Robert Edeson

Actor

Date of birth : 06/02/1868

Date of death : 03/24/1931

City of birth : New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

A noted stage actor at the turn of the 20th century, Robert Edeson began his film career working with Cecil B. DeMille on The Call of the North (1914), then moved on to Vitagraph where he remained for the rest of the teens. In the 1920s he returned to work for De Mille, playing the man-of-the-world type roles. Married to actress Mary Newcomb, Edeson died of heart failure.