Edward Brophy (February 27, 1895 – May 27, 1960), is a character actor known for portraying gangsters, and is the voice of Timothy Mouse from Dumbo. February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A character actor is an actor who predominantly performs supporting parts, often in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ... DUMBO is the popular name of a neighborhood in Brooklyn, an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. ...
While working as property master for the Buster Keaton unit at MGM, Brophy was lured before the cameras for a memorable sequence in The Cameraman (1928) in which he and Buster both try to undress in a tiny wardrobe closet.
Using his popping eyes, high pitched voiced and balding head to his best advantage, Brophy scored in role after role as funny gangsters and dyspeptic fight managers (he was less effective in such serious parts as the crazed killer in the 1935 horror film Mad Love).
Brophy died during production of Ford's Two Rode Together (1961); according to some sources, the actor's few completed scenes remain in the final release version of that popular western.
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