Eddie Polo (1 February 1875 – 14 June 1961) was a Vienna-born American actor of the silent era. He was of Jewish descent.Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933, Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213
Biography He was born Edward W. Wyman or Weimer in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on 1 February 1875. With his brother Sam, he was the trapeze act The Flying Cordovas. Beginning in 1913, he appeared in serials and films in the United States and became an action star in Germany in the late 1920s. After his acting career ended in the mid-1940s, he worked as a makeup artist.
He was the father of actress Malvina Polo (1903–2000), best remembered as the mentally handicapped girl preyed upon for rape in Erich von Stroheim's Foolish Wives (1922). His brother was the acrobat, actor and makeup artist Sam Polo (1872–1966).
Polo died on 14 June 1961 in Hollywood, California from a heart attack. He was 86.
Filmography YearTitleRoleNotes1915The Broken CoinRolleauxThe New Adventures of Terence O'RourkeEddieGraftSerialLord John's Journal1916The Adventures of Peg o' the RingPoloLibertyPedroSerialAlternative titles: The Fangs of the WolfLiberty, a Daughter of the U.S.A.1917The Bronze BrideWhite Feather Money Madness'Harford' RedA Kentucky CinderellaEd LongThe Gray GhostMarcoSerialThe Plow WomanBill MatthewsThe Bull's EyeCodySerial1918The Lure of the CircusEddie SomersSerial1920The Vanishing DaggerJohn Edward GrantSerialKing of the CircusEddie KingSerial1921Do or DieJack MertonSerialThe Terror StreakCyclone SmithThe Secret FourSerial1922Captain KiddEdward DavisSerialDer Fluch der Habgier1923The Knock on the DoorPrepared to DieJohn Pendleton Smythe1927The OwlJack CliffordPart 1, 2Der GeheimtresorEddie1928Eddy Polo in the Wasp's NestEddy PoloHands Up, Eddy Polo1929On the Reeperbahn at Half Past MidnightHeini BoxHände hoch, hier Eddy PoloEddy PoloThe Daredevil ReporterReporterDer gefesselte PoloEddy PoloGeheimpolizistenFranz HaynRache für EddySergeant Eddy Webster1930Of Life and DeathArtistWitnesses WantedHimself1932All Is at Stake1940It's a DateQuarter MasterLa Conga NightsSeñor BocaUncreditedSon of Roaring DanCharlie GreggSpring ParadeCafe ProprietorUncreditedLaw and OrderBartender EdUncredited1941The Wolf ManChurchgoerUncredited1942Don Winslow of the NavyLab AssistantSerial, [Chs. 8-9], UncreditedGang BustersPilotSerial, [Chs. 1-2], UncreditedThe Secret CodeSpecial Delivery MessengerSerial, [Ch.7], UncreditedDeep in the Heart of TexasTownsmanUncredited1943Honeymoon LodgeGas Station AttendantUncreditedCrazy HouseStoogeUncredited1944The ClimaxStagehandUncredited1946Two Sisters from BostonWaiterUncredited
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