J. Edwin Brown

Acting
1856-02-29
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles

#1The Reward of the Faithless

Movie - 1917, 2h 15m as Karl (as Jim Brown)

8.8 / 10
Drama

A woman who is presumed dead takes revenge on her unfaithful husband.

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#2Graft

Movie - 1915, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
Drama

20 two reels episodic dramatic serial now lost. (1) Liquor and the Law (1915); (2) The Tenement House Evil (1915); (3) The Traction Grab (1915); (4) The Power of the People (1916); (5) Grinding Life Down (1916); (6) The Railroad Monopoly (1916); (7) America Saved from War (1916); (8) Old King Coal (1916); (9) The Insurance Swindlers (1916); (10) The Harbor Transportation Trust (1916); (11) The Illegal Bucket Shops (1916); (12) The Milk Battle (1916); (13) The Powder Trust and the War (1916); (14) The Iron Ring (1916); (15) The Patent Medicine Danger (1916); (16) The Pirates of Finance (1916); (17) Queen of the Prophets (1916); (18) The Hidden City of Crime (1916); (19) The Photo Badger Game (1916); and (20) The Final Conquest (1916).

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#3Old Dad

Movie - 1920, 2h 15m as Prof. Pettigrew

7.0 / 10
Drama

Mr. Bretton's wife decides she would rather pursue an opera career, so they separate, leaving him to raise their young daughter Daphne (Mildred Harris). She is expelled from boarding school after Richard Wiltoner is found in her room under innocent circumstances. Her father sends her to the Adirondacks, where she meets a rogue and soon elopes with him. When her father discovers that he is a bigamist, he has their marriage annulled. Happily, Mrs. Bretton returns to her husband and Daphne and Richard fall in love and marry.

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#4Pay Me!

Movie - 1917, 2h 15m as Martin (as Eddie Brown)

8.8 / 10
Western

During a violent disagreement, a miner strangles his partner and accidentally shoots the man's wife. He then deserts his own wife and son to elope with the saloon keeper's daughter. As they are fleeing, the girl discovers the deed and insists upon caring for the baby found in the dead wife's arms.

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#5The Price of Silence

Movie - 1916, 2h 15m as Landlord (as Eddie Brown)

8.8 / 10
Drama

A woman gives up her illegitimate child, and then marries without telling her new husband about the child.

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#6The Light in the Clearing

Movie - 1921, 2h 15m as Squire Fullerton

7.0 / 10
Drama

When Barton Baynes's mother and father die, his Aunt Deel and Uncle Peabody provide a home for him. He grows up with Amos Grimshaw, son of a miserly moneylender who holds the farmers of the area in his power, and falls in love with Sally Dunkelberg.

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#7Beloved Jim

Movie - 1917, 2h 15m as The Butler

8.8 / 10
Drama

Jim Brockton has three interests in life: His nephew, Donald: the Trinity, three friends of different nationalities, but united by their love for Jim; and a faithful dog named Lady.

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#8The Scarlet Sin

Movie - 1915, 2h 15m as Mine Owner (as Ed Brown)

8.8 / 10
Drama

Against the wishes of Cecelia, his wife, the Reverend Eric Norton leaves his position in a fashionable New York congregation to preach in a poor mining town.

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#9Jenny Be Good

Movie - 1920, 2h 15m as Professor Gene Jiggs

7.0 / 10
Drama

When a young woman's great romance is interrupted by the influence of her lover's parents, she turns to her art as a violinist to console herself. As she is about to achieve her highest triumph, she is suddenly confronted by the return of the man she loves, and she must make a choice.

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#10The Silent Lady

Movie - 1917, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
Drama

Little orphaned Kate lives happily in a New England lighthouse with its old keepers, Philemon, Peter and Captain Bartholomew. When Kate falls sick, the prudish Philemon hires Miss Summerville, a live-in nurse, to care for her, but is concerned about possible gossip. To alleviate the situation, each keeper and Dr. Carlyle propose to Miss Summerville, but she rejects them all. After hearing that Captain Peyton, a lighthouse inspector, is scheduled to arrive, Miss Summerville makes sudden plans to depart without explanation. At the urging of Carlyle, she agrees to stay, but tries to avoid Peyton by turning off the lighthouse beacon.

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#11Discontent

Movie - 1916, 2h 15m as Pearson

5.3 / 10
Drama

Ed Brown plays a old war veteran tired of living in a veterans' home and decides to move in with his wealthy nephew.

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#12A Little Brother of the Rich

Movie - 1915, 2h 15m as John Castle (as Edmond Brown)

1.0 / 10
Drama

While working his way through college, Paul Potter acquires a flock of wealthy friends who encourage him to give up his hometown fiancée, Sylvia Castle, for Muriel Evers, a flirtatious married woman. After Sylvia releases Paul, and Muriel's husband divorces her for infidelity, Paul and Muriel marry. Meanwhile, when Sylvia's father dies after being ruined in the stock market, she goes from one job to another in the city until she tries acting in a stock company. There she befriends Henry Leamington, an alcoholic leading man, who, as he tutors her, falls in love and stops drinking because of her. When Paul discovers Muriel's unfaithfulness, he renews his acquaintance with Sylvia, who still loves him.

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#13The Pulse of Life

Movie - 1917, 2h 15m as Luigi Maseto (as Edward Brown)

8.8 / 10
Drama

Lisetta, the daughter of a fisherman, lives with her father and brother on the island of Capri. When Serrani, an Italian who has grown wealthy in New York, visits the island, he induces Lisetta to accompany him to America. There he abandons her and she becomes a dancer in an underworld café owned by "Dago" Joe, where she meets the artist Stanford Graham, who employs her as a model. Meanwhile, Lisetta's brother Domenic comes to New York to avenge his sister's dishonor.

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