Biography
A slight man with an air of perpetual anxiety, character actor William Edmunds was most often cast in stereotypical Spanish and Italian roles. Edmunds' first film, the
Bob Hope 2-reeler
Going Spanish (1934), was lensed in New York; he didn't settle down in Hollywood until 1938. He played bits in films like
Idiot's Delight (1939) and
Casablanca (1942), and larger roles in such fare as
House of Frankenstein (1944, as gypsy leader Fejos),
Bob Hope's
Where There's Life (1947, as King Hubertus II) and
Double Dynamite (1951, as waiter
Groucho Marx's long-suffering boss). His many short subject appearances include a few stints as Robert "Mickey" Blake's father in the
Our Gang series. William Edmunds was afforded top billing in the 1951 TV situation comedy Actors' Hotel. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide