Ned Sparks
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Ned Sparks (19 November 1883, Guelph, Ontario - 3 April 1957, Victorville, California), born Edward Arthur Sparkman was a Canadian actor who became famous in Hollywood.
Sparks, a dour-faced, cigar-chomping character actor in the 1930s, was noted for a caustic wit and was often caricatured in cartoons. Tex Avery depicts him as a hermit crab in Fresh Fish (1939) and he appears briefly in Friz Freleng's Warner Brothers cartoon Malibu Beach Party (1940).
[edit] Notable Roles
Like most character actors, Sparks appeared in numerous films. Among those films still studied, he appeared in:
- Servants' Entrance (1934) (Hjalmar Gnu)
- Imitation of Life (1934) (Elmer Smith)
- Alice in Wonderland (1933) (Caterpillar)
- Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) (Barney Hopkins)
- 42nd Street (1933) (Thomas Barry)
- Going Hollywood (1933) (Bert Conroy)
- The Miracle Man (1932) (Harry Evans)
- The Little Miss Brown (1915) (first film appearance)
