Edward McNamara
Biography
Edward McNamara was an American actor who performed on Broadway and in Hollywood. Born in Paterson, New Jersey, he sang while working as a police officer there before pursuing a professional career. In 1914, the singer Madame Schumann Heink heard him at the Paterson May Festival and urged him to train his voice. She and William Hughes introduced him to the tenor Enrico Caruso, who took him as his only pupil. For six years McNamara traveled the United States with Schumann Heink. His Broadway career began in 1926, and he started appearing in films in 1929. He made 18 movies, usually in brief parts, often as a police officer or a singing policeman, a nickname newspapers used for him. James Cagney cast him in small roles in four of his own films, and Cagney later said McNamara could have been a great Metropolitan Opera star.
60years old at death
- Born Paterson
- Died Boston
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Edward James McNamara
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 8 years1936 to 1944
Every film, newest first
- 1944Arsenic and Old LaceIMDb rating 7.9
- 1943Johnny Come LatelyIMDb rating 6.8
- 1941The Devil and Miss JonesIMDb rating 7.6
- 1941The Strawberry BlondeIMDb rating 7.2
- 1936Great GuyIMDb rating 6.3
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Worked with
Edward McNamara shares three films with James Cagney, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
James Cagney's page
Jack Carson's page
Irving Bacon's page
Cary Grant's page
Peter Lorre's page
Regis Toomey's page
All films by Frank Capra
Sam WoodDirector, 1 film, 1941
All films by Sam Wood
All films by Raoul Walsh
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