Eddie Polo
Eddie Polo ( born 1 February 1875 in Los Angeles, † June 14, 1961 in Hollywood, actually Edward W. Wyman ) was an American actor, film director and a star of American and German sensation film and silent film Westerns.
Life
Eddie Polo had worked (part of a aerialists number) since his youth as a circus performer. In 1913, a film company committed him as a stuntman for their Western, two years later, he started to take regular roles. The Athletic Polo developed in a very short time the star of the cheap made , but ( striking for that time ) series western. With the title character in the Cyclone Smith film series he was able to prevail finally in the early years after the end of World War II. His nickname " Hercules of the canvas " has become the program. Polo completed all of his own stunts; In 1915 he was the first man who jumped from the Eiffel Tower with a parachute.
In 1922 Polo for his first German film to Austria in 1926, he settled the next six years in Germany. As " Eddy Polo" as he could, despite his advanced age now, considerable success in the sensation of movie. But he continued to play leading roles in tailor made to his person Western. After a late - talkies entry - Polo received in the sensational movie of his Italian competitor Luciano Albertini Everything is at stake only a minor role - Polo returned to the United States. There he found the first movie no longer work and the duration of the Second World War, some with tiny batch appearances had to settle.
Eddie Polos daughter Malvina Polo (1903-2000) came in the early 1920s also before the camera, his brother Sam Polo ( 1872-1966 ) was also a silent film actor and also ( in later years ) a sought-after makeup artist.