{{short description|American actor (1859–1928)}} {{for-multi|the American military officer and politician|Edward J. Connelly|the federal prosecutor|Edward M. Connelly|people with similar names|Ed Connolly (disambiguation)}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2018}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Edward Connelly | image = Edward Connelly 001.jpg | caption = Connelly, c. 1909 | birth_date = {{birth date|1859|12|30}} | birth_place = New York, New York, US | death_date = {{death date and age|1928|11|21|1859|12|30}} | death_place = Hollywood, California, US | years_active = 1914–28 | occupation = Actor }}
'''Edward Connelly''' (December 30, 1859 – November 21, 1928) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era.
==Biography== Connelly had a Broadway theater career going back to the Victorian era. His Broadway credits include ''The Wild Duck'' (1918), ''The Great Adventure'' (1913), ''A Good Little Devil'' (1913), ''The Dollar Princess'' (1909), ''Twiddle-Twaddle'' (1906), ''Bird Center'' (1904), ''Babette'' (1903), and ''The Belle of New York'' (1900).<ref>{{cite web|title=Edward J. Connelly|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/edward-j-connelly-67138|website=Internet Broadway Database|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=March 31, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331005938/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/edward-j-connelly-67138|archivedate=March 31, 2018}}</ref>
Connelly appeared in 69 films between 1914 and 1929. His last film was ''The Desert Law''.<ref name="ms" />
He was born in New York, New York and died of influenza<ref>{{cite news|title=Edward Connelly Gone|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18787409/edward_connelly/|work=Tampa Bay Times|date=December 30, 1928|location=Florida, St. Petersburg|page=20|via = Newspapers.com|access-date= March 30, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> in Hollywood, California. He was survived by his wife.<ref name=ms>{{cite news|title=(untitled brief)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18787540/edward_donnelly/|work=The Montana Standard|date=December 23, 1928|location=Montana, Butte|page=37|via = Newspapers.com|access-date= March 30, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> thumb|335x335px|Edward Connelly as Rasputin in ''The Fall of the Romanoffs'' (1917 film).
==Selected filmography== [[File:Wild-Duck-1918-2.jpg|thumb|260px|Amy Veness, Alla Nazimova and Connelly in the original Broadway production of Ibsen's ''The Wild Duck'' (1918)]] {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''A Good Little Devil'' (1914) * ''Shore Acres'' (1914) * ''The Devil'' (1915) * ''Marse Covington'' as Covington Halliday ("Marse Covington")<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/498057/marse-covington#overview | title=Marse Covington }}{{dead link|date=December 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> * ''The Fall of the Romanoffs'' (1917) * ''A Successful Adventure'' (1918) * ''The First Law'' (1918) * ''The Lion's Den'' (1919) * ''The Red Lantern'' (1919) * ''The Great Victory'' (1919) * ''The World and Its Woman'' (1919) * ''The Parisian Tigress'' (1919) * ''In Old Kentucky'' (1919) * ''Johnny-on-the-Spot'' (1919) * ''False Evidence'' (1919) * ''Easy to Make Money'' (1919) * ''The Willow Tree'' (1920) * ''Shore Acres'' (1920) * ''The Saphead'' (1920) * ''Hearts Are Trumps'' (1920) * ''Cinderella's Twin'' (1920) * ''Dangerous to Men'' (1920) * ''The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' (1921) * ''The Last Card'' (1921) * ''The Conquering Power'' (1921) * ''Conflict'' (1921) * ''Camille'' (1921) * ''Turn To The Right'' (1922) * ''Kisses'' (1922) * ''Love in the Dark'' (1922) * ''Seeing's Believing'' (1922) * ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1922) * ''Trifling Women'' (1922) * ''Her Fatal Millions'' (1923) * ''Desire'' (1923) * ''Where the Pavement Ends'' (1923) * ''Slave of Desire'' (1923) * ''The Goldfish'' (1924) * ''A Fool's Awakening'' (1924) * ''The Denial'' (1925) * ''The Unholy Three'' (1925) * ''Sun-Up'' (1925) * ''So This Is Marriage?'' (1925) * ''The Merry Widow'' (1925) * ''The Torrent'' (1926) * ''Brown of Harvard'' (1926) * ''Bardelys the Magnificent'' (1926) * ''Love'' (1927) * ''The Show'' (1927) * ''The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg'' (1927) * ''Across to Singapore'' (1928) * ''Forbidden Hours'' (1928) * ''The Mysterious Lady'' (1928) * ''Brotherly Love'' (1928) * ''The Desert Rider'' (1929) {{div col end}}
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