory refuses to be promoted without earning the position, she threatens to have him fired and Gregory quits his job. Gregory attempts to start a new career as a championship wrestler and is trained by Lightner and Brown. When Dell finds out about this, she attempts to stop him and asks for his forgiveness. She pleads with him to not fight but he has already promised...
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The Right of Way
Title: The Right of Way
Character: Luis Trudel
Released: December 11, 1930
Type: Movie
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued by a kindly couple, but suffers from amnesia. He starts life afresh and is happy, until the return of his memory sends him back to resolve his old involvements.
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The Mysterious Island
Title: The Mysterious Island
Character: Anton
Released: October 5, 1929
Type: Movie
On a volcanic island near the Kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his sister Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.
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A Dangerous Woman
Title: A Dangerous Woman
Character: Chief Macheria
Released: May 16, 1929
Type: Movie
The commissioner of an African outpost lives with a woman who drives the white men to their deaths with her seductive ways. The commissioner learns that his brother will be his next assistant, and the woman begins working her wiles on him....
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College
Title: College
Character: The Dean
Released: September 10, 1927
Type: Movie
A bookish college student dismissive of athletics is compelled to try out sports to win the affection of the girl he loves.
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The Red Mill
Title: The Red Mill
Character: Caesar Rinkle
Released: January 29, 1927
Type: Movie
A servant girl plays matchmaker for the local burgomaster's daughter while setting her own sights on a visiting Irishman.
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The Cruise of the Jasper B
Title: The Cruise of the Jasper B
Character: Reginald Maltravers
Released: December 12, 1926
Type: Movie
The film stars actor Rod La Rocque as Jerry Cleggert, a good-natured descendant of an infamous clan of pirates who resides aboard the rickety ship Jasper B. Cleggert is informed that in order to inherit a large inheritance, he must marry by his twenty-fifth birthday-- otherwise he would relinquish all claims to his impending fortune. Jerry soon meets his ideal would-be bride Agatha Fairhaven and the two immediately fall in love. Complications arise when Jerry's cousin, the dastardly lawyer Reginald Maltravers claims Agatha as his own. The courting couple suffer a series of mishaps on the way to altar; they are waylaid en route by a trio of bandits, escape from a runaway taxi cab, and outrun a mob of unscrupulous state authorities.
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April Fool
Title: April Fool
Character: Mr. Applebaum
Released: November 15, 1926
Type: Movie
An out-of-work pants presser starts an umbrella business and makes a fortune. His daughter is set to marry the nephew of a rich neighbor until the nephew is accused of stealing money from his uncle--but the money was really stolen by the rich man's son.
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The Lady of the Harem
Title: The Lady of the Harem
Character: Abdu
Released: November 1, 1926
Type: Movie
Rafi arrives in the city in search of Pervaneh who was taken by the Sultan. He is joined by Hassan the confectioner. Rafi is captured by the Sultan, but Hassan leads a surprise attack on the palace and the lovers are united.
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Battling Butler
Title: Battling Butler
Character: Alfred's Valet
Released: September 19, 1926
Type: Movie
A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.
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The Clinging Vine
Title: The Clinging Vine
Character: Dr. A. 'Tut' Tutweiler
Released: September 6, 1926
Type: Movie
When a hardened businesswoman who goes by the initials A.B. overhears someone calling her an “Amazon” because of her butch ways, she agrees to a more “feminine” makeover. In the end she learns that no matter how she looks she’s still the smartest person in any room. 
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The Sea Wolf
Title: The Sea Wolf
Character: Thomas Mugridge (cook)
Released: July 26, 1926
Type: Movie
Captain "Wolf" Larsen, the absolute master of a seal schooner, is a mystic and philosopher, though he rules his men with an iron hand. On a ferry going from San Francisco to Oakland, Van Weyden, a critic, and Maud Brewster, a novelist, meet in masquerade costumes and are forced overboard when their boat collides with a steamer. Humphrey, then Maud, are picked up by Larsen's crew. Because of her costume, Maud is taken for a boy and placed in the custody of Mugridge, the cook, who attempts to attack her upon discovering her identity. Larsen takes her under his protection and decides to marry her; but as the ceremony begins, the crew mutinies, and Larsen is stricken with blindness as he faces the rebels. The ship is set afire, and though Humphrey and Maud are rescued by another steamer, Larsen, deserted by his crew, refuses to quit his ship and is enveloped in flames.
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Volcano
Title: Volcano
Character: Auctioneer
Released: May 23, 1926
Type: Movie
Zabette de Chauvalons leaves a convent in Brussels to join her father on the island of Martinique, escorted by Père Bénédict. In St. Pierre she finds that her father has died; his widow, who rules the island's French society, believes Zabette to be the child of a beautiful quadroon with whom Zabette's father left for France; when Zabette is sent to the mulatto quarter, Stéphane Séquineau is present and takes an interest in her. Destitute, Zabette is forced to auction off her Paris fashions, and though Quembo, a cunning quadroon, is the highest bidder, Stéphane outbids him at the last minute and professes his love, which she accepts, believing herself to be une fille de couleur; however, his older brother, Maurice, insinuating that a mixed marriage would ruin him, persuades her to desist.
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Made for Love
Title: Made for Love
Character: Bit Role
Released: January 26, 1926
Type: Movie
A young woman visits her boyfriend, an archaeologist, at the site in Egypt where he is digging up ancient artifacts. Her frustration mounts when it appears that he is more interested in old bones and mummies than he is in the fact that she's traveled thousands of miles to see him. However, there are three men at the site who don't share her boyfriend's attitude towards her, and they make their intentions known.
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A Lover's Oath
Title: A Lover's Oath
Character: Omar's Servant
Released: September 29, 1925
Type: Movie
"The plot introduces Omar as a leader of his people but deals rather with the love of his nephew, Ben Ali, for the fairest daughter of the tribe" (Variety, 7 Oct 1925, p44).
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The Phantom of the Opera
Title: The Phantom of the Opera
Character: Florine Papillon
Released: September 22, 1925
Type: Movie
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
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The Wanderer
Title: The Wanderer
Character: Jeweler
Released: August 19, 1925
Type: Movie
Jether, a shepherd, is lured from his home by Tisha, priestess of the goddess Ishtar. He journeys to the city of Babylon, where he lavishes Tisha with gifts and spends his share of his father's wealth on riotous living.
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Old Shoes
Title: Old Shoes
Released: April 8, 1925
Type: Movie
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Seven Chances
Title: Seven Chances
Character: Lawyer
Released: March 15, 1925
Type: Movie
Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.
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The Tornado
Title: The Tornado
Character: Pewee
Released: January 4, 1925
Type: Movie
a tornado, flood, and log jam of astounding realism..a love theme as overwhelming as the tornado itself, acclaimed by critics as the most thrilling screen drama ever presented.
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Inez from Hollywood
Title: Inez from Hollywood
Character: The Old Sport
Released: December 14, 1924
Type: Movie
Inez Laranotta is an actress who is notorious for her vamp roles and for the wild parties she attends. But images are deceiving -- the parties (and police raids) are staged by Inez's press agent, and she is actually very devoted to her innocent younger sister, Fay Bartholdi.
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Tarnish
Title: Tarnish
Character: Mr. Stutts
Released: August 1, 1924
Type: Movie
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In Fast Company
Title: In Fast Company
Character: Mike Ricketts
Released: July 15, 1924
Type: Movie
Richard Talmadge as a man who loves to live the fast life which often results in him getting in trouble. Be it throwing wild parties, losing money, getting in the boxing ring and running from gangsters. There's always something.
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Tiger Love
Title: Tiger Love
Character: Hunchback
Released: June 30, 1924
Type: Movie
Tiger Love silent film
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The Thief of Bagdad
Title: The Thief of Bagdad
Character: His Evil Associate
Released: March 18, 1924
Type: Movie
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
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The Hill Billy
Title: The Hill Billy
Character: Tabb Tafel
Released: March 15, 1924
Type: Movie
Jed is a hillbilly in love with pretty Emmy Lou who is forced into marriage with her dreadful cousin Aaron. Jed interrupts the marriage and Aaron is accidently shot. Jed stands trial for the murder but is acquitted when almost everyone admits to the murder.
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Scaramouche
Title: Scaramouche
Character: Villager (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1923
Type: Movie
A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of his friend. To get close to the aristocrat who has killed his friend, the student adopts the identity of Scaramouche the clown.
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Rosita
Title: Rosita
Character: Little Jailer
Released: September 3, 1923
Type: Movie
The King tosses Rosita in jail and when Don Diego, who Rosita loves, tries to defend her, he too is thrown in jail. While Don Diego is sentenced to be executed, the King lusts after Rosita and decides to put her up in a luxurious villa. To give her a title, he marries her to a masked nobleman, who turns out to be Don Diego.
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The Huntress
Title: The Huntress
Character: Musq'oosis
Released: August 20, 1923
Type: Movie
Bela, reared by Indians, learns that she is a white orphan and runs away from the Indian village to avoid marrying a brave from the tribe. She determines to marry land prospector Sam Gladding, who resists her advances but later falls in love with Bela when an Indian sage gives him some advice.
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Hollywood
Title: Hollywood
Character: Snitz Edwards
Released: August 19, 1923
Type: Movie
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
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Souls for Sale
Title: Souls for Sale
Character: Komical Kale - the Klown
Released: April 22, 1923
Type: Movie
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
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Rags to Riches
Title: Rags to Riches
Character: Purist League member
Released: September 24, 1922
Type: Movie
A rich young boy has to prove his worth to the gang he has just joined by during all sorts of hardships, including a kidnap attempt, before they'll accept him. -from IMDB.com
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The Prisoner of Zenda
Title: The Prisoner of Zenda
Character: Josef
Released: September 11, 1922
Type: Movie
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
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The Ghost Breaker
Title: The Ghost Breaker
Character: Maurice
Released: September 10, 1922
Type: Movie
A young man and his manservant, escaping from a backwoods family feud, are persuaded by a beautiful young heiress to help her rid her newly-gained Spanish castle of ghosts.
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Human Hearts
Title: Human Hearts
Character: Ran Schreiber
Released: August 19, 1922
Type: Movie
Innocent country boy Tom Logan is taken in by the scheming Barbara Kay, a city woman who knows Tom is set to inherit his fathers farm which sits on a rich coal field. Toms father sees through her plot and disinherits him when her marries Barbara. When Barbara tires of farm life, the ensuing events lead to death and misplaced guilt.
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The Primitive Lover
Title: The Primitive Lover
Character: Little Husband
Released: April 30, 1922
Type: Movie
A free-spirited girl is caught between her love for her husband and her attraction to a handsome adventurer.
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Red Hot Romance
Title: Red Hot Romance
Character: Signor Frijole
Released: February 13, 1922
Type: Movie
After his father's death, Roland Stone learns that his will stipulates that he must go to the South American country of Bunkonia and sell life insurance.
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Ladies Must Live
Title: Ladies Must Live
Character: Edward Barron
Released: October 29, 1921
Type: Movie
A societal romance drama based on an Alice Duer Miller novel.
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No Woman Knows
Title: No Woman Knows
Character: Herr Bauer
Released: September 19, 1921
Type: Movie
In Winnebago, Wisconsin, a Jewish family comprising Molly and Ferdinand Brandeis and their two children, Fanny and Theodore, run a modest dry goods store.
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Cheated Love
Title: Cheated Love
Character: Bernie
Released: May 16, 1921
Type: Movie
Sonya Schnoema, a Jewish girl, comes to the United States as an immigrant and works in her father's ghetto grocery store, where she gains the affections of a young settlement worker, David Dahlman. But she loves Mischa, a young doctor who soon arrives from Odessa, and to aid him financially, she distinguishes herself in the local Yiddish theater.
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The Love Special
Title: The Love Special
Character: Zeka Logan
Released: March 20, 1921
Type: Movie
Jim Glover is an engineer in charge of constructing a railroad to the sea. He gives the company president Gage a tour of the area of land coveted for its use as a short cut that can save hours on the journey. After the officials visit a recently constructed dam, the train makes a stop in a dull town, and Gage's daughter Laura throws a charity bazaar to combat the boredom. Jim puts together a mock-holdup that saves the event from financial ruin, endearing Laura to him. Later, an accident traps three workers in a cave, and Jim is called away to rescue the victims.
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The Charm School
Title: The Charm School
Character: Mr. Boyd
Released: January 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Austin Bevans, a lively car-salesman, suddenly finds himself heir to the Bevans School for Girls. Since Austin feels that acquiring grace and charm are more important to a young girl than acquiring knowledge, academic courses are dropped, and a charm school emerges. He submits to the charms of Elsie, a student at the school, whose grandfather takes him into his employ after a newly discovered will dispossesses him of the school. Elsie resents Austin for accepting a job with those who formerly thought him undesirable, but later she relents and takes him back.
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Good Night, Nurse!
Title: Good Night, Nurse!
Character: Drunken Man
Released: June 30, 1918
Type: Movie
Roscoe's wife, tired of his endless drunkenness, reads of an operation that cures alcoholism and has him admitted to No Hope Sanitarium to get the surgery. Roscoe, wanting out, eventually disguises himself as a nurse to effect his escape.
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The Fixer
Title: The Fixer
Character: General Gomez of Mexico
Released: September 15, 1915
Type: Movie
When Bill Fowler decided to wed the wealthy widow, Isabel Dare, of Rye, N.Y., he gave a bachelor dinner. And the dinner degenerated into a quiet game with sugar for dice until constable Zack arrived with sleuths galore and landed them everyone safe and sound in the local calaboose. This was an early five-reeler that featured the famous George Bickel and Harry Watson duo.