Neely Edwards (born Cornelius Limbach; September 16, 1883 â€" July 10,
1965) was an American vaudeville performer and film actor.Edwards
appeared in 174 films between 1915 and 1959. The first was as an
unbilled player in a Harold Lloyd short.In the early 1920s Edwards and
his vaudeville partner Edward Flanagan appeared as the "Hall Room
Boys" in some of the earliest short films produced by Cohn-Brandt-Cohn
Film Sales, which would develop into Columbia Pictures. Of his
credited film appearances, about 140 are comedy short subjects,
notably the "Nervy Ned" one-reelers made for Universal Pictures from
1922-24, in which he and Bert Roach played a couple of hoboes who
typically get into slapstick trouble.
1965) was an American vaudeville performer and film actor.Edwards
appeared in 174 films between 1915 and 1959. The first was as an
unbilled player in a Harold Lloyd short.In the early 1920s Edwards and
his vaudeville partner Edward Flanagan appeared as the "Hall Room
Boys" in some of the earliest short films produced by Cohn-Brandt-Cohn
Film Sales, which would develop into Columbia Pictures. Of his
credited film appearances, about 140 are comedy short subjects,
notably the "Nervy Ned" one-reelers made for Universal Pictures from
1922-24, in which he and Bert Roach played a couple of hoboes who
typically get into slapstick trouble.
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