Eddie Borden

Charles Starrett, and Anita Page in Jungle Bride

Edgar Mason Borden (May 1, 1888 – June 30, 1955) was an American film actor who started his career in vaudeville as an acrobat and then successfully turned to comedy. Throughout the 1920s, he toured in the Keith, Orpheum and Pantages vaudeville circuits, often billed as "the high hat comedian" and the "fun king." Borden appeared in nearly 160 films between 1922 and 1952, primarily in comedic bit parts. Borden appeared in numerous films with Laurel and Hardy.

Biography He was born on May 1, 1888, in Waynesville, Ohio. His father was from Deer Lodge, Tennessee.

He appeared in nearly 160 films between 1922 and 1952 and was mostly seen in comedic bit parts and occasionally as the principal comic relief in films such as Jungle Bride.

He died on June 30, 1955, aged 67, in Hollywood, California.

Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes 1925 Hold Everything Short 1926 Battling Butler Battling Butler's Manager Gigolo Gideon's Soldier Buddy Uncredited 1927 One Chance in a Million Horace Featherby The Show Girl 'Breezy' Ayres The Dove Billy 1930 Rough Romance Laramie The Rampant Age Eddie Mason 1931 Transatlantic Interloper Uncredited Monkey Business Joe Uncredited 1932 Breach of Promise Hotel Clerk 1933 Jungle Bride Eddie Stevens Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 Himself 1934 Belle of the Nineties Comedian Uncredited Babes in Toyland Demon Bogeyman Uncredited 1936 The Bohemian Girl Nobleman Uncredited 1937 Way Out West Barfly Uncredited 1940 Saps at Sea Berserk Employee Uncredited A Chump at Oxford Student Ghost Secrets of a Model Customer Uncredited 1941 The Devil and Daniel Webster Poker Player Uncredited 1945 The Dolly Sisters Man on Bus Uncredited 1952 On Dangerous Ground Man Uncredited