Edward Jobson (actor)
Edward Jobson (February 29, 1860 – February 7, 1925) was an American actor of stage and silent film. He started in silent films in his fifties. He had a sour yet sad bulldog demeanor and can be spotted in several surviving silent films. In The Delicious Little Devil (1919) he plays Rudolph Valentino's father, though the two actors looked nothing alike. He died at the beginning of 1925.
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| Born | February 29, 1860 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | February 7, 1925 (aged 64) San Jose, california, U.S. |
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Edward Jobson (February 29, 1860 – February 7, 1925) was an American actor of stage and silent film. He started in silent films in his fifties. He had a sour yet sad bulldog demeanor and can be spotted in several surviving silent films. In The Delicious Little Devil (1919) he plays Rudolph Valentino's father, though the two actors looked nothing alike. He died at the beginning of 1925.[1]
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1912 | Aunt Hetty's Goldfish | ||
| 1914 | Wooing the Cook | Short film Credited as Eddie Jobson | |
| 1915 | The Better Woman | Bart | Short film |
| 1917 | Twin Kiddies | Spencer | |
| Sunny Jane | Philip Dwight | ||
| The Checkmate | Country Minister | ||
| A Bit of Kindling | Cyrus Van Hook | ||
| The Clean Gun | Dean Grayson | ||
| Feet of Clay | Alexander Greggson | ||
| Zollenstein | Johann Lesser | ||
| The Maternal Spark | Mills | Credited as Edwin Jobson | |
| Framing Framers | Addison Hale | ||
| 1918 | The Argument | Chief Benton | |
| The Midnight Trail | Benjaamin Thurston | ||
| Which Woman? | Cyrus W. Hopkins | ||
| No Children Wanted | Robert Chase | ||
| Miss Mischief Maker | James Wilson | ||
| A Hoosier Romance | The Squire | ||
| Wanted: A Brother | Officer Mulcahy | ||
| The Married Virgin | John McMillan | ||
| 1919 | The Amazing Impostor | Plinius Plumm Plunkett | |
| The Delicious Little Devil | Michael Calhoun | ||
| The Mints of Hell | Bill Weed | ||
| The Solitary Sin | Mr. Ralston | ||
| Cheating Herself | Magnus MacDonald | ||
| The Merry-Go-Round | Ezekial Powers | ||
| The Egg Crate Wallop | Constable | Credited as Ed Jobson | |
| Someone Must Pay | Malone | ||
| 1920 | Pinto | Looey | |
| Mrs. Temple's Telegram | Wigson | ||
| The City of Masks | Carr McFadden | ||
| The Chorus Girl's Romance | Dr. Tarbox | ||
| The Saphead | Reverend Murray Hilton | ||
| Someone in the House | Malone | ||
| Burning Daylight | Dowsett | ||
| 1921 | The Off-Shore Pirate | Uncle John Farnam | |
| The Match-Breaker | Thomas Butler Sr. | ||
| First Love | Peter Holliday | ||
| 1922 | The Scrapper | Riley | |
| Extra! Extra! | Alvin Stowe | ||
| Kisses | John Maynard | ||
| The Young Rajah | John Cabot | ||
| A Dangerous Game | Pete Sebastian | ||
| 1923 | Brass | Judge Baldwin | |
| Stepping Fast | Commodore Simpson | ||
| The Brass Bottle | Samuel Wackerbath | ||
| Tea: With a Kick! | Editor Octavius Juniper | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Silent Film Necrology 2nd edition p.269 c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana ISBN 0-7864-1059-0 retrieved January 16, 2015
External links
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- Edward Jobson at IMDb
- Still of Edward Jobson and Rudolph Valentino from The Delicious Little Devil (1919)
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