A. Edward Sutherland

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A. Edward Sutherland (January 5, 1895 - December 31, 1973) was a film director and actor. Born in London, he was from a theatrical family. His father was a theatre manager and producer and his mother was a vaudeville performer. He was a nephew of both Blanche Ring and Thomas Meighan.^[1] Sutherland acted in 37 known films early in his career, beginning as a Keystone Cop in 1914's Tillie's Punctured Romance opposite Charles Chaplin.

He was directed by Charles Chaplin in A Woman of Paris in 1923, two years before Sutherland began his directing career with the help of Chaplin.

It is as a director that he is best known, and he directed over 50 movies between 1925 and 1956. His breakout film was Behind the Front (1926) which made stars of the two leads and established Sutherland as a comedic director.^[2] Frequently billed as "Eddie Sutherland," he is often noted for having an especially hard time working with Stan Laurel whom he disliked ("I'd rather eat a tarantula than work with Laurel again"), while becoming close friends with the more famously acerbic W.C. Fields, with whom he established a lifelong friendship.^{[citation needed]}

Sutherland was married five times. Among his wives were Marjorie Daw and Louise Brooks (from July 1926 to June 1928). He and Brooks met on the set of It's the Old Army Game, which he directed.

1 Partial Filmography as actor
2 Partial Filmography as Director
- 2.1 Silent era
- 2.2 Sound era
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Partial Filmography as actor

Which Woman? (1918) directed by Tod Browning
The Witching Hour, (1921) directed by William Desmond Taylor
The Dollar-a-Year Man, 1921 comedy film
the Loaded Door, 1922 Western film

[edit] Partial Filmography as Director

[edit] Silent era

Coming Through (1925) with Wallace Beery
A Regular Fellow (1925) with Tyrone Power, Sr.
Behind the Front (1926) with Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton
It's the Old Army Game (1926) with W. C. Fields and Louise Brooks
We're in the Navy Now (1926) with Wallace Beery
Fireman, Save My Child (1927) with Wallace Beery
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928) with W.C. Fields (completely different from the 1914 film)