Eddie Polo (1 February 1875 â€" 14 June 1961) was an Austrian-American
actor of the silent era. He was of Jewish descent.He was born Edward
W. Wyman or Weimer in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on 1 February 1875. With
his brother Sam he was the trapeze act The Flying Cordovas. Beginning
in 1913, he appeared in serials and films in the United States 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.He was the
father of actress Malvina Polo (1903â€"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 (1872â€"1966).
actor of the silent era. He was of Jewish descent.He was born Edward
W. Wyman or Weimer in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on 1 February 1875. With
his brother Sam he was the trapeze act The Flying Cordovas. Beginning
in 1913, he appeared in serials and films in the United States 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.He was the
father of actress Malvina Polo (1903â€"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 (1872â€"1966).
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