{{Short description|British actor (1897–1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Edward Lexy | image = Actor_Edward_Lexy.jpg | caption = From 1939 ''Spotlight'' casting directory | birth_name = | birth_date = 18 February 1897 | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1970|1|31|1897|2|18}} | death_place = Dublin, Ireland | other_names = Edward Little | years_active = 1937–1958 }}
'''Edward Lexy''' (18 February 1897, in London – 31 January 1970, in Dublin) was a British actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/283992|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114124744/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/283992|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-14|title=Edward Lexy|work=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=10326|title=Edward Lexy|work=aveleyman.com}}</ref> He was born Edward Little.<ref name="Clarke">{{Cite book|title=Pseudonyms|author=Joseph F. Clarke|publisher=BCA|date=1977|page=103}}</ref>
==Career== He made his London stage début in 1936, and his first film the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/edward-lexy-p42271|title=Edward Lexy - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie|author=Hal Erickson|work=AllMovie}}</ref> His film roles were a mixture of substantial supporting parts and minor bit parts. He retired in 1958.<ref>https://www.allmovie.com/artist/edward-lexy-p42271. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915014752/http://www.allmovie.com/artist/edward-lexy-p42271 |date=15 September 2016 }}</ref>
==Selected filmography== {{Div col}} * ''Action for Slander'' (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Mademoiselle Docteur'' (1937) - (uncredited) * ''Farewell Again'' (1937) - Sgt. Brough * ''Knight Without Armour'' (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Smash and Grab'' (1937) - Inspector McInerney * ''Under Secret Orders'' (1937) - Carr's Orderly * ''The Green Cockatoo'' (1937) - (uncredited) * ''South Riding'' (1938) - Mr. Holly * ''The Divorce of Lady X'' (1938) - Peters - Club Attendant (uncredited) * ''Second Best Bed'' (1938) - Murdock * ''The Drum'' (1938) - Sgt. Major Kernel (uncredited) * ''The Terror'' (1938) - Inspector Dobie * ''Kate Plus Ten'' (1938) - Sergeant * ''This Man Is News'' (1938) - Inspector Hollis * ''Sixty Glorious Years'' (1938) - Dorset Soldier in Crimea (uncredited) * ''Sidewalks of London'' (1938) - Mr. Such * ''Night Journey'' (1938) - Milstone Mike * ''Many Tanks Mr. Atkins'' (1938) - Sgt. Butterworth * ''The Outsider'' (1939) * ''The Gang's All Here'' (1939) - (uncredited) * ''Too Dangerous to Live'' (1939) - Inspector Cardby * ''This Man in Paris'' (1939) - Inspector Holly * ''Traitor Spy'' (1939) - Det. Insp. William Barnard * ''Laugh It Off'' (1940) - Sgt. Maj. Slaughter * ''The Proud Valley'' (1940) - Commissionaire * ''The Spider'' (1940) - Inspector Horridge * ''Mrs. Pym of Scotland Yard'' (1940) - Det.-Inspector Shott * ''Convoy'' (1940) - Merchantman Skipper * ''Spare a Copper'' (1940) - Night Watchman * ''Old Bill and Son'' (1941) - Soldier (uncredited) * ''Medal for the General'' (1944) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Piccadilly Incident'' (1946) - (uncredited) * ''A Girl in a Million'' (1946) - Policeman * ''School for Secrets'' (1946) - Sir Desmond Prosser * ''Temptation Harbour'' (1947) - Stationmaster (uncredited) * ''Captain Boycott'' (1947) - Sgt. Dempsey * ''While I Live'' (1947) - Selby * ''The Ghosts of Berkeley Square'' (1947) - Brigadier (uncredited) * ''The Mark of Cain'' (1947) - Lord Rochford * ''Blanche Fury'' (1948) - Col. Jenkins * ''Good-Time Girl'' (1948) - Mr. Morgan * ''My Brother's Keeper'' (1948) - Jess the Station Master (uncredited) * ''The Winslow Boy'' (1948) - 1st. Elderly Member - Smoking Room * ''Bonnie Prince Charlie'' (1948) - Lachlan (uncredited) * ''It's Not Cricket'' (1949) - Brigadier Falcon * ''For Them That Trespass'' (1949) - Second Prison Warden * ''Children of Chance'' (1949) - Doctor * ''Golden Arrow'' (1949) - The Colonel * ''The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery'' (1950) - Det. Insp. Charlton * ''Smart Alec'' (1951) - Inspector Ashley * ''Cloudburst'' (1951) - Cardew * ''The Lady with a Lamp'' (1951) * ''Night Was Our Friend'' (1951) - Arthur Glanville * ''The Happy Family'' (1952) - Alderman * ''You're Only Young Twice'' (1952) - Lord Carshennie * ''Miss Robin Hood'' (1952) - Wilson * ''Views on Trial'' (1954) - Clootie * ''The Golden Link'' (1954) - Maj. Grey * ''Orders Are Orders'' (1954) - Capt. Ledger * ''Captain Lightfoot'' (1955) - Army general (uncredited) * ''Where There's a Will'' (1955) - Mafeking Brewer * ''The March Hare'' (1956) - (uncredited) * ''Up in the World'' (1956) - Detective Superintendent * ''The Rising of the Moon'' (1957) - Quartermaster Sergeant (3rd Episode) * ''The Story of Esther Costello'' (1957) - Fourth Man in Irish Pub (uncredited) * ''The Man Who Wouldn't Talk'' (1958) - Hobbs (final film role) {{div col end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lexy, Edward}} Category:1897 births Category:1970 deaths Category:English male film actors Category:English male stage actors Category:Male actors from London Category:20th-century English male actors