Eddie Boland

born: 27 December 1885 San Francisco, California, United States of America

died: 03 February 1935 Santa Monica, California, United States of America (heart attack, age 49)

American character actor who, among other things appeared in a series of comedies for Hal Roach with actress Ethel Broadhurst. He was married to "Vanity Fair Girls" series star Jean Hope from May 28, 1921 to March 1922, when she divorced him claiming that the comedian "made her life everything but happy by perpetual intoxication."

Real name: Edmond Louis Boland Height: 5'7½"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1919 All At Sea Sailor 1919 Call For Mr. Caveman Caveman 1919 Looking For Trouble Stooge 1919 The Floor Below [unidentified character]   1920 Red Hot Hottentotts [unidentified character]   1920 Why Go Home? [unidentified character]   1920 Slippery Slickers Jester 1920 The Dippy Dentist Dentist 1920 All Lit Up [unidentified character]   1920 Getting His Goat [unidentified character]   1920 Waltz Me Around Boyfriend 1920 Fresh Paint Rival bicycle messenger 1920 Flat Broke Busker 1920 Cut The Cards [?] 1920 Cracked Wedding Bells [unidentified character]   1920 Drink Hearty Rival 1920 Trotting Through Turkey Sultan 1920 All Dressed Up Party guest 1920 Grab The Ghost Jilted rival 1920 You're Pinched Speak Easy patron 1920 Any Old Port Dinner guest 1920 Don't Rock The Boat Ship's officer 1920 June Madness [unidentified character]   1920 Alias Aladdin Eddie/Aladdin 1920 Mamma's Boy Mamma's boy/ Caveman   1920 The Sandman [?] 1920 Queens Up! [unidentified character]   1920 The Man Haters [unidentified character]   1920 Greek Meets Greek Mr Xenophon Socrates O'Brien 1920 The Sleepy Head Butler 1921 Burglars Bold Lester 1921 Whirl O' The West [unidentified character]   1921 Pinning It On [unidentified character]   1921 Oh, Promise Me [unidentified character]   1921 Prince Pistachio Prince Pistachio 1921 Paint And Powder [unidentified character]   1921 Running Wild [unidentified character] 1921 The Love Lesson Young millionaire   1921 Hobgoblins [unidentified character]   1921 Hurry West Tenderfoot   1921 A Straight Crook Bellhop 1921 Stop Kidding [unidentified character] 1921 On Their Way Husband 1921 The Chink [?] 1921 Sweet By And By [?]   1921 Late Hours [?] 1922 Good Morning, Judge Judge 1922 The Non-Skid Kid The Non-Skid Kid 1922 Many Happy Returns Taxi driver 1922 The Late Lamented [unidentified character]   Acknowledgements: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12148-105715-12?cc=1325221 (line 92) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-26180-32404-56?cc=1968530 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-26184-5924-39?cc=1932433 (CA Death Index also points to age 49 as his age at time of death) http://www.archive.org/stream/variety117-1935-02#page/n62/mode/1up/search/boland (Variety obit claims he was 52) Jesse Brisson (help and information) Steve Massa (identification in Looking For Trouble) At least one source lists him as being in Harold Lloyd's "Don't Shove" (1919). This is believed to be wrong. I personally identified him in "The Dippy Dentist" and this was later confrmed by Steve Massa. The IMDb states it is Gaylord Lloyd. This page was last updated on: 19 January 2025