Ned Sparks
Birthday
1883/11/18
Day of death
1957/04/03 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Also know as
Edward Arthur Sparkman, Ned A. Sparks
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ned Sparks (born Edward Arthur Sparkman, November 19, 1883 – April 3, 1957) was a Canadian-born character actor of the American stage and screen. Sparks was known for his deadpan expression and deep, gravelly voice. Born in Guelph, Ontario, Sparks left home at age 16 and attempted to work as a gold prospector on the Klondike Gold Rush. After running out of money, he won a spot as a singer on a traveling musical company's tour. At age 19, he returned to Can...Read more
Acting
(1933) 42nd Street
as Thomas Barry
(1933) Gold Diggers of 1933
as Barney Hopkins
(1933) Alice in Wonderland
as Caterpillar
(1933) Lady for a Day
as Happy McGuire
(1932) Blessed Event
as George Moxley
(1934) Sweet Adeline
as Dan Herzig
(1920) In Search of a Sinner
as Waiter
(1934) Imitation of Life
as Elmer Smith
(1929) The Canary Murder Case
as Tony Skeel
(1931) Corsair
as Slim
(1920) Nothing But the Truth
as The Monocle Man
(1926) Love's Blindness
as Valet
(1937) This Way Please
as Inky Wells
(1929) Street Girl
as Happy Winter
(1936) The Bride Walks Out
as Paul Dodson
(1937) One in a Million
as Danny Simpson
(1932) Big City Blues
as Mr. 'Stacky' Stackhouse
(1934) Marie Galante
as Plosser
(1925) Seven Keys to Baldpate
as ---
(1930) Conspiracy
as Winthrop 'Little Nemo' Clavering
(1935) Sweet Music
as 'Ten Percent' Nelson
(1935) George White's 1935 Scandals
as Elmer
(1934) Sing and Like It
as Toots McGuire
(1931) The Wide Open Spaces
as Sheriff Jack Rancid
(1932) Big Dame Hunting
as Ned
(1923) The Bond Boy
as Cyrus Morgan
(1934) Hi, Nellie!
as Shammy
(1932) The Crusader
as Eddie Crane
(1937) Wake Up and Live
as Steve Cluskey
(1930) Love Comes Along
as Happy
(1939) The Star Maker
as 'Speed' King
(1930) The Fall Guy
as Danny Walsh
(1934) Down to Their Last Yacht
as Captain 'Sunny Jim' Roberts
(1930) The Devil's Holiday
as Charlie Thorne
(1947) Magic Town
as Ike
(1933) Too Much Harmony
as Lem Spawn
(1933) Secrets
as Sunshine
(1938) Hawaii Calls
as Strings
(1932) The Miracle Man
as Harry Evans
(1927) The Small Bachelor
as J. Hamilton Beamish
(1926) The Hidden Way
as Mulligan
(1926) When the Wife's Away
as ---
(1933) Going Hollywood
as Conroy
(1925) The Only Thing
as Gibson
(1926) Mike
as Slinky
(1934) Servants' Entrance
as Hjalmar Gnu
(1934) Private Scandal
as Inspector Riordan
(2006) Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
(1931) Kept Husbands
as Hughie Hanready
(1943) Stage Door Canteen
as Ned Sparks
(1930) Double Cross Roads
as Happy Max
(1927) Alias the Lone Wolf
as Phinuit
(1929) Nothing But the Truth
as Clarence van Dyke
(1931) Iron Man
as Riley
(1927) Alias The Deacon
as Slim Sullivan
(1926) Twinkletoes
as ---
(1920) Good References
as Peter Stearns
(1931) The Secret Call
as Bert Benedict
(1925) Faint Perfume
as Orrin Crumb
(1925) His Supreme Moment
as Adrian
(1930) Leathernecking
as Sparks
(1926) Money Talks
as Lucius Fenton
(1936) Collegiate
as 'Scoop' Oakland
(1928) The Big Noise
as William Howard
(1925) Bright Lights
as Barney Gallagher
(1929) Strange Cargo
as Yacht First Mate
(1928) The Magnificent Flirt
as Tim
(1941) For Beauty's Sake
as Jonathan B. Sweet
(1919) A Temperamental Wife
as The Hotel Clerk
(1920) The Perfect Woman
as Grimes, the Anarchist
(1936) Two's Company
as Al
(1915) The Little Miss Brown
as Night Clerk
(1925) The Boomerang
as Bert Hanks
(1960) Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse
as ---