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Ned Sparks was a Canadian-born character actor of the American stage and screen. Sparks was known for his deadpan expression and deep, gravelly voice.
Birth Name
Edward Arthur Sparkman
Born
Monday, 19 November 1883
Died
Wednesday, 03 April 1957
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| King Tut's Tomb | Heckle / Jeckle / Sphinx / King Tut | 1950 |
| Magic Town | Ike | 1947 |
| Stage Door Canteen | Ned Sparks | 1943 |
| For Beauty's Sake | Jonathan B. Sweet | 1941 |
| The Star Maker | 'Speed' King | 1939 |
| Hawaii Calls | Strings | 1938 |
| This Way Please | Inky Wells | 1937 |
| Wake Up and Live | Steve Cluskey | 1937 |
| One in a Million | Danny Simpson | 1936 |
| Two's Company | Al | 1936 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| King Tut's Tomb | Heckle / Jeckle / Sphinx / King Tut | 1950 |
| Magic Town | Ike | 1947 |
| Stage Door Canteen | Ned Sparks | 1943 |
| For Beauty's Sake | Jonathan B. Sweet | 1941 |
| The Star Maker | 'Speed' King | 1939 |
| Hawaii Calls | Strings | 1938 |
| This Way Please | Inky Wells | 1937 |
| Wake Up and Live | Steve Cluskey | 1937 |
| One in a Million | Danny Simpson | 1936 |
| Two's Company | Al | 1936 |
| The Bride Walks Out | Paul Dodson | 1936 |
| Collegiate | 'Scoop' Oakland | 1936 |
| George White's 1935 Scandals | Elmer | 1935 |
| Sweet Music | 'Ten Percent' Nelson | 1935 |
| Sweet Adeline | Dan Herzig | 1934 |
| Imitation of Life | Elmer Smith | 1934 |
| Marie Galante | Plosser | 1934 |
| Servants' Entrance | Hjalmar Gnu | 1934 |
| Down to Their Last Yacht | Captain 'Sunny Jim' Roberts | 1934 |
| Private Scandal | Inspector Riordan | 1934 |
| Sing and Like It | Toots McGuire | 1934 |
| Hi, Nellie | Shammy | 1934 |
| Going Hollywood | Conroy | 1933 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Caterpillar | 1933 |
| Too Much Harmony | Lem Spawn | 1933 |
| Lady for a Day | Happy / Happy McGuire | 1933 |
| Gold Diggers of 1933 | Barney Hopkins | 1933 |
| Secrets | Sunshine | 1933 |
| 42nd Street | Thomas Barry | 1933 |
| The Crusader | Eddie Crane | 1932 |
| Big City Blues | Mr. 'Stacky' Stackhouse | 1932 |
| Blessed Event | George Moxley | 1932 |
| The Miracle Man | Harry Evans | 1932 |
| Big Dame Hunting | Ned | 1932 |
| Corsair | Slim | 1931 |
| The Secret Call | Bert Benedict | 1931 |
| Iron Man | Riley | 1931 |
| Kept Husbands | Hughie Hanready | 1931 |
| Leathernecking | Sparks | 1930 |
| Conspiracy | Winthrop 'Little Nemo' Clavering | 1930 |
| The Fall Guy | Danny Walsh | 1930 |
| The Devil's Holiday | Charlie Thorne | 1930 |
| Double Cross Roads | Happy Max | 1930 |
| Love Comes Along | Happy | 1930 |
| The Canary Murder Case | Tony Skeel | 1929 |
| Street Girl | Happy Winter | 1929 |
| Nothing But the Truth | Clarence van Dyke | 1929 |
| The Magnificent Flirt | Tim | 1928 |
| The Big Noise | William Howard | 1928 |
| On to Reno | Herbert Holmes | 1927 |
| The Small Bachelor | J. Hamilton Beamish | 1927 |
| Alias the Lone Wolf | Phinuit | 1927 |
| The Secret Studio | The Plumber | 1927 |
| Love's Blindness | Valet | 1926 |
| Twinkletoes | Unknown Role | 1926 |
| When the Wife's Away | 1926 | |
| The Hidden Way | Mulligan | 1926 |
| Money Talks | Lucius Fenton | 1926 |
| The Auction Block | Nat Saluson | 1926 |
| Mike | Slinky | 1926 |
| The Only Thing | Gibson | 1925 |
| Seven Keys to Baldpate | Bland | 1925 |
| Faint Perfume | Orrin Crumb | 1925 |
| His Supreme Moment | Adrian | 1925 |
| The Law Forbids | Clyde Vernon | 1924 |
| Good References | Peter Stearns | 1920 |
| The Love Expert | Reverend David Vale | 1920 |
| In Search of a Sinner | Waiter | 1920 |
| A Virtuous Vamp | Mr. Bell | 1919 |
| A Temperamental Wife | The Hotel Clerk | 1919 |
| The Social Pirate | Harry Barnes | 1919 |
| The Little Miss Brown | Night Clerk | 1915 |
