Personal Info
Known Credits
73
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1883-11-18 (142 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Also Known For
Edward Arthur SparkmanNed A. Sparks
Ned Sparks
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ned Sparks (born Edward Arthur Sparkman, November 19, 1883 – April 3, 1957) was a Canadian-born character actor of the American stage and screen. Sparks was known for his deadpan expression and deep, gravelly voice. Born in Guelph, Ontario, Sparks left home at age 16 and attempted to work as a gold prospector on the Klondike Gold Rush. After running out of money, he won a spot as a singer on a traveling musical company's tour. At age 19, he returned to Can ...
Known For
Acting
2006 --
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
| Self (archive footage)
1947 --
Magic Town
| Ike
1943 --
Stage Door Canteen
| Ned Sparks
1941 --
For Beauty's Sake
| Jonathan B. Sweet
1939 --
The Star Maker
| 'Speed' King
1938 --
Hawaii Calls
| Strings
1937 --
This Way Please
| Inky Wells
1937 --
Wake Up and Live
| Steve Cluskey
1937 --
One in a Million
| Danny Simpson
1936 --
Two's Company
| Al
1936 --
The Bride Walks Out
| Paul Dodson
1936 --
Collegiate
| 'Scoop' Oakland
1935 --
George White's 1935 Scandals
| Elmer
1935 --
Sweet Music
| 'Ten Percent' Nelson
1934 --
Sweet Adeline
| Dan Herzig
1934 --
Imitation of Life
| Elmer Smith
1934 --
Marie Galante
| Plosser
1934 --
Servants' Entrance
| Hjalmar Gnu
1934 --
Down to Their Last Yacht
| Captain 'Sunny Jim' Roberts
1934 --
Private Scandal
| Inspector Riordan
1934 --
Sing and Like it
| Toots McGuire
1934 --
Hi, Nellie!
| Shammy
1933 --
Going Hollywood
| Conroy
1933 --
Alice in Wonderland
| Caterpillar
1933 --
Too Much Harmony
| Lem Spawn
1933 --
Lady for a Day
| Happy McGuire
1933 --
Gold Diggers of 1933
| Barney Hopkins
1933 --
Secrets
| Sunshine
1933 --
42nd Street
| Thomas Barry
1932 --
The Crusader
| Eddie Crane
1932 --
Big City Blues
| Mr. 'Stacky' Stackhouse
1932 --
Blessed Event
| George Moxley
1932 --
The Miracle Man
| Harry Evans
1932 --
Big Dame Hunting
| Ned
1931 --
The Wide Open Spaces
| Sheriff Jack Rancid
1931 --
Corsair
| Slim
1931 --
The Secret Call
| Bert Benedict
1931 --
Iron Man
| Riley
1931 --
Kept Husbands
| Hughie Hanready
1930 --
Leathernecking
| Sparks
1930 --
Conspiracy
| Winthrop 'Little Nemo' Clavering
1930 --
The Fall Guy
| Danny Walsh
1930 --
The Devil's Holiday
| Charlie Thorne
1930 --
Double Cross Roads
| Happy Max
1930 --
Love Comes Along
| Happy
1929 --
Street Girl
| Happy Winter
1929 --
Nothing But the Truth
| Clarence van Dyke
1929 --
Strange Cargo
| Yacht First Mate
1929 --
The Canary Murder Case
| Tony Skeel
1928 --
The Magnificent Flirt
| Tim
1928 --
The Big Noise
| William Howard
1927 --
The Small Bachelor
| J. Hamilton Beamish
1927 --
Alias the Lone Wolf
| Phinuit
1927 --
Alias The Deacon
| Slim Sullivan
1926 --
Love's Blindness
| Valet
1926 --
Twinkletoes
|
1926 --
When the Wife's Away
|
1926 --
The Hidden Way
| Mulligan
1926 --
Money Talks
| Lucius Fenton
1926 --
Mike
| Slinky
1925 --
The Only Thing
| Gibson
1925 --
Bright Lights
| Barney Gallagher
1925 --
Seven Keys to Baldpate
|
1925 --
Faint Perfume
| Orrin Crumb
1925 --
His Supreme Moment
| Adrian
1925 --
The Boomerang
| Bert Hanks
1923 --
The Bond Boy
| Cyrus Morgan
1920 --
Good References
| Peter Stearns
1920 --
The Perfect Woman
| Grimes, the Anarchist
1920 --
In Search of a Sinner
| Waiter
1920 --
Nothing But the Truth
| The Monocle Man
1919 --
A Temperamental Wife
| The Hotel Clerk
1915 --
The Little Miss Brown
| Night Clerk