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Ed Cassidy
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Ed Cassidy

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1893 – 1968 · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Active 1935–1952

Ed Cassidy, a notable actor of the 1930s, appears in Mr. Wong, Detective (1938) as a key figure in the film's intricate plot. With a background in stage performance, Cassidy brought a unique depth to the crime genre, captivating audiences with his portrayal of characters that often straddle the line between hero and anti-hero. His work in Mr. Wong, Detective contributes to the film's legacy within the realm of classic detective stories, making him a significant part of the cult cinema conversation.

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Mr. Wong, Detective

Mr. Wong, Detective

1938 ★ 5.4
as Ambulance Doctor (uncredited)

A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So Detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.

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Filmography

173 credits
1950s 10 credits
1952
Black Hills Ambush as Sheriff
Movie ★ 7.0
1952
Desperadoes' Outpost as Deputy Marshal
Movie ★ 9.0
1952
Young Man with Ideas as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.2
1952
Talk About a Stranger as Soloway
Movie ★ 6.2
1951
Million Dollar Pursuit as Deputy Sheriff
Movie ★ 6.5
1951
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas as Clint
Movie ★ 6.0
1951
Blazing Bullets as Chief Marshal
Movie ★ 9.0
1951
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV ★ 6.0
1950
Train To Tombstone as George - Conductor
Movie ★ 5.0
1950
Fence Riders as Sheriff Tracy
Movie ★ 4.5
1940s 80 credits
1949
Roughshod as Sheriff Gardner
Movie ★ 5.7
1949
The Lone Ranger as Colonel Graves
TV ★ 6.8
1948
The Bold Frontiersman as Mort Harris
Movie ★ 7.0
1948
Desperadoes of Dodge City as Gideon
Movie ★ 10.0
1947
Jesse James Rides Again as Grant
Movie ★ 10.0
1947
Buffalo Bill Rides Again as Sheriff
Movie ★ 6.0
1947
Valley of Fear as Les Travers
Movie ★ 8.0
1947
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley as Sheriff of Center City
Movie ★ 5.2
1947
Son of Zorro as Sheriff Moody
Movie ★ 7.5
1947
Oregon Trail Scouts as Mr. Bliss
Movie ★ 9.0
1947
Border Feud as Sheriff Steele
Movie ★ 6.5
1946
Devil Bat's Daughter as Sheriff
Movie ★ 4.6
1946
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Movie ★ 4.4
1946
Six Gun Man as John Hager (uncredited)
Movie ★ 9.0
1946
Ambush Trail as Marshal Dawes
Movie ★ 8.0
1946
Sun Valley Cyclone as Colonel Roosevelt
Movie ★ 7.0
1946
Stagecoach to Denver as Felton
Movie ★ 6.0
1946
Prairie Badmen as Doc Lattimer
Movie ★ 5.7
1946
Roll on Texas Moon as Tom Prescott
Movie ★ 6.3
1946
Alias Billy the Kid as Sheriff
Movie ★ 7.5
1946
Swing, Cowboy, Swing as Sheriff
Movie ★ 9.0
1946
Days of Buffalo Bill as Trail's End Sheriff
Movie ★ 7.0
1946
The El Paso Kid as Well Fargo Agent Blake
Movie ★ 8.0
1945
Manhunt of Mystery Island as Paul Melton
Movie ★ 5.5
1945
Stagecoach Outlaws as Jed Bowen
Movie ★ 7.0
1945
Arson Squad as Fire Chief O'Neill
Movie ★ 9.0
1945
Gangster's Den as Sheriff
Movie ★ 5.7
1945
Marked for Murder as Dick Vernon
Movie ★ 5.0
1945
Navajo Kid as Sheriff Roy Landon
Movie ★ 7.5
1945
Along the Navajo Trail as Clem Wagner
Movie ★ 7.5
1945
Corpus Christi Bandits as Marshal Dan Adams
Movie ★ 9.0
1945
Sheriff of Cimarron as Sheriff Sam Duncan
Movie ★ 8.0
1945
Rustlers' Hideout as Sheriff
Movie ★ 6.3
1945
Sunset in El Dorado as US Marshal
Movie ★ 5.7
1945
Three in the Saddle as Jim Manning
Movie ★ 9.0
1944
Fuzzy Settles Down as Rancher Weaver
Movie ★ 6.2
1944
Tucson Raiders as Sheriff Kirk
Movie ★ 8.0
1944
Hidden Valley Outlaws as Marshal Bud Masterson (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.0
1944
The Great Mike as Dr. Pronnett
Movie ★ 9.0
1944
The Pinto Bandit as Doc Garson
Movie ★ 7.0
1944
Brand of the Devil as Sheriff
Movie ★ 7.0
1944
The Whispering Skull as Doc Humphrey
Movie ★ 6.0
1944
Frontier Outlaws as Sheriff
Movie ★ 6.8
1944
Trigger Law as Johnson
Movie ★ 10.0
1944
Spook Town as Captain Wyatt
Movie ★ 7.0
1944
Youth Aflame as Mr. White
Movie ★ 5.2
1944
Wells Fargo Days as Lon Carter
Movie ★ 5.3
1943
Raiders of Red Gap as Jim Roberts
Movie ★ 7.3
1943
Wolves of the Range as Banker Dan Brady
Movie ★ 5.8
1943
Sagebrush Law as Sheriff
Movie ★ 7.5
1943
The Avenging Rider as Sheriff Lewis
Movie ★ 10.0
1943
Cowboy in the Clouds as Sheriff Page
Movie ★ 7.0
1943
Boss of Rawhide as Henry Colby
Movie ★ 6.7
1943
Bullets and Saddles as Bartender Weber
Movie ★ 6.3
1943
Cattle Stampede as Sam Dawson
Movie ★ 5.8
1943
Thundering Trails as Joe Patterson
Movie ★ 6.5
1942
The Mad Monster as Father
Movie ★ 3.4
1942
Pirates of the Prairie as Chief Surveyor Allen
Movie ★ 7.3
1942
House of Errors as Policeman
Movie ★ 10.0
1942
Arizona Round-Up as Sheriff
Movie ★ 5.6
1942
Sunset on the Desert as Sheriff
Movie ★ 6.0
1942
Ridin' Down the Canyon as Butler
Movie ★ 7.5
1941
The Gang's All Here as Jack Norton
Movie ★ 5.4
1941
Wide Open Town as Brad Jackson
Movie ★ 6.5
1941
Robbers of the Range as Sheriff
Movie ★ 7.7
1941
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie as Sheriff
Movie ★ 6.5
1941
King of the Texas Rangers as Sedley
Movie ★ 7.0
1941
Sea Raiders as Guard at Hospital
Movie ★ 6.5
1941
Rawhide Rangers as Alec Martin
Movie ★ 6.7
1941
Wyoming Wildcat as Sheriff #2
Movie ★ 8.0
1941
Honky Tonk as Townsman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1940
Mysterious Doctor Satan as Barton
Movie ★ 6.0
1940
Riders of Pasco Basin as Sheriff Ed Marlowe
Movie ★ 5.5
1940
The Green Hornet as Election Judge (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1940
Colorado as Andy
Movie ★ 6.4
1940
Gaucho Serenade as Customs Officer
Movie ★ 6.5
1940
Deadwood Dick as Committeeman Tennison Drew
Movie ★ 7.0
1940
Adventures of Red Ryder as Ira Withers
Movie ★ 6.7
1940
Winners of the West as Marshal Bowers
Movie ★ 7.0
1940
The Great McGinty as Detective (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1930s 83 credits
1939
Trigger Smith as Marshal Smith
Movie ★ 9.0
1939
The Big Guy as Police Captain (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.0
1939
Dick Tracy's G-Men as Yacht Captain
Movie ★ 5.3
1939
Silver on the Sage as Pierce
Movie ★ 6.5
1939
Outlaws' Paradise as Banker
Movie ★ 8.0
1939
Way Down South as Slave Trader
Movie ★ 6.4
1939
The Arizona Kid as Banker Morrison
Movie ★ 6.1
1939
Desperate Trails as Marshal Jim Cort
Movie ★ 5.7
1939
Cowboys from Texas as Jed Tyler
Movie ★ 6.0
1939
Mountain Rhythm as Sheriff Dalrimple
Movie ★ 6.0
1938
Rollin' Plains as Sheriff Tomlin
Movie ★ 9.0
1938
Red River Range as Marshal (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.2
1938
Mr. Wong, Detective● as Ambulance Doctor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.6
1938
Man from Music Mountain as William Brady
Movie ★ 6.0
1938
The Purple Vigilantes as Sheriff Jim
Movie ★ 4.7
1938
Where the Buffalo Roam as Hodge
Movie ★ 5.5
1938
Utah Trail as Sheriff Clayton
Movie ★ 7.0
1938
Flaming Frontiers as Joe - Henchman
Movie ★ 5.1
1938
Ghost Town Riders
Movie ★ 9.0
1938
The Mexicali Kid as Sheriff Ed
Movie ★ 5.8
1938
Frontier Town as Sheriff Jack Walsh of Prairie City
Movie ★ 6.3
1938
Cassidy of Bar 20 as Sheriff Hawley
Movie ★ 6.0
1938
The Wages of Sin as Hotel Detective
Movie ★ 3.7
1938
The Painted Trail as U. S. Marshal Jackson
Movie ★ 7.0
1938
Starlight Over Texas as Captain Brooks
Movie ★ 7.0
1938
Border Wolves as Valley Falls Sheriff Haight
Movie ★ 8.0
1938
Outlaw Express as Army Captain
Movie ★ 4.5
1938
Wild Horse Canyon as Tom 'Dad' Hall
Movie ★ 9.0
1937
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts as Henchman
Movie ★ 5.5
1937
Roaring Six Guns as Land Commissioner
Movie ★ 7.5
1937
Hit the Saddle as Sheriff Miller
Movie ★ 6.0
1937
Hittin' the Trail as Sheriff Grey
Movie ★ 6.0
1937
Lawless Land as Sheriff Jim
Movie ★ 5.4
1937
Come on, Cowboys as Jefferson 'Jeff' Harris
Movie ★ 6.0
1937
The Silver Trail as Frank Sheridan
Movie ★ 5.6
1937
Boothill Brigade as John Porter
Movie ★ 5.8
1937
Sky Racket as FBI Agent Wilks
Movie ★ 3.8
1937
Clipped Wings as Leif Baxter, Dispatcher
Movie ★ 5.3
1937
Boots of Destiny as Jack Harmon
Movie ★ 9.0
1937
Borderland as Henchman
Movie ★ 7.5
1937
Missing Witnesses as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1937
The Singing Buckaroo as Fake Deputy
Movie ★ 4.8
1937
The Roaming Cowboy as Second Sheriff
Movie ★ 10.0
1937
Cheyenne Rides Again as Ed Gleason
Movie ★ 6.0
1937
Trailing Trouble as Shorty
Movie ★ 7.0
1937
Santa Fe Rides as Mr. Allen
Movie ★ 9.0
1937
Smashing the Vice Trust as Police Officer
Movie ★ 9.0
1937
The Red Rope as Logan
Movie ★ 6.5
1936
Winds of the Wasteland as Mr. Dodge
Movie ★ 5.2
1936
Ambush Valley as Nesters
Movie ★ 5.7
1936
The Rogues' Tavern as Mason
Movie ★ 6.4
1936
The Crooked Trail as Grimby
Movie ★ 5.7
1936
Brand of the Outlaws as The Sheriff
Movie ★ 7.0
1936
The Stagecoach Race as Mr. Dodge
Movie
1936
Santa Fe Bound as Henchman Logan
Movie ★ 7.0
1936
Ghost Town as Sheriff Blair
Movie ★ 4.3
1936
Hair-Trigger Casey as Karney
Movie ★ 7.0
1936
Gun Grit as Tim Hess (Rancher)
Movie ★ 5.8
1936
The Riding Avenger as Marshal Tom
Movie ★ 9.0
1936
The Millionaire Kid as Red
Movie ★ 6.0
1936
The Speed Reporter as Edwards, a Henchman
Movie ★ 5.7
1936
Vengeance of Rannah as Sam, posing as Barlow
Movie ★ 7.0
1936
Cavalry as Bart Haines
Movie ★ 7.0
1936
Rio Grande Ranger as Marshal (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.0
1936
Aces Wild as Blacksmith
Movie ★ 8.0
1936
Doughnuts and Society as Barker (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.0
1936
A Face in the Fog as Detective (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1936
Roarin' Guns as Sheriff
Movie ★ 7.7
1936
The Lion's Den as Cross Bar X Ranch Hand
Movie ★ 8.0
1936
Undercover Man as Henchman Slim
Movie ★ 7.0
1936
Feud of the West as Greg Walters
Movie ★ 4.0
1936
Wildcat Saunders as Dad Lawson
Movie ★ 10.0
1936
Men of the Plains as Inspector J.J. Gray
Movie ★ 7.5
1936
Lady Luck as William Feldman
Movie ★ 6.3
1936
Ridin' On as Henchman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 10.0
1935
The Reckless Buckaroo as Sheriff Madden
Movie ★ 10.0
1935
The Courageous Avenger as Mr. Carson
Movie ★ 5.0
1935
Toll of the Desert as Streeter
Movie ★ 8.0
1935
The Pecos Kid as Doc Evans
Movie ★ 5.5
1935
Sundown Saunders as Taggart
Movie ★ 8.0
1935
Timber War as Logger (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1935
Social Error as Cafe Owner
Movie ★ 7.5
1935
Trails of the Wild as Barfly
Movie ★ 8.0