EDDIE DEW BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Eddie Dew was born on January 29th, 1909 in Sumner, Washington with the birth name Edward M. Dew. Over the course of his career he worked not only as an actor but also a television and film director.
His career in entertainment began in the 1930's with small roles on such films as, "The Story of Louis Pasteur" (1937) starring Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise, Henry O'Neill, Halliwell Hobbes, Porter Hall, Dickie Moore, Walter Kinsford, Akim Tamiroff and Donald Woods, "Another Dawn" (1937) starring Kay Francis, Errol Flynn and Ian Hunter, "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Melville Cooper, Ian Hunter, Montague Love, Una O'Connor, Patric Knowles, Robert Warwick, Alan Hale Sr. and Eugene Pallette and Claude Rains, "Professor Beware" (1938) with Harold Lloyd, Phyllis Welch and Raymond Walburn and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939) starring Charles Laughton as Quasimodo, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Edmond O'Brien, George Zucco, George Tobias and Thomas Mitchell.
After gaining some experience in the industry he began to add more substantial film roles to his resume such as, "The Fighting 69th" (1940) starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, William Lundigan, Frank McHugh, William Hopper, Henry O'Neill, Dennis Morgan, Dick Foran, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Jeffrey Lynn, John Litel, Alan Hale Sr. and George Reeves, "Military Academy" (1940) starring Tommy Kelly, Bobby Jordan and David Holt, Don Beddoe, Walter Tetley, Joan Leslie and Jackie Searl, "Dude Cowboy" (1941) starring Tim Holt, Eddie Kane, Marjorie Reynolds, Lloyd Ingraham, Byron Foulger, Louise Currie and Tom London, "Riding the Wind" (1942), "Red River Robin Hood" (1942) starring with Tim Holt, Tom London, Keene Duncan, Cliff Edwards and Earle Hodgins and "Fighting Frontier" (1943) with Harry Woods, Robert Mitchum, Lorraine Miller and Smiley Burnette.
Up until this point in his career, he mostly appeared in 'B' Westerns and the majority of his roles were un-credited. However, Dew remained working in the industry and did not let his lack of popularity as an actor discourage him.
He signed on with Universal and for a decade mostly appeared in supporting film roles such as, "Trigger Trail" (1944) co-starring Rod Cameron, John Forrest 'Fuzzy' Knight, Lane Chandler, George Eldredge, Vivian Austin and Robert 'Buzz' Henry, "Renegades of the Rio Grande" (1945) starring Rod Cameron, John Forrest 'Fuzzy' Knight, Jennifer Holt, Ray Whitley, The Bar-6 Cowboys, Glenn Strange and Edmund Cobb, "Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion" (1951) also starring Walter Reed, Mary Ellen Kay, Dick Curtis, Pierce Lyden, John Pickard and George Meeker and his final acting film role was in, "Pagan Island" (1961) with Nani Maka and Sharon Michael.
Along with film work, the later part of his acting career was more focused on television appearing on, "Buffalo Bill Jr.", "Annie Oakley" and "Hawaii Five-O".
Along with his career as an actor he became a credited director and is most remembered for his work as the director of the television series, "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon". Other series he directed over the course of his career included, "The Old Testament Scriptures", "This Is My Life", "The Living Bible" and the films, "Naked Gun" (1956), "Stump Run" (1959) with Edgar Buchanan, Slim Pickens and Kaye Elhardt and "Wings of Chance" (1961) starring James Brown, Frances Rafferty, Richard Tretter and Patrick Whyte.
Eddie Dew passed away at the age of sixty three on April 6th, 1972 in Burbank, California.
Filmography
1968-1969 Hawaii Five-O
1961 Pagan Island
1955 Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955 Annie Oakley
1954 A Star Is Born
1954 Them!
1954 Ride Clear of Diablo
1953 Tumbleweed
1953 The Lone Hand
1952 Schlitz Playhouse
1952 Scarlet Angel
1951 Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion
1951 All That I Have
1950 Sunset Blvd.
1945 Renegades of the Rio Grande
1945 Beyond the Pecos
1944 The Old Texas Trail
1944 Riders of the Santa Fe
1944 Trail to Gunsight
1944 Trigger Trail
1944 Lucky Cowboy
1943 Raiders of Sunset Pass
1943 Corvette K-225
1943 Murder on the Waterfront
1943 So Proudly We Hail!
1943 A Lady Takes a Chance
1943 Beyond the Last Frontier
1943 Destroyer
1943 Let's Face It
1943 The Man from Down Under
1943 Six Gun Gospel
1943 Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943 Action in the North Atlantic
1943 Bombardier
1943 Taxi, Mister
1943 King of the Cowboys
1943 Ladies' Day
1943 Salute for Three
1943 Hi, Buddy
1943 Hold Your Temper
1943 Flight for Freedom
1943 Fighting Frontier
1943 G-men vs. the Black Dragon
1942 Cat People
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 Red River Robin Hood
1942 Pirates of the Prairie
1942 Army Surgeon
1942 Flying Tigers
1942 Highways by Night
1942 Across the Pacific
1942 Shadows on the Sage
1942 Timber!
1942 Wings for the Eagle
1942 Top Sergeant
1942 The Falcon Takes Over
1942 Syncopation
1942 Remember Pearl Harbor
1942 Escape from Hong Kong
1942 Hello, Annapolis
1942 My Favorite Blonde
1942 Riding the Wind
1942 Pardon My Stripes
1941 West of Cimarron
1941 Dude Cowboy
1941 Paris Calling
1941 The Devil and Daniel Webster
1941 King of the Texas Rangers
1941 Mob Town
1941 Badlands of Dakota
1941 Sunset in Wyoming
1941 Cyclone on Horseback
1941 Citizen Kane
1941 Mutiny in the Arctic
1941 Sky Raiders
1941 Adventures of Captain Marvel
1941 Play Girl
1940 The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940 Mysterious Doctor Satan
1940 A Dispatch from Reuter's
1940 Cherokee Strip
1940 Wagon Train
1940 Military Academy
1940 Cross-Country Romance
1940 The Man with Nine Lives
1940 The Fighting 69th
1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 Everybody's Hobby
1939 The Adventures of Jane Arden
1938 Dick Tracy Returns
1938 Army Girl
1938 Professor Beware
1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood
1937 Another Dawn
1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur
