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Eddy Polo
1875 - 1961 |
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. The actor Eddy Polo was not born in the USA as often written but as Eddie Weimer in Vienna. He belonged to the early stars of the cinema. As "Hercules of the Screen" he went down into film history. First he worked together with his brother Sam as a catchman in a trapeze
act in Vienna called the Flying Cordovas, before he went to the USA. There
he already took part in the movie "The Light Woman" (13) and from 1915
he became a very demanded actor for normally heroic roles.
With the movie "A Phantom Fugitive" (19) began a whole string of movies in which Eddy Polo impersonated the figure of "Cyclone Smith" (all in 1919), so in "The Wild Rider (19), "A Pistol Point Proposal" (19), "Down But Not Out" (19), "Cyclone Smith's Partner" (19) and "The Missing Bullet" (19). His appearances became more seldom in the 20's. He took part in the well-known movies "The Vanishing Dagger" (20) - which he also directed - "King of the Circus" (20), "The Secret Fou" (21), "Captain Kidd" (22) and "Dangerous Hour" (23). Finally he went to Germany where he became very popular again, beside it he also realised three movies as a director - "Die Eule" (26), "Der Geheimtresor" (27) and "Eddy Polo mit Pferd und Lasso" (28). In the 30's he played small parts in the talkies "Zeugen gesucht" (30),
"It's a Date" (40), "The Wolf Man" (41) and "Crazy House" (43) - his last
movie.
Other movies with Eddy Polo:
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