Edward Peil Sr.: movies and TV shows
Edward Peil Sr. has 233 credits in the archive: 233 films and 0 TV series, from 1914 to 1951. Highest rated: You Can't Take It with You (7.5/10).
Career timeline
1914 – 1951 · busiest year: 1936 (16 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Storm Warning | Townsman (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 68 |
| 1951 | The Texas Rangers | Film | 6.1 | 68 | |
| 1951 | Fort Worth | Citizen (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 68 |
| 1950 | Colt .45 | Townsman (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 67 |
| 1950 | Bright Leaf | Train Conductor (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 67 |
| 1950 | Branded | Film | 6.2 | 67 | |
| 1950 | Pretty Baby | Hawkins (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1949 | Red, Hot and Blue | Piano Tuner (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 1948 | Three Daring Daughters | Waiter (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 65 |
| 1947 | The Lady from Shanghai | Guard (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 64 |
| 1947 | The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap | Townsman (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1947 | The Last Round-up | Film | 7.3 | 64 | |
| 1947 | Valley of Fear | Jamison Forbes | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1947 | Yankee Fakir | Frank | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 1946 | Desert Command | Ratkin | Film | 4.2 | 63 |
| 1943 | The Outlaw | Swanson (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 60 |
| 1943 | Captive Wild Woman | Jake - Handler (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 60 |
| 1943 | Bombardier | Officer | Film | 5.7 | 60 |
| 1943 | King of the Cowboys | Townsman | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1943 | Cattle Stampede | Banker | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 1943 | Hoppy Serves a Writ | Card Player | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1943 | Canyon City | Jim Hardy (as Ed Peil Sr.) | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1943 | The Adventures of Smilin' Jack | Freighter Captain [Chs. 7-8] | Film | 5.7 | 60 |
| 1943 | The Kid Rides Again | John Ainsley | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 1943 | Robin Hood of the Range | Grady (as Ed Peil Sr.) | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1942 | Black Dragons | Ryder | Film | 4.6 | 59 |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 59 |
| 1942 | Texas Justice | Ed Hannigan | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1942 | Border Roundup | Sheriff | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1942 | The Major and the Minor | Stationmaster (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 1942 | For Me and My Gal | Jim (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1942 | Shut My Big Mouth | Hotel Proprietor | Film | 8.3 | 59 |
| 1942 | The Secret Code | Policeman | Film | 5.9 | 59 |
| 1942 | Man from Cheyenne | Rancher | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1942 | My Favorite Blonde | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1942 | Foreign Agent | Robert Nelson, fifth columnist | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1942 | Sunset Serenade | Party Guest | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1942 | Down Rio Grande Way | Commissioner Adams | Film | 10.0 | 59 |
| 1942 | Riders of the West | Investigator Jim Dodge | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1941 | Forbidden Trails | Dealer with Visor | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 1941 | Love Crazy | Sun Valley Private Investigator (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1941 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Minor Role (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1941 | Red River Valley | Cattle Rancher | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Air Raid Warden | Film | 6.6 | 58 |
| 1941 | Jesse James at Bay | U.S. Marshal | Film | 4.8 | 58 |
| 1941 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Opera House Assistant manager (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 1941 | The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury | Mr. Harper - Cattle Rancher (as Ed Piel Sr.) | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1941 | The Lone Rider in Ghost Town | Clark | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 1941 | The Texas Marshal | Sam Adams | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1941 | Fugitive Valley | Jailer Ed | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1941 | Tonto Basin Outlaws | Photographer | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1941 | Underground Rustlers | Mr. Ward | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1941 | Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals | Hardy | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1941 | In Old Cheyenne | Train Conductor | Film | 4.6 | 58 |
| 1940 | Radio Ranch | Dr. Cooper (archive footage) | Film | 5.6 | 57 |
| 1940 | Deadwood Dick | Sears | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1940 | The Shadow | Inspector Joe Cardona | Film | 7.3 | 57 |
| 1940 | I Take This Oath | Police Sergeant Riley | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 1940 | Riders of Pasco Basin | Jones (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1940 | Riders of Black Mountain | George Harris | Film | 9.0 | 57 |
| 1940 | Billy the Kid's Gun Justice | Dave Barlow | Film | 5.2 | 57 |
| 1940 | The Border Legion | Barfly | Film | 5.0 | 57 |
| 1940 | The Showdown | Man Wearing Visor | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1940 | Two Girls on Broadway | Man Saying 'Give Him His Five Bucks' (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1940 | One Man's Law | Joel Winters | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1940 | Legion of the Lawless | Speaker at Meeting (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 1940 | You're Not So Tough | Carstens | Film | 5.0 | 57 |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Mr. Turner (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 56 |
| 1939 | Girl from Rio | William W. Wilson, Lawyer | Film | 4.8 | 56 |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Laborer (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1939 | When Tomorrow Comes | Janitor (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 56 |
| 1939 | Water Rustlers | Weylan's Lawyer | Film | 4.7 | 56 |
| 1939 | The Night Riders | Rancher Harper | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1939 | Let Us Live | Bank Cashier (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1939 | Dick Tracy's G-Men | Price | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1939 | The Man from Sundown | Sheriff Wiley | Film | 10.0 | 56 |
| 1939 | I Stole a Million | Doorman (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1939 | Geronimo | John A.J. Cresswell | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1939 | Mutiny in the Big House | Prison Gate Guard | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1939 | The Marshal Of Mesa City | Express Agent Frank (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1939 | Pirates of the Skies | Film | 9.0 | 56 | |
| 1939 | Sundown on the Prairie | John | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Neighbor Helping with Move (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1938 | Too Hot to Handle | Newsreel Man (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1938 | The Girl of the Golden West | Townsman in Sheriff's Office | Film | 5.3 | 55 |
| 1938 | King of the Sierras | Rancher Blake | Film | 5.0 | 55 |
| 1938 | Six Shootin' Sheriff | Andy | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1938 | The Singing Cowgirl | Tom Harkins | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1938 | Code of the Rangers | Ranger Captain (as Ed Pier Sr.) | Film | 10.0 | 55 |
| 1938 | Colorado Trail | Hobbs | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1938 | Gangster's Boy | Editor | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1937 | Captains Courageous | Fisherman (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 54 |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth | Bailiff (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1937 | Come on, Cowboys | Thomas Rigby | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1937 | Slaves in Bondage | Detective Captain | Film | 3.1 | 54 |
| 1937 | Idol of the Crowds | Det. Sgt. Baker (uncredited) | Film | 5.1 | 54 |
| 1937 | Two-Fisted Sheriff | Judge Webster | Film | 3.8 | 54 |
| 1937 | It Can't Last Forever | Detective | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1937 | Gunsmoke Ranch | Dam Engineer Rankin | Film | 4.3 | 54 |
| 1937 | Paradise Express | Sheriff (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1937 | Heroes of the Alamo | General Sam Houston | Film | 5.3 | 54 |
| 1937 | Blossoms On Broadway | Conductor (uncredited) | Film | 4.8 | 54 |
| 1937 | The Old Wyoming Trail | Edward Peil Sr. | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1937 | Trapped | Bill Ashley | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1936 | Road Gang | Guard in Sleeping Quarters (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1936 | The Walking Dead | Film | 6.3 | 53 | |
| 1936 | Show Boat | Film | 6.7 | 53 | |
| 1936 | Oh, Susanna | Mineral Springs Sheriff Cole (as Ed Peil Sr.) | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1936 | Code of the Range | Sheriff | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1936 | Yours for the Asking | Waiter (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1936 | Alibi for Murder | Peters (Uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1936 | White Fang | Minor Role | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1936 | Love on a Bet | Mr. Bligh, at Hutchinson's Meeting | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1936 | Two Against the World | Coroner (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1936 | College Holiday | Cop in Park | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1936 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Jailer (uncredited) | Film | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1936 | Exclusive Story | Newspaperman (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1936 | A Million to One | Mac | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1936 | Ghost Town Gold | Sheriff (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1936 | The Cowboy Star | Clem Baker (as Ed Piel Sr.) | Film | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1935 | Bride of Frankenstein | Villager (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1935 | The Phantom Empire | Cooper (as Edward Piel Sr.) | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1935 | Reckless | Man Raising Stage Curtain (uncredited) | Film | 5.1 | 52 |
| 1935 | The Nitwits | Eddie the Detective | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1935 | The Mysterious Mr. Wong | Jen Yu | Film | 4.3 | 52 |
| 1935 | Society Fever | Booker | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1934 | Rodeo Rocketeers | Spike | Film | — | 51 |
| 1934 | Blue Steel | Malgrove | Film | 4.8 | 51 |
| 1934 | Our Daily Bread | Powerhouse Employee (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1934 | Cheating Cheaters | Detective (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1934 | The Man from Utah | Spike Barton (as Edward Peil) | Film | 4.8 | 51 |
| 1934 | Fog Over Frisco | Police Sergeant (Uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1934 | Journal of a Crime | Jailer (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 1934 | Kid Millions | Assistant Bartender (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1934 | Madame Spy | Garage Owner | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1934 | Bandits of the Badlands | Malgrove | Film | — | 51 |
| 1934 | Million Dollar Baby | Louie | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1934 | Manhattan Love Song | Employment Agent | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1933 | The Three Musketeers | Ratkin | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1933 | Night Flight | Airport Office Employee (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1933 | Broadway to Hollywood | Stage Manager | Film | 5.0 | 50 |
| 1933 | The Big Cage | Glenn Stoner | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1933 | Fury of the Jungle | Molango Villager (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1933 | King of the Arena | Police Chief | Film | 8.5 | 50 |
| 1933 | Headline Shooter | Riverport Townsman (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1933 | The Mystery Squadron | Andrew Martin | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1933 | I Am Suzanne! | Newspaper Reporter | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1932 | The Mask of Fu Manchu | Coolie Spy (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1932 | Dynamite Denny | Train Conductor | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1932 | The Hatchet Man | Bing Foo | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1932 | Emma | Man (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1932 | Movie Crazy | Waiter (Uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1932 | Destry Rides Again | Frank Warren | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1932 | Tombstone Canyon | Replaced by Bob Burns (credit only) | Film | 4.0 | 49 |
| 1932 | The Devil Horse | The Sheriff (as Edward Peil) | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1932 | Madame Racketeer | Train Passenger | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1932 | The Local Bad Man | Sheriff Hickory (as Edward Peil) | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1932 | Charlie Chan's Chance | Li Gung | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1932 | Trapped in Tia Juana | Capt. Davis | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1931 | Law of the Rio Grande | Second Sheriff | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1931 | The Gay Buckaroo | Hi - Clint's Servant (as Edward Peil) | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1931 | Clearing the Range | Sheriff Jim | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 1931 | Wild Horse | Sheriff | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1931 | The Avenger | Ike Mason | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1931 | The Galloping Ghost | Coach of Baxter Team | Film | 4.7 | 48 |
| 1931 | Everything’s Rosie | 1st Sheriff | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1930 | Shadow of the Law | Usher | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1930 | Cock o' the Walk | Ortega | Film | 3.9 | 47 |
| 1930 | Cock o' the Walk | Cafe Manager | Film | 3.9 | 47 |
| 1929 | Masked Emotions | Lee Wing | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1927 | Tumbling River | Roan Tibbets | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1927 | Framed | Moola | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1926 | The Great K&A Train Robbery | Bill Tolfree | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1926 | The Girl from Montmartre | Messenger | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1926 | Yellow Fingers | Kwong Li | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1926 | Midnight Faces | Suie Chang | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1926 | Black Paradise | Murdock | Film | 5.3 | 43 |
| 1926 | Queen o'Diamonds | Crook | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1925 | The Iron Horse | Old Chinese Railroad Worker (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1925 | The Fighting Heart | Flash Fogarty | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1925 | The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted | 'Slick' Jennings | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1925 | The Hunted Woman | Charlie | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1925 | As No Man Has Loved | Capt. Kearney | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1925 | The Pleasure Buyers | Kildare | Film | 3.7 | 42 |
| 1924 | Teeth | Sheriff | Film | 4.3 | 41 |
| 1924 | The Man Who Came Back | Sam Shu Sin | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1924 | $50,000 Reward | Buck Scofield | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1923 | The Lone Star Ranger | Kane (as Edward Peil) | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1923 | The Purple Dawn | Wong Chang | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1923 | Three Jumps Ahead | Buck Taggitt | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1923 | Stepping Fast | Sun Yat (as Edward Peil) | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1922 | Arabia | Ibrahim Bulamar (as Edward Piel) | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1922 | The Song of Life | Amos Tilden | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1922 | The Dust Flower | Judson Flack | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1921 | The Servant in the House | William Smythe, The Vicar | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1921 | The Killer | Ramon (as Edward Peil) | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1921 | That Girl Montana | Lee Holly | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1921 | Dream Street | Swan Way | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1920 | The Money Changers | Ling Choo Fong | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1920 | Two Moons | Lang Whistler | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1920 | The Road to Divorce | Dr. Shaw (as Edward Peil) | Film | 3.7 | 37 |
| 1920 | Isobel or the Trail's End | Scottie Dean | Film | 8.5 | 37 |
| 1919 | Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl | Evil Eye | Film | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1919 | Fighting Cressy | John Ford | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1919 | Haunting Shadows | Arthur Pickering | Film | — | 36 |
| 1919 | Peppy Polly | Judge Monroe | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1919 | Boots | Nicholas Jerome | Film | 4.0 | 36 |
| 1919 | I'll Get Him Yet | Robert Hamilton (as Edward Peil) | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1919 | The Gray Wolf's Ghost | Film | 10.0 | 36 | |
| 1919 | The Illustrious Prince | Inspector Jacks | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1919 | The Pagan God | Wah Kung | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1919 | The Lincoln Highwayman | Steele | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1919 | The Girl Who Stayed at Home | Turnverein Terror | Film | 4.8 | 36 |
| 1919 | The Dragon Painter | Kano Indara | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1919 | Prudence on Broadway | Mr. Wentworth | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1919 | A Sage Brush Hamlet | Claude Dutton | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1918 | You Can't Believe Everything | Jim Wheeler | Film | — | 35 |
| 1918 | Cheating the Public | Mary's Attorney | Film | — | 35 |
| 1918 | The Shuttle | Ughtred Anstruthers | Film | — | 35 |
| 1918 | The Greatest Thing in Life | The German Officer | Film | — | 35 |
| 1918 | Borrowed Clothes | George Weston | Film | — | 35 |
| 1918 | Jilted Janet | Ernest Morgan | Film | — | 35 |
| 1917 | Souls in Pawn | Etienne Jaccard | Film | — | 34 |
| 1917 | The Man from Montana | Warren Summers | Film | — | 34 |
| 1917 | The Eyes of the World | James Rutledge Jr. | Film | — | 34 |
| 1917 | The Serpent's Tooth | Jack Stilling | Film | 1.0 | 34 |
| 1917 | Whose Wife? | John Herrick (as Edward Peil) | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 1916 | The Stronger Love | Jim Serviss (as Edward Peil) | Film | — | 33 |
| 1916 | Unto Those Who Sin | Stokes | Film | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1916 | At Piney Ridge | Mark Brierson | Film | — | 33 |
| 1916 | The Valiants of Virginia | Edward Sassoon | Film | — | 33 |
| 1914 | The Ragged Earl | Lord Wildbrook (as Edward J. Peil) | Film | — | 31 |
| 1914 | Through Fire to Fortune | Thomas Barrett | Film | — | 31 |