# Edward MacKay

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**Edward J. Mackay**, also noted as **Edward MacKay**, was an actor on stage and in films in the United States. He also directed films.[1] In 1915 he was a leading man for [Jesse L. Lasky](/source/Jesse_L._Lasky)'s Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company.[2] He was married to Julia MacKay in 1900, they separated around 1904, and she filed for divorce in 1906. He was a leading man with the Crescent Stock Company.[3]

Alice Coon Brown MacKay, who had been a drama critic from the *[Ohio State Journal](/source/Ohio_State_Journal)* in Columbus, Ohio was his second wife.[4][5] She was the daughter of U.S. senator from Utah [Arthur Brown](/source/Arthur_Brown_(American_politician)).[4]

He was a member of the [Actors' Equity Association](/source/Actors'_Equity_Association).[6] In 1930 he was treasurer of the [Actors' Fidelity League](/source/Actors'_Fidelity_League).[7]

## Filmography

- *[Clothes](/source/Clothes_(1914_film))* (1914)[8] as Richard Burbank
- *[The Clue](/source/The_Clue)* (1915) as Guy Bertram
- *[The Secret Orchard](/source/The_Secret_Orchard)* (1915)[2] as Duke of Cluny
- *[Life or Honor?](/source/Life_or_Honor%3F)* (1918)[9] as Sidney Holmes[10]

## References

1. Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001). [*Silent Film Necrology*](https://books.google.com/books?id=iqIYAQAAIAAJ&q=%22E.+J.+MacKay%22+film). McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1059-0.

1. ["The Movie Magazine: A National Motion Picture Magazine ..."](https://books.google.com/books?id=HHRJAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Edward+MacKay%22+film%C2%A0&pg=RA3-PA25). Movie Magazine Publishing Company, Incorporated. January 3, 1915. – via Google Books.

1. ["Julia Makay - Edward Mackay divorce"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-herald-julia-makay-edward-mac/122100838/). April 10, 1909. p. 12. – via newspapers.com.

1. [https://www.nytimes.com/1955/11/09/archives/mrs-edward-mackay.html](https://www.nytimes.com/1955/11/09/archives/mrs-edward-mackay.html)

1. ["Showmen's Motion Picture Trade Review"](https://books.google.com/books?id=LQ4bdYtfE74C&q=%22Edward+J.+MacKay%22+film). 1949.

1. ["Dramatic Mirror of the Stage and Motion Pictures"](https://books.google.com/books?id=lWtDAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Edward+J.+MacKay%22+film&pg=RA18-PA10). 1917.

1. ["The Billboard"](https://books.google.com/books?id=P8p4UnsUT-4C&dq=%22Edward+J.+MacKay%22+film&pg=RA5-PA4). 1928.

1. Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). [*The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&dq=%22Edward+MacKay%22+film+1948&pg=PA228). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3. – via Google Books.

1. Houran, James & Lange, Rense (August 13, 2015). ["Hauntings and Poltergeists: Multidisciplinary Perspectives"](https://books.google.com/books?id=rkbFBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Edward+MacKay%22+film%C2%A0&pg=PA101). McFarland. – via Google Books.

1. Wlaschin, Ken (October 21, 2009). ["Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography"](https://books.google.com/books?id=oJYZDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Edward+MacKay%22+film%C2%A0&pg=PA126). McFarland. – via Google Books.

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