Eddie Polo

Eddie Polo
Eddie Polo
Born	Edward W. Wyman / Weimer 1 February 1875 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	14 June 1961 (aged 86) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Other names	Eddie Weimer
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1913-1944
Children	Malvine Polo

Eddie Polo (1 February 1875 – 14 June 1961) was an Austro-American actor of the silent era. He was born Edward W. Wyman or Weimer in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. With his brother Sam he was the trapeze act The Flying Cordovas. Beginning in 1913, he appeared in serials and films in the USA and became an action star in Germany in the late 1920s. After his acting career ended in the mid-1940s he worked as a makeup artist. Polo died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.

He was the father of actress Malvina Polo (1903-2000), best remembered as the mentally handicapped girl preyed upon for rape in Erich von Stroheim's Foolish Wives (1922). His brother was the acrobat, actor and makeup artist Sam Polo (1872-1966).

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1915	The Broken Coin	Roleau
	Graft
1916	The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring		Scenes deleted
	Liberty	Pedro	Alternative titles: The Fangs of the Wolf Liberty, a Daughter of the U.S.A.
1917	The Gray Ghost	Marco
	Bull's Eye	Cody
1918	Lure of the Circus	Eddie Somers
1920	King of the Circus	Eddie King
	The Vanishing Dagger	John Edward Grant
1921	Do or Die	Jack Merton
	The Secret Four
1929	On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight	Heini Box
1932	All is at Stake

External links

• Eddie Polo at the Internet Movie Database
• Eddie Polo at Find a Grave