Ned Sparks
Born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada — Nov 18 1883• Died Apr 03 1957
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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 t…
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Strange Cargo
Yacht First Mate
Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse
Imitation of Life
Elmer Smith
Alice in Wonderland
Caterpillar
Stage Door Canteen
Ned Sparks
Iron Man
Riley
Gold Diggers of 1933
Barney
Lady for a Day
Happy McGuire
Secrets
Sunshine
The Bride Walks Out
Paul Dodson
42nd Street
Barry
One in a Million
Danny Simpson
Street Girl
Happy Winter
Hawaii Calls
Strings
Wake Up and Live
Steve Cluskey
Blessed Event
George Moxley
Kept Husbands
Hughie Hanready
Sweet Adeline
Dan Herzig
The Fall Guy
Danny Walsh
Big City Blues
Mr. 'Stacky' Stackhouse
Corsair
Slim
Leathernecking
Sparks
Conspiracy
Winthrop 'Little Nemo' Clavering
This Way Please
Inky Wells
Marie Galante
Plosser
Going Hollywood
Conroy
Magic Town
Ike
The Hidden Way
Mulligan
The Crusader
Eddie Crane
Hi, Nellie!
Shammy
The Star Maker
'Speed' King
The Big Noise
William Howard
Two's Company
Al
The Only Thing
Gibson
The Secret Call
Bert Benedict
Double Cross Roads
Happy Max
The Miracle Man
Harry Evans
The Canary Murder Case
Tony Skeel
Bright Lights
Barney Gallagher
The Devil's Holiday
Charlie Thorne
The Auction Block
Nat Saluson
Faint Perfume
Orrin Crumb
Love Comes Along
Happy
Too Much Harmony
Lem Spawn
Money Talks
Lucius Fenton
Love's Blindness
Valet
George White's 1935 Scandals
Elmer
Collegiate
'Scoop' Oakland
For Beauty's Sake
Jonathan B. Sweet
The Bond Boy
Cyrus Morgan
Alias the Lone Wolf
Phinuit
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
Down to Their Last Yacht
Captain 'Sunny Jim' Roberts
Nothing but the Truth
Clarence van Dyke
Servants' Entrance
Hjalmar Gnu
Private Scandal
Inspector Riordan
Sweet Music
'Ten Percent' Nelson
Good References
Peter Stearns
The Law Forbids
Clyde Vernon
Twinkletoes
The Small Bachelor
J. Hamilton Beamish
Soul Mates
Tancred's chauffeur
Alias The Deacon
Slim Sullivan
The Boomerang
Bert Hanks
The Perfect Woman
Grimes, the Anarchist
His Supreme Moment
Adrian
A Temperamental Wife
The Hotel Clerk
The Magnificent Flirt
Tim
The Wide Open Spaces
Sheriff Jack Rancid
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Sing and Like It
Toots McGuire
Mike
Slinky
In Search of a Sinner
Waiter
When the Wife's Away
Big Dame Hunting
Ned
Nothing But the Truth
The Monocle Man
The Little Miss Brown
Night Clerk
A Wide Open Town
Si Ryan
The Secret Studio
The Plumber