Eddie Polo (1 February 1875 – 14 June 1961) was an Austro-American actor of the silent era. Born Edward W. Wyman or Weimer in Vienna, Austria. With his brother Sam he was the trapeze act The Flying Cordovas. From 1913 he appeared in serials and films in the USA and became an action star in Germany in the late 1920s. After his acting career ended in the mid-1940s he worked as an makeup artist. Polo died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.
He was the father of actress Malvine Polo (1903-2000), best remembered as the retarded 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).
Read more about Eddie Polo: Selected Filmography
Famous quotes containing the word eddie:
“Yeah, percentage players die broke too, don’t they, Bert?”
—Sydney Carroll, U.S. screenwriter, and Robert Rossen. Eddie Felson (Paul Newman)