- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 18, 1883
- Place of Birth
- Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- April 3, 1957
Ned Sparks
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ned Sparks (born Edward Arthur Sparkman, November 19, 1883 – April 3, 1957) was a Canadian-born character actor of the American stage and screen. Sparks was known for his deadpan expression and deep, gravelly voice. Born in Guelph, Ontario, Sparks left home at age 16 and attempted to work as a gold prospector on the Klondike Gold Rush. After running out of money, he won a spot as a singer on a traveling musical company's tour. At age 19, he returned to Canada and briefly attended a Toronto seminary. After leaving the seminary, he worked for the railroad and worked in theater in Toronto. In 1907, he left Toronto for New York City to try his hand in the Broadway theatre, where he appeared in his first show in 1912. While working on Broadway, Sparks developed his trademark deadpan expression while portraying the role of a desk clerk in the play Littl…
Filmography
movieGold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006 · Self (archive footage)
tvCourageous Cat and Minute Mouse
1960
movieKing Tut's Tomb
1950 · Heckle / Jeckle (voice)
movieMagic Town
1947 · Ike
movieStage Door Canteen
1943 · Ned Sparks
movieFor Beauty's Sake
1941 · Jonathan B. Sweet
movieThe Star Maker
1939 · 'Speed' King
movieHawaii Calls
1938 · Strings
movieThis Way Please
1937 · Inky Wells
movieWake Up and Live
1937 · Steve Cluskey
movieOne in a Million
1937 · Danny Simpson
movieTwo's Company
1936 · Al
movieThe Bride Walks Out
1936 · Paul Dodson
movieCollegiate
1936 · 'Scoop' Oakland
movieGeorge White's 1935 Scandals
1935 · Elmer
movieSweet Music
1935 · 'Ten Percent' Nelson
movieSweet Adeline
1934 · Dan Herzig
movieImitation of Life
1934 · Elmer Smith
movieMarie Galante
1934 · Plosser
movieServants' Entrance
1934 · Hjalmar Gnu
movieDown to Their Last Yacht
1934 · Captain 'Sunny Jim' Roberts
moviePrivate Scandal
1934 · Inspector Riordan
movieSing and Like It
1934 · Toots McGuire
movieHi, Nellie!
1934 · Shammy
movieGoing Hollywood
1933 · Conroy
movieAlice in Wonderland
1933 · Caterpillar
movieToo Much Harmony
1933 · Lem Spawn
movieLady for a Day
1933 · Happy McGuire
movieGold Diggers of 1933
1933 · Barney
movieSecrets
1933 · Sunshine
movie42nd Street
1933 · Barry
The Crusader
movieThe Crusader
1932 · Eddie Crane
movieBig City Blues
1932 · Mr. 'Stacky' Stackhouse
movieBlessed Event
1932 · George Moxley
movieThe Miracle Man
1932 · Harry Evans
Big Dame Hunting
movieBig Dame Hunting
1932 · Ned
movieThe Wide Open Spaces
1931 · Sheriff Jack Rancid
movieCorsair
1931 · Slim
movieThe Secret Call
1931 · Bert Benedict
movieIron Man
1931 · Riley
movieKept Husbands
1931 · Hughie Hanready
movieLeathernecking
1930 · Sparks
movieConspiracy
1930 · Winthrop 'Little Nemo' Clavering
movieThe Fall Guy
1930 · Danny Walsh
movieThe Devil's Holiday
1930 · Charlie Thorne
movieDouble Cross Roads
1930 · Happy Max
movieLove Comes Along
1930 · Happy
movieStreet Girl
1929 · Happy Winter
movieNothing but the Truth
1929 · Clarence van Dyke
movieStrange Cargo
1929 · Yacht First Mate
movieThe Canary Murder Case
1929 · Tony Skeel
movieThe Magnificent Flirt
1928 · Tim
movieThe Big Noise
1928 · William Howard
movieThe Small Bachelor
1927 · J. Hamilton Beamish
movieAlias the Lone Wolf
1927 · Phinuit
movieAlias The Deacon
1927 · Slim Sullivan
movieThe Secret Studio
1927 · The Plumber
movieLove's Blindness
1926 · Valet
movieTwinkletoes
1926
When the Wife's Away
movieWhen the Wife's Away
1926
movieThe Hidden Way
1926 · Mulligan
movieThe Auction Block
1926 · Nat Saluson
Mike
movieMike
1926 · Slinky
movieMoney Talks
1926 · Lucius Fenton
movieThe Only Thing
1925 · Gibson
movieBright Lights
1925 · Barney Gallagher
movieSeven Keys to Baldpate
1925
movieFaint Perfume
1925 · Orrin Crumb
movieSoul Mates
1925 · Tancred's chauffeur
movieHis Supreme Moment
1925 · Adrian
movieThe Boomerang
1925 · Bert Hanks
movieThe Law Forbids
1924 · Clyde Vernon
movieThe Bond Boy
1923 · Cyrus Morgan
movieA Wide Open Town
1922 · Si Ryan
movieGood References
1920 · Peter Stearns
movieThe Perfect Woman
1920 · Grimes, the Anarchist
movieIn Search of a Sinner
1920 · Waiter
movieNothing But the Truth
1920 · The Monocle Man
movieA Virtuous Vamp
1919 · Mr. Bell
movieA Temperamental Wife
1919 · The Hotel Clerk
The Little Miss Brown
movieThe Little Miss Brown
1915 · Night Clerk