Eddie Borden
Edgar Mason Borden (May 1, 1888 – June 30, 1955) was an American film actor who started his career in vaudeville as an acrobat and then successfully turned to comedy. Throughout the 1920s, he toured in the Keith, Orpheum and Pantages vaudeville circuits, often billed as "the high hat comedian" and the "fun king." Borden appeared in nearly 160 films between 1922 and 1952, primarily in comedic bit parts. Borden appeared in numerous films with Laurel and Hardy.
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Eddie Borden

Hollywood Filmograph, July 13, 1929, p. 24 · Public domain
- Birth Name
- Edgar Mason Borden
- Born
- May 1, 1888
- Birthplace
- Waynesville, Ohio, U.S.
- Died
- 30 June 1955
- Place of death
- Hollywood, California, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages
- English
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Edgar Mason Borden (May 1, 1888 – June 30, 1955) was an American film actor who started his career in vaudeville as an acrobat and then successfully turned to comedy. Throughout the 1920s, he toured in the Keith, Orpheum and Pantages vaudeville circuits, often billed as "the high hat comedian" and the "fun king." Borden appeared in nearly 160 films between 1922 and 1952, primarily in comedic bit parts. Borden appeared in numerous films with Laurel and Hardy.
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• Birth Name — Edgar Mason Borden • Born — May 1, 1888 • Birthplace — Waynesville, Ohio, U.S. • Died — 30 June 1955 • Place of death — Hollywood, California, U.S. • Years Active — 1922–1952 • Illustration — Eddie Borden, Clarence Geldart, Charles Starrett, and Anita Page in Jungle Bride (1933)
Biography
Biography
He was born on May 1, 1888, in Waynesville, Ohio. His father was from Deer Lodge, Tennessee. He appeared in nearly 160 films between 1922 and 1952 and was mostly seen in comedic bit parts and occasionally as the principal comic relief in films such as Jungle Bride. He died on June 30, 1955, aged 67, in Hollywood, California.
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Selected filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1925 — Hold Everything — Short • 1926 — Battling Butler — Battling Butler's Manager • Gigolo — Gideon's Soldier Buddy — Uncredited • 1927 — One Chance in a Million — Horace Featherby • The Show Girl — 'Breezy' Ayres • The Dove — Billy • 1930 — Rough Romance — Laramie • The Rampant Age — Eddie Mason • 1931 — Transatlantic — Interloper — Uncredited • Monkey Business — Joe — Uncredited • 1932 — Breach of Promise — Hotel Clerk • 1933 — Jungle Bride — Eddie Stevens • Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 — Himself • 1934 — Belle of the Nineties — Comedian — Uncredited • Babes in Toyland — Demon Bogeyman — Uncredited • 1936 — The Bohemian Girl — Nobleman — Uncredited • 1937 — Way Out West — Barfly — Uncredited • 1940 — Saps at Sea — Berserk Employee — Uncredited • A Chump at Oxford — Student Ghost • Secrets of a Model — Customer — Uncredited • 1941 — The Devil and Daniel Webster — Poker Player — Uncredited • 1945 — The Dolly Sisters — Man on Bus — Uncredited • 1952 — On Dangerous Ground — Man — Uncredited
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