Eddie Baker

Nascimento : 1897-11-17, Davis, West Virginia, USA

Morte : 1968-02-04

Filmes

Paddington
Props
Na trama, Paddington, que é um dos personagens mais conhecidos da Inglaterra, chega do Peru e é detido na estação de mesmo nome em Londres. Perseguido por uma perversa taxidermista, ele conhece a família Brown, que lhe oferece carinho e abrigo.
A Nau dos Insensatos
Prizak (uncredited)
1933: Um transatlântico pertencente a uma empresa alemã de segunda categoria está fazendo uma viagem de 26 dias partindo de Veracruz, México, para Bremerhaven, Alemanha. Ao longo do caminho ele vai parar em Cuba para pegar um grande grupo de trabalhadores agrícolas espanhóis que estão sendo enviados para casa e que serão alojadas como gado na terceira classe. Vão também pegar La Condesa, uma condessa espanhola. Vão parar em Tenerife, onde os trabalhadores agrícolas irão desembarcar e onde La Condesa será enviado para uma prisão alemã por suas atividades "traidoras" em Cuba. Esta viagem será a última de três para o médico do navio, Willi Schumann, que tem uma doença cardíaca grave e que pensou que poderia encontrar algum sentido para sua vida através deste trabalho. Willi e La Condesa se apaixonam e o capitão do navio Thiele, que é o melhor amigo de Willie a bordo, acreditando que a viciada em drogas La Condesa está apenas usando-o para obter suas doses.
O Sol é Para Todos
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Em 1932, na pacata Maycomb (Alabama), vivem os irmãos Jem e Scout Finch, órfãos de mãe criados pela babá negra Calpurnia e o pai Atticus Finch, advogado íntegro e respeitado na cidade, que atende gratuitamente aos mais pobres. A infância dividida entre a escola e as fantasias acerca do vizinho, o “malvado” Sr. Radley, cede espaço ao contato com a discriminação quando seu pai resolve defender o negro Tom Robinson, acusado de ter estuprado uma moça branca. Gregory Peck ganhou um Oscar por sua brilhante atuação nesta versão para o cinema do romance vencedor do Prêmio Pulitzer.
Tempestade sobre Washington
Senator (uncredited)
Indicado pelo Presidente dos Estados Unidos para o cargo de Secretário de Estado, Robert Leffingwell comparece perante uma comissão do Senado, presidida pelo senador idealista Brig Anderson, que deve decidir se ele é a pessoa certa para o cargo.
O Vento Será Tua Herança
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Numa cidade marcada pela forte presença da comunidade religiosa, professor é preso por ensinar a Teoria da Evolução de Darwin. O caso vai para o tribunal, onde acontece uma série de inflamados debates ideológicos, que mexem com a localidade e com seus habitantes. Baseado em caso real ocorrido em 1925, com os debates entre Clarence Darrow e William Jennings Bryan reconstruidos a partir das transcrições do julgamento real.
Já Fomos Tão Felizes
Sardi's Patron (uncredited)
O crítico e professor de teatro Larry McKay (David Niven), sua esposa Kay (Doris Day), e seus quatro filhos se mudam de seu apertado apartamento em Manhattan para uma velha e grande casa de campo. Enquanto a dona de casa Kay se adapta a vida suburbana, Larry continua desfrutando do teatro e das festas de Nova York. Kay logo começa a questionar a fidelidade de Larry quando ele menciona um encontro com a estrela da Broadway Deborah Vaughn (Janis Paige). - traduzido de Daniel Bubbeo
The Hypnotic Eye
Observer at Scene (uncredited)
A mysterious hypnotist is suspected by the police of being responsible for a wave of young, attractive women committing various forms of self-mutilation.
Testemunha de Acusação
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Quando Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power) é preso sob a acusação de ter assassinado uma rica viúva de meia-idade, Sir Wilfrid Robarts (Charles Laughton), um veterano e astuto advogado, concorda em defendê-lo. Sir Wilfrid está se recuperando de um ataque do coração quase fatal e "supostamente" está em uma dieta, que o proíbe de ingerir bebidas alcoólicas e de se envolver em casos complicados. Mas a atração pelas cortes criminais é algo muito forte para ele, especialmente quando o caso é bem difícil. O único álibi de Vole é o testemunho da sua esposa, Christine Vole (Marlene Dietrich), uma mulher fria e calculista. A tarefa de Sir Wilfrid fica praticamente impossível quando Christine Vole concorda em ser testemunha, não da defesa, mas da acusação.
The Tijuana Story
Courageous newspaper editor Manuel Acosta Mesa tries to take on the mob in Tijuana through his newspaper, reporting on the violence, prostitution and drug sales in the border town.
No Silêncio de uma Cidade
Newspaper Worker (uncredited)
A morte do magnata da mídia Amos Kyne (Robert Warwick) provoca uma disputa de poder nas suas empresas. Ao mesmo tempo, Nova Iorque sofre com os ataques de um serial killer de mulheres. Edward Mobley (Dana Andrews) precisa capturar o assassino, evitar que as empresas Kyne caiam em mãos erradas e ainda tentar salvar seu relacionamento do fim.
Hook a Crook
Thief (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joe Besser and Jim Hawthorne are detectives trying to recover stolen jewels. They see a necklace on a furry arm, and deduce that a man wearing a fur coat was the thief. They, instead, encounter a gorilla.
Fraidy Cat
Nick - Thief (uncredited)
Hired as guards to protect an antique shop, Joe and Jim run into a gorilla who has been trained by a gang of thieves to rob the store.
Identity Unknown
Motorcycle Cop
A soldier survives a bombing in which his three fellow soldiers were killed. When he recovers he discovers he has amnesia, and since his companions' bodies were burned beyond recognition, the army doesn't know which one of the four he is. He goes AWOL and searches out the families of the three dead soldiers, hoping to find out his own identity.
36 Hours to Kill
Motor Officer
Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake ticket and will win $150,000 if he can cash it in without getting apprehended
Donkey Baseball
Baseball Player (uncredited)
This short film highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.
O Pão Nosso
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
John e Mary são citadinos duramente afetados pela crise financeira da Grande Depressão. Impulsionados pela bravura (e por puro desespero), eles fogem para o campo e, com a ajuda de outros trabalhadores, criam uma comunidade agrícola – uma minissociedade baseada nos ensinamentos de Edward Gallafent.
Something Simple
Motorcycle Cop
Taken to a hospital, after suffering a dizzy spell, Charley is told by a 'nut', posing as a doctor, that he suffers from 'Tetra-Ethyl", and the only remedy is to sit down, relax, clear the mind and recite a nursery rhyme. The fake doctor gives Charley a package to deliver to Mr. Henderson, the "Supreme Crown of the Knights of the Brown Derby." At the hotel, hosting a convention of "Brown Derbies," Charley suffers a dizzy spell and the only place he can find to sit down is in Mr. Henderson's lap, where he recites "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Mr. Henderson, it is revealed, also suffers from "Tetra-Ethyl." Seized by an attack, Henderson sits down and tries to recite "Who Killed Cock Robin," but forgets the lines, which Charley and Henderson's daughter, Betty, sing in a song together. That, coming at the end of the second reel,is all it takes for Charley and Betty to decide to get married.
O Poço de Pifão
Officer
Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.
Benny, from Panama
Policeman
Jeanette and Eddie get married, but their wedding night is a fiasco. First, their wedding guests follow them, resulting in a police chase, then the guests show up at their apartment, disrupting the building. Then, a rowdy sailor friend of Eddie's shows up, accompanied by a squad of even rowdier buddies and an enormous vengeful mosquito.
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Motorcycle Cop No. 3
Miss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son Michael since her husband's death the previous year. One morning she awakens to find Michael has been kidnapped. After a day, she calls in the police, who instantly begin an all-out search.
Beauty and the Bus
Motorcycle Officer Baker
The girls win a car in a raffle.
Midsummer Mush
Traffic Cop
Charley falls in love with Betty on a camping trip.
Arabian Tights
(uncredited)
Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.
Taxi Barons
Motorcycle Cop
After running over a police officer's motorcycle, Ben and Billy are chased by the law onto a docked ship where they disguise themselves as a European baron and general. In the same guises they then invade a high society party with the gendarmes in close pursuit.
Wreckety Wrecks
Patrolman (uncredited)
When the boys run over a dummy, they think they've killed someone. They decide to dispose of the "body" and mistake a seminary for a cemetery.
Bring 'Em Back a Wife
Driver
When Billy must prove that he's married in order to keep his job, he disguises Ben in drag in an attempt to pass him off as the little woman.
Tired Feet
Tired Feet (1933) is a Harry Langdon comedy short done for Educational Films.
Ship A Hooey!
Lieutenant
Daisy is visiting her sailor boyfriend Glenn aboard a submarine when it leaves port. Fearful of what may happen if an officer discovers a woman on board, she is hidden in a big chest.
Wild People
Elmer
The Globe Broadcasting Company does a radio broadcast from Dutch New Guinea, with the aborigines as performers.
Million Dollar Legs
Train Official (uncredited)
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
Any Old Port!
Police Chief
Stan and Ollie check into a seedy hotel and help a young girl escape the clutches of the landlord. They are forced to flee the hotel with no money and Ollie arranges for Stan to fight at a local boxing hall for $50. Stan's opponent turns out to be Musgy who uses a loaded glove. During the fight the glove is swapped and Stan triumphs only to find that Ollie has bet their fee that he would lose.
Come Clean
Detective
The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels pay a visit. Stan and Ollie go out for ice cream, and manage to prevent a shrewish woman from committing suicide on the way back home. The woman is ungrateful and makes threats against the them unless they look after her. They spend a chaotic evening trying to keep her hidden from their wives.
Call a Cop!
Police Sergeant Schroeder (uncredited)
The boyfriends rush into action when the girlfriends think there's a burglar in the house.
A College Racket
Some college students attend a nightclub, "The Pirate's Den", that the Dean of the college has declared off-limits to students. They start to wreck it in their playful mood when another student arrives disguised as the Dean, and they all vacate the premises. The student tells the proprietor that if he will returns the I.O.U.s signed by a student, he will see to it that the students visit his place every night. He, of course, is the student who signed the tab. But the real Dean then shows up.
Luzes da Cidade
Boxing Fight Referee (uncredited)
Um vagabundo (Charles Chaplin) impede um homem rico (Harry Myers), que está bêbado, de se matar. Grato, ele o convida até sua casa e se torna seu amigo. Só que ele esquece completamente o que aconteceu quando está sóbrio, o que faz com que o vagabundo seja tratado de forma bem diferente. Paralelamente, o vagabundo se interessa por uma florista cega (Virginia Cherrill), a quem tenta ajudar a pagar o aluguel atrasado e a recuperar a visão. Só que ela pensa que seu benfeitor é, na verdade, um milionário.
Girls Will Be Boys
A wife demands that her husband take over the household responsibilities, while she does his job, unaware that he is a piano mover. They both land in the hospital, sadder and sicker as a result of their experience.
Blood and Thunder
(uncredited)
Mickey overhears the gang rehearsing a play and thinks it's real.
The Big Kick
Minor Role (uncredited)
Revenuers have been chasing a gang of bootleggers for years. They're hot on the trail near a gas station operated by Harry, a seemingly slow witted fellow with a cheery and spunky girlfriend. A shootout between treasury agents and the gang - they transport the hooch in manikins seated in a touring car - takes place in front of Harry's filling station. While Harry's gal stays outside, Harry carries the liquor-filled dummies into the station. Will there be a reward for the heroics of Harry and his honey?
His Honor the Mayor
Charles Murray is running for mayor. Opponent Eddie Baker has a young woman go into his shoe shop and, while changing stockings, say things that will alienate the women voters; Baker tells her it's a practical joke, and he'll get her boy friend out of jail.
Bacon Grabbers
Sheriff
Laurel and Hardy are debt collectors trying to repossess a console radio.
Stage Struck Susie
Eddie Barry bewilders himself backstage at a show.
His Angel Child
A man believes that the baby in his livingroom is the "surprise" his wife messaged him about, and must contend with the real father's attempts to get his daughter back.
His Angel Child
Director
A man believes that the baby in his livingroom is the "surprise" his wife messaged him about, and must contend with the real father's attempts to get his daughter back.
The Dizzy Diver
The Petty Officer
Billy Dooley is sent on a mission inside a submarine.
Love Shy
Jimmie Adams comedy produced by Al Christie.
Long Hose
Jack Duffy had two skills that helped make him the lead in a nice series of short comedies in the 1920s: the usual ability to take one of the bone-breaking falls that slapstick called for and the ability to make himself up as an old coot, which gave him a nice character and made the pratfalls more impressive. In this one he manages to get himself tangled up coming down the pole at the fire station -- very amusing.
Sailor Beware
'One-Round' Demsky
Wimpy sailor boy Billy Epsom has just arrived from New Guinea with a guinea pig in a box for his sweetheart. But today's newspaper headline reads, "Guinea Pig With Deadly Germs Roaming Our Streets". Billy causes havoc at the Yellow Cab stand when a cabbie catches sight of his cute little "piggy". Billy sets out to see his girl at her father's mansion. On the streetcar, he takes the guinea pig out of its box. Soon passengers and driver are diving off, and the runaway car is gaining on a dynamite truck!
Run Tin Can
Eddie
A Rin Tin Tin comedy spoof.
For Sadie's Sake
The Stage Manager
Chaos behind the scenes at a show.
Are Parents Pickles?
James Parrott joins every lodge in town to get in good with people as he tries to sell his fire extinguishers.
Air Tight
Bobby Vernon out camping.
Outdoor Pajamas
This funny Hal Roach comedy has Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) waking up late for his wedding so in the mad rush he ends up leaving his house only dressed in his pajamas. As he makes his way to the church he finds one disaster after another.
Wide Open Spaces
Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel.
Publicity Pays
Dave Fiasco - Producer
Jimmy Jump's young wife goes in strongly for amateur theatricals. After one of her performances a theater manager signs her up. He opens a publicity campaign by having her appear in public in spectacular costumes, with a monkey for a pet. The monkey gets away and Jimmy is elected to capture it. When peace once more descends upon them, the young wife decides to give up her career and devote her time to Jimmy.
Get Busy
A couple of pals tries to stay out of trouble, without much luck.
Brothers Under the Chin
A 1924 silent comedy.
Zeb vs. Paprika
Stable Hand
Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.
Powder and Smoke
The Real Estate Agent
A lightning rod salesman gets in the middle of a western shootout.
Hard Knocks
Jimmy's Rival
A man tries to win over the daughter of his boss.
It's a Joy!
Cameraman
'Snub' Pollard as a eccentric movie director.
The Soilers
Prospector
During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the mother lode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.
A Perfect 36
In order to escape from the police after a small car accident, Bobby dresses as a girl and a sailor in a boat ride.
Hustlin' Hank
Hal Roach produced comedy has Will Rogers playing the title character, a rather slow, dimwitted man who works on a ranch where he usually gets pushed around at. A woman (Marie Mosquini) comes to town looking for someone to help her photograph some of the animals so she picks Hank and soon regrets it.
A Man About Town
Cop
A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady-- so he follows her all over town.
Take the Air
James Parrott, little Sammy Brooks, Baker and Jones ("the strong guy" = the drunk) are all workers on a construction-sit run by violent and exploitative boss Noah Young and it is a "building a skyscraper" comedy.
Her Dangerous Path
Jack Reynolds (as Ed Baker)
Her Dangerous Path
Oranges and Lemons
Orange Blossom
After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with him as well. Trying to elude his boss, he heads inside the packing house, and visits with the women who are packing fruit into cases. Then he heads to a storage area, and tries to use the machinery to escape his pursuers.
Gas and Air
Customer
Stan is Phillip McCann, a gas station attendant who arrives at his job by chauffeur and donning a fur coat over his work clothes. After being dropped off, he puts his sign on the doorframe and wanders off to a nearby cafe where waitress Katherine Grant serves him an egg, medium rare, and a cup of tea, well done....
Collars and Cuffs
Laundry Worker
Collars and Cuffs is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
The Smile Wins
James Parrott as a very persistent book salesman.
Tight Shoes
The setting is a shoe store and the action is pretty frenetic. You get to see Paul lose the store's money, catch a shoe thief, knock down a bunch of shelves and more.
Jailed and Bailed
A silent comedy short starring Jobyna Ralston and James Parrott.
Watch Your Wife
A James Parrott comedy short.
No Vacancies
The Porter
Arrow comedy shot in 1921 but released 2 years later, with an ensemble cast including Jay Belasco, Blanche Payson, Billy Armstrong and Jack Duffy. The plot centers around Jack and his wife who are looking for a place to rent. But what to do when the housing situation is not exactly easy?
Blaze Away
Paul is practicing the art of being a cowboy. He consults a book before firing his gun, climbing onto a saddle on top of a chair and then falling off and dressing his wounds. He then gets back on his 'saddle' and fires his gun again, this time in the direction of another man who has just entered the room. Paul leaves abruptly and rides into town on a horse, and straight through a crowded saloon. A town marshal sees this as act act of bravery and rewards Paul with a sheriff's badge immediately. A fearful rival makes his mark when he lights his cigarette by tossing it into the air and shooting at it to ignite it!
Shine 'Em Up
Sheriff Stumblefoot
Paul's career as a shoeshine man is interrupted when he is mistaken for an escaped convict, but after the Station Master gives him a job at the train station he proves his worth.
The Golf Bug
The Golf Bug,1922, directed by James D. Davis, starring James "Paul" Parrott and Jobyna Ralston, is a short silent comedy film.
The Landlubber
Paul Parrott comedy produced by Hal Roach.
Take Next Car
In this 1922 Pathe-distributed, Hal Roach silent-era comedy, the owner of a local streetcar business is in danger of losing his franchise, but the streetcar operator (played by Paul Parrott) and his girl friend (who happens to be the boss's daughter; portrayed by Jobyna Ralston) try to save the day.
Hale and Hearty
A couple of old guys remembering the old days when courting Marie Mosquini.
Punch the Clock
The Suspicious Husband
Eddie suspects his wife of having an affair with Snub. Snub, meanwhile, just wants to get to work on time.
Her First Flame
Thirty years in the future (when women are primary income-earners and men are stay-at-home housekeepers) Miss Hap is elected Fire Chief and leads her crew of firefighters to rescue a couple trapped in a burning building.
Pants
Gale Henry gets hired as the cook at a girls’ college.
The Detectress
Jip Yu
Detective Lizzie sets out to recover the stolen plans for an invention.
What'll We Do with Uncle?
A comedy short featuring Mildred Davis
Under New Management
Web of office romance entanglements lead to slapstick hijinks at a fly paper company.