Edward Sedgwick
- Directing
- November 7, 1891 · Galveston, Texas, USA
- May 7, 1953
Biography
Edward Sedgwick was an American director, actor, writer, and producer whose career spanned the silent era through early television. Born in Galveston, Texas, to stage-performer parents, he began in vaudeville and entered films as a comic actor in 1915, often playing energetic baseball characters. He moved into directing in 1921, initially making serials and Westerns—including films with Tom Mix and Hoot Gibson—before becoming best known as a comedy specialist.
Known for
Filmography
- I Love Lucy: The Movie · Director
- Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm · Director
- A Southern Yankee · Director
- Air Raid Wardens · Director
- So You Won't Talk? · Director
- Beware Spooks! · Director
- Burn 'Em Up O'Connor · Director
- The Gladiator · Director
- Fit for a King · Director
- Riding on Air · Director
- Pick a Star · Director
- Mister Cinderella · Director, Story
- The Virginia Judge · Director
- Murder in the Fleet · Director, Story
- Father Brown, Detective · Director
- Death on the Diamond · Director
- Here Comes the Groom · Director
- I'll Tell the World · Director
- The Poor Rich · Director
- Saturday's Millions · Director
- Horse Play · Writer, Director
- What! No Beer? · Director
- Plumber in Love · Director
- Speak Easily · Director
- The Passionate Plumber · Director
- The Big Shot · Director
- A Dangerous Affair · Director
- Maker of Men · Director, Story
- Parlor, Bedroom and Bath · Director
- Forward, March! · Director
- Remote Control · Director, Producer
- Doughboys · Guggleheimer the Camp Cook (uncredited), Director
- Estrellados · Director
- Free and Easy · Director, Producer
- Spite Marriage · Director, Producer
- The Cameraman · Director, Producer
- Circus Rookies · Director, Story
- West Point · Director, Producer
- Spring Fever · Director
- The Bugle Call · Director
- Slide, Kelly, Slide · Director
- Tin Hats · Director, Writer
- There You Are! · Director
- The Runaway Express · Director
- The Flaming Frontier · Director, Story
- Under Western Skies · Story, Director
- Two-Fisted Jones · Director
- Lorraine of the Lions · Director
- Let 'er Buck · Story, Director
- The Saddle Hawk · Director, Story
- The Hurricane Kid · Director
- The Ridin' Kid from Powder River · Director
- The Sawdust Trail · Director
- Hit and Run · Director, Scenario Writer
- Broadway or Bust · Director, Story
- 40-Horse Hawkins · Stage Manager, Story
- Ride for Your Life · Director
- Hook and Ladder · Story, Director
- The Thrill Chaser · Self, Director
- The Ramblin' Kid · Director
- Blinky · Writer, Director
- Out of Luck · Story, Director
- Shootin' for Love · Director, Story
- Dead Game · Director
- Single Handed · Director, Story
- The Gentleman from America · Director
- Romance Land · Director
- The First Degree · Director
- The Flaming Hour · Director
- Do and Dare · Director, Writer
- The Bear Cat · Director
- Chasing the Moon · Story, Director
- The Rough Diamond · Director, Writer
- Bar Nothing · Director
- The Face at Your Window · Scenario Writer
- Bride 13 · Scenario Writer
- Sink or Swim · Robert Gilette, Story
- The Winning Stroke · Writer
- Checkers · Pete
- Why I Would Not Marry · Undetermined Role (as Ed Sedgwick)