Eddy Waller

Eddy Waller
Henry Edward Waller (April 3, 1889 – August 20, 1977) was an American stage, film and television actor. 1 2 3
Early years
Waller's involvement with dramatics began when he was a student at the University of Wisconsin.
Career
Stage
Waller performed in vaudeville and the legitimate theater before he entered films in Hollywood. His professional stage debut came in Chicago, Illinois. An item published in The Indianapolis News May 3, 1923, reported, "He has had several years' experience as leading man and also as director, and produces the Grand Players' plays as well as taking the leading roles." Waller became noted for his character impersonations of elderly men on stage and screen.
Film
Waller appeared in more than 250 sound films between 1929 and 1963 (Thomas M. Feramisco, in his book, The Mummy Unwrapped: Scenes Left on Universal's Cutting Room, has Waller "making the move to celluloid in 1936."), including 116 westerns and six serials. In 1955 Waller appeared as "Old Larky" (under the name credit Eddy C. Waller) in the film Foxfire starring Jane Russell and Jeff Chandler. He is best remembered as Nugget Clark, the sidekick in many films starring Allan 'Rocky' Lane between 1947 and 1953.
Television
In 1955, Waller became Rusty Lee, the saddle partner to actor Douglas Kennedy in the short-lived television series, Steve Donovan, Western Marshal. After that, he appeared in several A-westerns and television programs and was a semi-regular as Mose Shell, the dedicated stagecoach driver, in nineteen episodes of the NBC western series, Laramie, with John Smith and Robert Fuller.
Waller had a supporting role in the 1957-1958 syndicated series, Casey Jones starring Alan Hale, Jr. Waller played "Red Rock", the train conductor of Casey's Cannonball Express. He also played John Finney in the 1960-1961 miniseries Daniel Boone, which ran as part of Walt Disney Presents.
Death
Waller died of a stroke in Los Angeles, California, at the age of eighty-eight. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). His wife of forty-nine years of marriage, Doris M. Waller (1902-1977), had died in January 1977.
Selected filmography
Films
The Mind Reader (1933) - Chauffeur (uncredited)
One Way Ticket (1935) - George the Clerk (uncredited)
Silver Spurs (1936) - Old-Timer (uncredited)
Poppy (1936) - Bit part (uncredited)
Rhythm on the Range (1936) - Field Judge (uncredited)
Meet Nero Wolfe (1936) - Golf Starter
The Public Pays (1936, Short) - The Association's Landlord (uncredited)
Banjo on My Knee (1936) - Truck Driver (uncredited)
On the Avenue (1937) - Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
Secret Agent X-9 (1937, Serial) - Lawyer Carp [Chs. 2, 12] (uncredited)
Sweetheart of the Navy (1937) - Krump
Wild and Woolly (1937) - Fireman (uncredited)
The Big Shot (1937) - Horace (uncredited)
Small Town Boy (1937) - Sloane (uncredited)
The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937) - Cassiius Bundy (uncredited)
Call the Mesquiteers (1938) - Hardy
State Police (1938) - Const. Higgins
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938, Serial) - Stone
Flaming Frontiers (1938, Serial) - Andy Grant (Chs. 1–4)
Strange Faces (1938) - Jeb, Mason City Obit Writer (uncredited)
The Law West of Tombstone (1938) - Jenks, Martinez Postmaster (uncredited)
Out West with the Hardys (1938) - 'Doc' Carson Hodge, a Veterinarian (uncredited)
Stand Up and Fight (1939) - Conductor (uncredited)
Jesse James (1939) - Deputy
Rough Riders' Round-up (1939) - (uncredited)
I'm from Missouri (1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) - Storekeeper (uncredited)
The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939) - Guard on Stagecoach
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) - Father (scenes deleted)
Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939) - Parson
New Frontier (1939) - Maj. Steven Braddock
Konga, the Wild Stallion (1939) - Gloomy
Two Bright Boys (1939) - Sheriff
Legion of Lost Flyers (1939) - Petey
Allegheny Uprising (1939) - Jailer
Geronimo (1939) - Private (uncredited)
Man from Montreal (1939) - Old Jacques
The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939) - Second Stage Driver (uncredited)
Legion of the Lawless (1940) - Lafe Barton
The Blue Bird (1940) - Birch Tree (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) - Proprietor
Viva Cisco Kid (1940) - Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)
Enemy Agent (1940) - Cellmate (uncredited)
20 Mule Team (1940) - Horsecollar, the Bartender (uncredited)
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940) - Panhandler
You're Not So Tough (1940) - Griswold
Stagecoach War (1940) - Quince Cobalt
Carolina Moon (1940) - Colonel Stanhope
Gold Rush Maisie (1940) - Ben Hartley
Girl from Avenue A (1940) - Groom (uncredited)
Brigham Young (1940) - Man with California Gold News (uncredited)
Boom Town (1940) - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Howards of Virginia (1940) - Patriot Scout (uncredited)
The Devil's Pipeline (1940) - Benedict
Youth Will Be Served (1940) - First Prisoner (uncredited)
Texas Terrors (1940) - Judge Charles Bennett
Santa Fe Trail (1940) - Workman (uncredited)
Western Union (1941) - Stagecoach Driver #1 (uncredited)
Scattergood Baines (1941) - Townsman (uncredited)
Nice Girl? (1941) - Farmer (uncredited)
Double Date (1941) - Truck Driver
In Old Colorado (1941) - Jim Stark
Hands Across the Rockies (1941) - Judge Plunkett
Sergeant York (1941) - Man at Church (uncredited)
The Son of Davy Crockett (1941) - Grandpa Mathews
Bad Men of Missouri (1941) - Wagon Train Leader (uncredited)
Six-Gun Gold (1941) - Ben Blanchard
Honky Tonk (1941) - Fred - Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)
The Bandit Trail (1941) - Tom Haggerty
Public Enemies (1941) - Olaf
Road Agent (1941) - Lewis (Rancher)
Don't Get Personal (1942) - Slim
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) - Settler (uncredited)
Shut My Big Mouth (1942) - Happy (uncredited)
The Lone Star Ranger (1942) - Mitchell
Klondike Fury (1942) - Blindy (uncredited)
Sundown Jim (1942) - Clem Black
Junior G-Men of the Air (1942, Serial) - Jed Holden [Chs. 1, 3, 5-6] (uncredited)
My Gal Sal (1942) - Buggy Driver (uncredited)
Juke Girl (1942) - Motorist Buying 6 Cents of Gas (uncredited)
Wings for the Eagle (1942) - Customer Offered Pie (uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) - Wilcox, Baggage Man (uncredited)
Call of the Canyon (1942) - Dave Crosby (uncredited)
Sin Town (1942) - Forager (uncredited)
Night Monster (1942) - Jed Harmon
The Mummy's Tomb (1942) - Police Scientist (uncredited)
Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942) - Lafe Allen
Cinderella Swings It (1943) - Lem
Something to Shout About (1943) - George Priam - Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die! (1943) - Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)
A Stranger in Town (1943) - Man in Barbershop (uncredited)
Frontier Badmen (1943) - Auctioneer (uncredited)
Silver Spurs (1943) - Davis (uncredited)
Destroyer (1943) - Riveter (uncredited)
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) - Bus Station Attendant
Headin' for God's Country (1943) - Hank
The Kansan (1943) - Ed Gilbert
Always a Bridesmaid (1943) - Justice Peters
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) - Shopkeeper (uncredited)
My Kingdom for a Cook (1943) - Sam Thornton
Ladies Courageous (1944) - Workman (uncredited)
Up in Arms (1944) - Milkman (uncredited)
Rationing (1944) - Smith (uncredited)
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) - Southerner (uncredited)
Man from Frisco (1944) - Older Worker (uncredited)
Home in Indiana (1944) - Bill (uncredited)
The Mummy's Ghost (1944) - Ben Evans (uncredited)
Raiders of Ghost City (1944) - Doc Blair
Barbary Coast Gent (1944) - Chad Jenkins - Second Stage Driver (uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle (1944) - Santa Inez Depot Master (uncredited)
An American Romance (1944) - Sheriff of Oak Hills (uncredited)
Mystery of the River Boat (1944, Serial) - Charles Langtry
Belle of the Yukon (1944) - Lynch Mob Member with Rope (uncredited)
Under Western Skies (1945) - Preacher (uncredited)
The Man Who Walked Alone (1945) - Farmer
The Affairs of Susan (1945) - Grumpy Man at Bright Dollar (uncredited)
The Missing Corpse (1945) - Desmond
River Gang (1945) - Mr. Fish (uncredited)
Rough Riders of Cheyenne (1945) - Andy Carson
Dakota (1945) - Stagecoach Driver
San Antonio (1945) - Cattleman (uncredited)
Abilene Town (1946) - Hannaberry
Because of Him (1946) - Gubbins (uncredited)
Little Giant (1946) - Driver at Air-Pump (scenes deleted)
Sun Valley Cyclone (1946) - Major Harding
In Old Sacramento (1946) - Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Renegades (1946) - Davy Lane (uncredited)
Lover Come Back (1946) - Mr. Russell (uncredited)
Avalanche (1946) - Sam
Rendezvous with Annie (1946) - Civil War Veteran (uncredited)
Sing While You Dance (1946) - Lem Aubrey
Rustlers Round-Up (1946) - Tom Fremont
Singing on the Trail (1946) - Lem
Plainsman and the Lady (1946) - Fred Willats (uncredited)
Magnificent Doll (1946) - Arthur (uncredited)
Boston Blackie and the Law (1946) - Locksmith (uncredited)
A Boy and His Dog (1946, Short) - Sheriff Kelly
The Beginning or the End (1947) - Man (uncredited)
The Michigan Kid (1947) - Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass (1947) - Homesteader (uncredited)
Pursued (1947) - Ben McComber (uncredited)
The Millerson Case (1947) - Jeremiah Dobbs (uncredited)
Sport of Kings (1947) - Perkins (uncredited)
Wyoming (1947) - Drifter (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) - Old Mariner (uncredited)
Wild Harvest (1947) - Mr. Hatfield (uncredited)
The Wild Frontier (1947) - Nugget Clark
Magic Town (1947) - New Citizen in Crowd (uncredited)
Nightmare Alley (1947) - Farmer Friend of J.E. Giles (uncredited)
Louisiana (1947) - Mr. Davis
Dangerous Years (1947) - Jock Nealy (uncredited)
Bandits of Dark Canyon (1947) - Nugget Clark
Secret Beyond the Door (1947) - Lem (uncredited)
The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948) - Turnkey
Black Bart (1948) - Ed Mason
Oklahoma Badlands (1948) - Nugget Clark
The Return of the Whistler (1948) - Sam the Estate Caretaker (uncredited)
Adventures in Silverado (1948) - Will Thatcher
The Bold Frontiersman (1948) - Sheriff Nugget Clark
Carson City Raiders (1948) - Nugget Clark
Speed to Spare (1948) - Charlie Blane, Explosives Driver (uncredited)
River Lady (1948) - Hewitt
Marshal of Amarillo (1948) - Nugget Clark
The Arkansas Swing (1948) - Boggs
The Strawberry Roan (1948) - Steve
Desperadoes of Dodge City (1948) - Nugget Clark
The Denver Kid (1948) - Nugget Clark
The Girl from Manhattan (1948) - Jim Allison
The Return of October (1948) - Stableman (uncredited)
Sundown in Santa Fe (1948) - Horace Harvey 'Nugget' Clark
Renegades of Sonora (1948) - Nugget Clark
Whispering Smith (1948) - Conductor
Sheriff of Wichita (1949) - Nugget Clark
Death Valley Gunfighter (1949) - Nugget Clark
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) - Mr. Green (uncredited)
Frontier Investigator (1949) - Nugget Clark
Lust for Gold (1949) - Coroner (uncredited)
Massacre River (1949) - Joe
The Wyoming Bandit (1949) - Nugget Clark
Bandit King of Texas (1949) - Nugget Clark
Navajo Trail Raiders (1949) - Nugget Clark
Powder River Rustlers (1949) - Nugget Clark
The Traveling Saleswoman (1950) - Mr. Owen (uncredited)
Gunmen of Abilene (1950) - Sheriff Nugget Clark
Father Is a Bachelor (1950) - White (uncredited)
Code of the Silver Sage (1950) - Nugget Clark
Salt Lake Raiders (1950) - Nugget Clark
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) - Jailer (uncredited)
Covered Wagon Raid (1950) - Nugget Clark
The Furies (1950) - Old Man (uncredited)
Vigilante Hideout (1950) - Nugget Clark
Frisco Tornado (1950) - Nugget Clark
Woman on the Run (1950) - Storekeeper (uncredited)
Rustlers on Horseback (1950) - Nugget Clark
He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950) - Pops Dunlap (uncredited)
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950) - Rigger (uncredited)
California Passage (1950) - Waiter
Cavalry Scout (1951) - General William Sherman
Indian Uprising (1952) - Sagebrush
Leadville Gunslinger (1952) - Nugget Clark
Black Hills Ambush (1952) - Nugget Clark
Montana Territory (1952) - Possum Enoch
Thundering Caravans (1952) - Sheriff Nugget Clark
Desperadoes' Outpost (1952) - Nugget Clark
Marshal of Cedar Rock (1953) - Nugget Clark
It Happens Every Thursday (1953) - James Bartlett
Savage Frontier (1953) - Nugget Clark
Powder River (1953) - Stable Owner (uncredited)
The Last Posse (1953) - Dr. Pryor
Bandits of the West (1953) - Nugget Clark
Champ for a Day (1953) - Phil
99 River Street (1953) - Pop Durkee
El Paso Stampede (1953) - Nugget Clark
Make Haste to Live (1954) - 'Spud' Kelly
The Far Country (1954) - Yukon Sam (uncredited)
The Man from Laramie (1955) - Dr. Selden (uncredited)
Man Without a Star (1955) - Tom Cassidy
Foxfire (1955) - Old Larky
The Night Runner (1957) - Vernon
The Phantom Stagecoach (1957) - Sam Clayton (uncredited)
The Restless Breed (1957) - Caesar
Day of the Badman (1958) - Mr. Slocum
Lassie: A Christmas Tail (1963) - Matt Krebs
Television series
Ford Theatre (1952–1955) - Station Master / Clam-digger / Courtney
The Lone Ranger (1953–1955) - Hardrock Hazen / Haskell / Jules
The Cisco Kid (1954) - Dr. Bender / Eli Oliver
Letter to Loretta (1954) - Joe Rogan
Four Star Playhouse (1955) - Andy
Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1955–1956, supporting role) - Deputy Marshal Rusty Lee
Fury (1956, episode "Tungsten Queen") - Hank Enos
Broken Arrow (1957) - Hank Thompson
Casey Jones (1957–1958, supporting role) - Red Rock Smith / Red Rock
Wagon Train (1958, in "The Jennifer Churchill Story") - Ned
The Texan, 2 episodes (1959) - Stage Driver / Oldest Rider
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Rawhide Geraghty in "The Truth About Rawhide Geraghty" (1959); Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp rides shotgun for the retiring 69-year-old Wells Fargo stagecoach driver Rawhide Geraghty on his last run from Tucumcari, New Mexico Territory, to Amarillo, Texas. The trip is hazardous with bandits and hostile Apache, and Rawhide is apprehensive about what he and Earp will face. - Rawhide Geraghty
Man Without a Gun (1959, in "The Giant")
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959, "The Empty Cell") - Pop Cole
Tales of Wells Fargo (1959–1961, 2 episodes) - Grandpa Charlie Bridger / Pat Rankin
Overland Trail (1960) in episode 2: "The O'Mara Ladies"
Pony Express (1960, in "The Search") - Nate
Shotgun Slade (1960, in "The Missing Dog") - the Sheriff
Outlaws (1961, in "Roly") - Forsythe
Laramie (1959–1963, recurring role) - Mose / Mose - Stage Driver / Mose Shell
Disneyland (1960–1962) - Captain Swain / John Finley / Linc
Bonanza (1962, in "The First Born") - Harry
Dr. Kildare (1962) - Dr. Millard Eakins
Empire (1962 in "The Earth Mover") - Abel Saunders
Lassie (1960-1963, 8 episodes) - Matt Krebbs / Henry Enders / Jonathan Grigsby
References
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1889 births
1977 deaths
20th-century American male actors
Male actors from Wisconsin
American male stage actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
Vaudeville performers
People from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Male actors from Los Angeles
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni