Eddy Waller


Edward Waller was an American stage, film and television actor.

Early years

Waller's involvement with dramatics began when he was a student at the University of Wisconsin.

Career

Stage

Waller performed in vaudeville and the legitimate theater before he entered films in Hollywood. His professional stage debut came in Chicago, Illinois. An item published in The Indianapolis News May 3, 1923, reported, "He has had several years' experience as leading man and also as director, and produces the Grand Players' plays as well as taking the leading roles." Waller became noted for his character impersonations of elderly men on stage and screen.

Film

Waller appeared in more than 250 sound films between 1929 and 1963, including 116 westerns and six serials. In 1955 Waller appeared as "Old Larky" in the film Foxfire starring Jane Russell and Jeff Chandler. He is best remembered as Nugget Clark, the sidekick in many films starring Allan 'Rocky' Lane between 1947 and 1953.

Television

In 1955, Waller became Rusty Lee, the saddle partner to actor Douglas Kennedy in the short-lived television series, Steve Donovan, Western Marshal. After that, he appeared in several A-westerns and television programs and was a semi-regular as Mose Shell, the dedicated stagecoach driver, in nineteen episodes of the NBC western series, Laramie, with John Smith and Robert Fuller.
Waller had a supporting role in the 1957-1958 syndicated series, Casey Jones starring Alan Hale, Jr. Waller played "Red Rock", the train conductor of Casey's Cannonball Express. He also played John Finney in the 1960-1961 miniseries Daniel Boone, which ran as part of Walt Disney Presents.

Death

Waller died of a stroke in Los Angeles, California, at the age of eighty-eight. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). His wife of forty-nine years of marriage, Doris M. Waller, had died in January 1977.

Selected filmography

Films

The Mind Reader - Chauffeur One Way Ticket - George the Clerk Silver Spurs - Old-Timer Poppy - Bit part Rhythm on the Range - Field Judge Meet Nero Wolfe - Golf StarterThe Public Pays - The Association's Landlord Banjo on My Knee - Truck Driver On the Avenue - Shooting Gallery Attendant Secret Agent X-9 - Lawyer Carp Sweetheart of the Navy - KrumpWild and Woolly - Fireman The Big Shot - Horace Small Town Boy - Sloane The Bad Man of Brimstone - Cassiius Bundy Call the Mesquiteers - HardyState Police - Const. HigginsThe Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok - StoneFlaming Frontiers - Andy Grant Strange Faces - Jeb, Mason City Obit Writer The Law West of Tombstone - Jenks, Martinez Postmaster Out West with the Hardys - 'Doc' Carson Hodge, a Veterinarian Stand Up and Fight - Conductor Jesse James - DeputyRough Riders' Round-up - I'm from Missouri The Story of Alexander Graham Bell - Storekeeper The [Return of the Cisco Kid] - Guard on StagecoachYoung Mr. Lincoln - Father Mutiny on the Blackhawk - ParsonNew Frontier - Maj. Steven BraddockKonga, the Wild Stallion - GloomyTwo Bright Boys - SheriffLegion of Lost Flyers - PeteyAllegheny Uprising - JailerGeronimo - Private Man from Montreal - Old JacquesThe Cisco Kid and the Lady - Second Stage Driver Legion of the Lawless - Lafe BartonThe Blue Bird - Birch Tree The Grapes of Wrath - ProprietorViva Cisco Kid - Stagecoach Driver Enemy Agent - Cellmate 20 Mule Team - Horsecollar, the Bartender Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! - PanhandlerYou're Not So Tough - GriswoldStagecoach War - Quince CobaltCarolina Moon - Colonel StanhopeGold Rush Maisie - Ben HartleyGirl from Avenue A - Groom Brigham Young - Man with California Gold News Boom Town - Hotel Clerk The Howards of Virginia - Patriot Scout The Devil's Pipeline - BenedictYouth Will Be Served - First Prisoner Texas Terrors - Judge Charles BennettSanta Fe Trail - Workman Western Union - Stagecoach Driver #1 Scattergood Baines - Townsman Nice Girl? - Farmer Double Date - Truck DriverIn Old Colorado - Jim StarkHands Across the Rockies - Judge PlunkettSergeant York - Man at Church The Son of Davy Crockett - Grandpa MathewsBad Men of Missouri - Wagon Train Leader Six-Gun Gold - Ben BlanchardHonky Tonk - Fred - Train Conductor #2 The Bandit Trail - Tom HaggertyPublic Enemies - OlafRoad Agent - Lewis Don't Get Personal - SlimWild Bill Hickok Rides - Settler Shut My Big Mouth - Happy The Lone Star Ranger - MitchellKlondike Fury - Blindy Sundown Jim - Clem BlackJunior G-Men of the Air - Jed Holden My Gal Sal - Buggy Driver Juke Girl - Motorist Buying 6 Cents of Gas Wings for the Eagle - Customer Offered Pie A-Haunting We Will Go - Wilcox, Baggage Man Call of the Canyon - Dave Crosby Sin Town - Forager Night Monster - Jed HarmonThe Mummy's Tomb - Police Scientist Scattergood Survives a Murder - Lafe AllenCinderella Swings It - LemSomething to Shout About - George Priam - Concert Attendee Hangmen Also Die! - Hansom Cab Driver A [Stranger in Town (1943 film)|A Stranger in Town] - Man in Barbershop Frontier Badmen - Auctioneer Silver Spurs - Davis Destroyer - Riveter A Lady Takes a Chance - Bus Station AttendantHeadin' for God's Country - HankThe Kansan - Ed GilbertAlways a Bridesmaid - Justice PetersSweet Rosie O'Grady - Shopkeeper My Kingdom for a Cook - Sam ThorntonLadies Courageous - Workman Up in Arms - Milkman Rationing - Smith The [Adventures of Mark Twain (1944 film)|The Adventures of Mark Twain] - Southerner Man from Frisco - Older Worker Home in Indiana - Bill The Mummy's Ghost - Ben Evans Raiders of Ghost City - Doc BlairBarbary Coast Gent - Chad Jenkins - Second Stage Driver Tall in the Saddle - Santa Inez Depot Master An American Romance - Sheriff of Oak Hills Mystery of the River Boat - Charles LangtryBelle of the Yukon - Lynch Mob Member with Rope Under Western Skies - Preacher The Man Who Walked Alone - FarmerThe Affairs of Susan - Grumpy Man at Bright Dollar The Missing Corpse - DesmondRiver Gang - Mr. Fish Rough Riders of Cheyenne - Andy CarsonDakota - Stagecoach DriverSan Antonio - Cattleman Abilene Town - HannaberryBecause of Him - Gubbins Little Giant - Driver at Air-Pump Sun Valley Cyclone - Major HardingIn Old Sacramento - Wagon Driver Renegades - Davy Lane Lover Come Back - Mr. Russell Avalanche - SamRendezvous with Annie - Civil War Veteran Sing While You Dance - Lem AubreyRustlers Round-Up - Tom FremontSinging on the Trail - LemPlainsman and the Lady - Fred Willats Magnificent Doll - Arthur Boston Blackie and the Law - Locksmith A [Boy and His Dog (1946 film)|A Boy and His Dog] - Sheriff KellyThe Beginning or the End - Man The Michigan Kid - Post Office Clerk The [Sea of Grass (film)|The Sea of Grass] - Homesteader Pursued - Ben McComber The Millerson Case - Jeremiah Dobbs Sport of Kings - Perkins Wyoming - Drifter The [Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film)|The Secret Life of Walter Mitty] - Old Mariner Wild Harvest - Mr. Hatfield The Wild Frontier - Nugget ClarkMagic Town - New Citizen in Crowd Nightmare Alley - Farmer Friend of J.E. Giles Louisiana - Mr. DavisDangerous Years - Jock Nealy Bandits of Dark Canyon - Nugget ClarkSecret Beyond the Door - Lem The [Wreck of the Hesperus (1948 film)|The Wreck of the Hesperus] - TurnkeyBlack Bart - Ed MasonOklahoma Badlands - Nugget ClarkThe Return of the Whistler - Sam the Estate Caretaker Adventures in Silverado - Will ThatcherThe Bold Frontiersman - Sheriff Nugget ClarkCarson City Raiders - Nugget ClarkSpeed to Spare - Charlie Blane, Explosives Driver River Lady - HewittMarshal of Amarillo - Nugget ClarkThe Arkansas Swing - BoggsThe Strawberry Roan - SteveDesperadoes of Dodge City - Nugget ClarkThe Denver Kid - Nugget ClarkThe Girl from Manhattan - Jim AllisonThe Return of October - Stableman Sundown in Santa Fe - Horace Harvey 'Nugget' ClarkRenegades of Sonora - Nugget ClarkWhispering Smith - ConductorSheriff of Wichita - Nugget ClarkDeath Valley Gunfighter - Nugget ClarkMa and Pa Kettle - Mr. Green Frontier Investigator - Nugget ClarkLust for Gold - Coroner Massacre River - JoeWyoming Bandit">Wyoming (1947 film)">Wyoming Bandit - Nugget ClarkBandit King of Texas - Nugget ClarkNavajo Trail Raiders - Nugget ClarkPowder River Rustlers - Nugget ClarkThe Traveling Saleswoman - Mr. Owen Gunmen of Abilene - Sheriff Nugget ClarkFather Is a Bachelor - White Code of the Silver Sage - Nugget ClarkSalt Lake Raiders - Nugget ClarkCurtain Call at Cactus Creek - Jailer Covered Wagon Raid - Nugget ClarkThe Furies - Old Man Vigilante Hideout - Nugget ClarkFrisco Tornado - Nugget ClarkWoman on the Run - Storekeeper Rustlers on Horseback - Nugget ClarkHe's a Cockeyed Wonder - Pops Dunlap Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone - Rigger California Passage - WaiterCavalry Scout - General William ShermanIndian Uprising - SagebrushLeadville Gunslinger - Nugget ClarkBlack Hills Ambush - Nugget ClarkMontana Territory - Possum EnochThundering Caravans - Sheriff Nugget ClarkDesperadoes' Outpost - Nugget ClarkMarshal of Cedar Rock - Nugget ClarkIt Happens Every Thursday - James BartlettSavage Frontier - Nugget ClarkPowder River - Stable Owner The Last Posse - Dr. PryorBandits of the West - Nugget ClarkChamp for a Day - Phil99 River Street - Pop DurkeeEl Paso Stampede - Nugget ClarkMake Haste to Live - 'Spud' KellyThe Far Country - Yukon Sam The Man from Laramie - Dr. Selden Man Without a Star - Tom CassidyFoxfire - Old LarkyThe Night Runner - VernonThe Phantom Stagecoach - Sam Clayton The Restless Breed - CaesarDay of the Badman - Mr. SlocumLassie: A Christmas Tail - Matt Krebs

Television series