Albert Edward Sutherland (January 5, 1895 â€" December 31, 1973) was a
film director and actor. Born in London, he was from a theatrical
family. His father, Al Sutherland, was a theatre manager and producer
and his mother, Julie Ring, was a vaudeville performer. He was a
nephew of both Blanche Ring and Thomas Meighan, who was married to
Frances Ring, another of his mother's sisters. Sutherland acted in 37
known films early in his career, beginning as a Keystone Cop in
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914), which starred Charles Chaplin,
Mabel Normand, and Marie Dressler.Sutherland was directed by Charles
Chaplin in A Woman of Paris (1923), two years before Sutherland began
his directing career with the help of Chaplin.Frequently billed as
"Eddie Sutherland," he is best known as a director; he directed more
than 50 movies between 1925 and 1956. His breakout film was Behind the
Front (1926), which made stars of the two leads and established
Sutherland as a comedic director. He had an especially hard time
working with Stan Laurel, whom he disliked ("I'd rather eat a
tarantula than work with Laurel again"). On the other hand, he became
close friends with the more famously acerbic W.C. Fields, with whom he
established a lifelong friendship.
film director and actor. Born in London, he was from a theatrical
family. His father, Al Sutherland, was a theatre manager and producer
and his mother, Julie Ring, was a vaudeville performer. He was a
nephew of both Blanche Ring and Thomas Meighan, who was married to
Frances Ring, another of his mother's sisters. Sutherland acted in 37
known films early in his career, beginning as a Keystone Cop in
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914), which starred Charles Chaplin,
Mabel Normand, and Marie Dressler.Sutherland was directed by Charles
Chaplin in A Woman of Paris (1923), two years before Sutherland began
his directing career with the help of Chaplin.Frequently billed as
"Eddie Sutherland," he is best known as a director; he directed more
than 50 movies between 1925 and 1956. His breakout film was Behind the
Front (1926), which made stars of the two leads and established
Sutherland as a comedic director. He had an especially hard time
working with Stan Laurel, whom he disliked ("I'd rather eat a
tarantula than work with Laurel again"). On the other hand, he became
close friends with the more famously acerbic W.C. Fields, with whom he
established a lifelong friendship.
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