Portrait of Robert Edeson

Acting

Robert Edeson

Career

Active from 1914 to 1931, busiest in 1925 and 1928 with 9 main titles each.

Leading roles
32
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Chicago
Chicago
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Edeson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.2, average 2.2
  • Crime
    1.7, average 3.6
  • Dark Humor
    0.9, average 2.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 5
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Silent Era 2
  • Forbidden Love 2
  • Cecil B. DeMille 2
  • Silent Film 2
  • Romance 2
  • Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

76
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1930s

10 titles Β· average score 45
Aloha
Aloha (1931)

as James Bradford, Sr.

Danger Lights
Danger Lights (1931)
GoodWatch score 45

as Tom Johnson

Big Money
Big Money (1930)

as Mr. McCall

Night Work
Night Work (1930)

as Clinton J. Scollard

Pardon My Gun
Pardon My Gun (1930)

as Pa Martin

The Lash
The Lash (1930)

as Don Mariana Delfina

The Way of All Men
The Way of All Men (1930)

as Swift

Cameo Kirby
Cameo Kirby (1930)

as Colonel Randall

A Devil with Women
A Devil with Women (1930)

as General Garcia

Swing High
Swing High (1930)

as Doctor

1920s

57 titles Β· average score 66
Marianne
Marianne (1929)
GoodWatch score 63

as The General

Walking Back
Walking Back (1928)

as Edgar Thatcher

The King of Kings
The King of Kings (1927)
GoodWatch score 68

as Matthew - the Publican

Chicago
Chicago (1927)
GoodWatch score 73

as William Flynn

The Clinging Vine
The Clinging Vine (1926)

as T.M. Bancroft

The Volga Boatman
The Volga Boatman (1926)
GoodWatch score 66

as Prince Nikita

Eve's Leaves
Eve's Leaves (1926)

as Captain Corbin

The Danger Signal
The Danger Signal (1926)

as Cyrus Browning

Braveheart
Braveheart (1925)
GoodWatch score 73

as Hobart Nelson

Men
Men (1924)

as Henri Duval

Luck
Luck (1923)

as Judge Templeton

The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)
GoodWatch score 65

as Colonel Sapt

1910s

9 titles
Sealed Hearts
Sealed Hearts (1919)

as Frank Prentiss

The Public Defender
The Public Defender (1917)

as Arthur Nelson

For a Woman’s Fair Name
For a Woman’s Fair Name (1916)

as Pierce

Big Jim Garrity
Big Jim Garrity (1916)

as Jim Garrity

Mortmain
Mortmain (1915)

as Mortmain

On the Night Stage
On the Night Stage (1915)

as Austin, the 'Sky Pilot'

Man's Prerogative
Man's Prerogative (1915)

as Oliver Wade

The Call of the North
The Call of the North (1914)

as Ned & Graehme Stewart

Where the Trail Divides
Where the Trail Divides (1914)

as 'How' Landor