Edward Peil Sr.
Edward J. Peil Sr. was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 370 films between 1913 and 1951.
Biography
Peil was born in Racine, Wisconsin, one of 10 children of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Pell. He attended Racine High School and the University of Notre Dame, studying dramatics, which led to his acting on stage and later in films. His first film was Charley's Aunt. He had the lead in the first five-reel film, Through Fire to Fortune. He also acted in the first film that used artificial illumination outdoors at night, the first three-reel color film, and the first Technicolor film.
Peil's wife, Henrietta, was an actress. They were married in 1916 in Wabash, Indiana, while both were touring with the Chicago Majestic Theater Stock Company. Peil died in Hollywood, California.
His son, Edward Peil Jr., and his daughter, Virginia, also acted in films.
Selected filmography
The Living Death Unto Those Who Sin Whose Wife? The Serpent's Tooth You Can't Believe Everything The Greatest Thing in Life Cheating the Public The Shuttle Peppy Polly Broken Blossoms The Pagan God Prudence on Broadway The Gray Wolf's Ghost The Dragon Painter The Lincoln Highwayman Haunting Shadows Fighting Cressy The Road to Divorce The Money Changers Two Moons That Girl Montana The Killer The Servant in the House Dream Street Tom Mix in Arabia Broken Chains The Song of Life Three Jumps Ahead Stepping Fast The Purple Dawn as Wong Chong, the Tong leaderThe Lone Star Ranger The Man Who Came Back $50,000 Reward The Iron Horse as Old Chinese Railroad Worker The Fighting Heart The Hunted Woman Double Action Daniels Queen o'Diamonds The Girl from Montmartre Yellow Fingers Midnight Faces Black Paradise Gigolo The Great K & A Train Robbery as Bill TolfreeCock o' the Walk Wild Horse The Galloping Ghost The Devil Horse The Gay Buckaroo The Three Musketeers as Leon RatkinBlue Steel as MalgroveThe Man from Utah as Spike BartonMillion Dollar Baby Barbary Coast as Vigilante Code of the Range as SheriffTrapped Two-Fisted Sheriff as Judge WebsterThe Colorado Trail as HobbsThe Buccaneer as Victory Ball Guest You Can't Take It with You as Neighbor The Night Riders as Rancher HarperDodge City as Mr. Turner Billy the Kid's Gun Justice as Dave BarlowI Wanted Wings as Detective Fugitive Valley as EdThe Lone Rider in Ghost Town as Dennis ClarkThe Lone Rider in Frontier Fury as Mr. HarperBilly the Kid's Fighting Pals as HardyThe Lone Rider in Texas Justice as HanaganBorder Roundup as SheriffReap the Wild Wind as Bailiff My Favorite Blonde as Policeman The Pride of the Yankees as Policeman The Kid Rides Again as John AinsleyThe Major and the Minor as Stationmaster The Princess and the Pirate as Palace Guard The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap as Townsman The Lady from Shanghai as Guard Valley of Fear as Jamison ForbesThe Walls of Jericho as Court Reporter Up in Central Park as Politician Samson and Delilah as Gnarled Worker My Foolish Heart as Conductor Storm Warning as Townsman