Eddie Polo

Eddie Polo (1 February 1875 – 14 June 1961) was an Austrian-American actor of the silent era. He was of Jewish descent.[1]

Eddie Polo
Polo, 1922
Born	Edward W. Wyman / Weimer 1 February 1875 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	14 June 1961 (aged 86) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Other names	Eddie Weimer
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1913–1944
Children	Malvine Polo

Biography

He was born Edward W. Wyman or Weimer in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on 1 February 1875. With his brother Sam he was the trapeze act The Flying Cordovas. Beginning in 1913, he appeared in serials and films in the United States and became an action star in Germany in the late 1920s. After his acting career ended in the mid-1940s he worked as a makeup artist.

He was the father of actress Malvina Polo (1903–2000), best remembered as the mentally handicapped girl preyed upon for rape in Erich von Stroheim's Foolish Wives (1922). His brother was the acrobat, actor and makeup artist Sam Polo (1872–1966).

Polo died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1915	The Broken Coin	Rolleaux
	The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke	Eddie
	Graft		Serial
	Lord John's Journal
1916	The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring	Polo
	Liberty	Pedro	Serial Alternative titles: The Fangs of the Wolf Liberty, a Daughter of the U.S.A.
1917	The Bronze Bride	White Feather
	Money Madness	'Harford' Red
	A Kentucky Cinderella	Ed Long
	The Gray Ghost	Marco	Serial
	The Plow Woman	Bill Matthews
	Bull's Eye	Cody	Serial
1918	Lure of the Circus	Eddie Somers	Serial
1920	The Vanishing Dagger	John Edward Grant	Serial
	King of the Circus	Eddie King	Serial
1921	Do or Die	Jack Merton	Serial
	The Terror Streak	Cyclone Smith
	The Secret Four		Serial
1922	Captain Kidd	Edward Davis	Serial
	Der Fluch der Habgier
1923	The Knock on the Door
	Prepared to Die	John Pendleton Smythe
1927	The Owl	Jack Clifford	Part 1, 2
	Der Geheimtresor	Eddie
1928	Eddy Polo in the Wasp's Nest	Eddy Polo
	Hands Up, Eddy Polo
1929	On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight	Heini Box
	Hände hoch, hier Eddy Polo	Eddy Polo
	The Daredevil Reporter	Reporter
	Der gefesselte Polo	Eddy Polo
	Geheimpolizisten	Franz Hayn
	Rache für Eddy	Sergeant Eddy Webster
1930	Of Life and Death	Artist
	Witnesses Wanted	Himself
1932	All is at Stake
1940	It's a Date	Quarter Master
	La Conga Nights	Señor Boca	Uncredited
	Son of Roaring Dan	Charlie Gregg
	Spring Parade	Cafe Proprietor	Uncredited
	Law and Order	Bartender Ed	Uncredited
1941	The Wolf Man	Churchgoer	Uncredited
1942	Don Winslow of the Navy	Lab Assistant	Serial, [Chs. 8-9], Uncredited
	Gang Busters	Pilot	Serial, [Chs. 1-2], Uncredited
	The Secret Code	Special Delivery Messenger	Serial, [Ch.7], Uncredited
	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Townsman	Uncredited
1943	Honeymoon Lodge	Gas Station Attendant	Uncredited
	Crazy House	Stooge	Uncredited
1944	The Climax	Stagehand	Uncredited
1946	Two Sisters from Boston	Waiter	Uncredited

References

1. Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933, Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213

External links

• Eddie Polo at IMDb
• Eddie Polo at Find a Grave