- Date de naissance
- Date de décès3 avril 1957 · Victorville, Californie, États-Unis (occlusion intestinale)
- Nom de naissanceEdward Arthur Sparkman
- Surnom
- Cold Pan
- Taille1,75 m
- Ned Sparks est né le 19 novembre 1883 en Ontario, Canada. Il était acteur et scénariste. Il est connu pour 42ème rue (1933), Grande dame d'un jour (1933) et Images de la vie (1934). Il était marié à Mercedes Cabalerro. Il est mort le 3 avril 1957 en Californie, États-Unis.
- ConjointMercedes Cabalerro(1931 - 17 avril 1936) (divorcé, 1 enfant)
- ParentsWilliam Joseph SparkmanMary Agatha Lawton
- ProchesGladys L. G. Sparkman(Sibling)Reuben Benjamin Sparkman(Sibling)
- Nasal-toned and deadpan look
- His on-screen persona became so famous he was able to convince Lloyd's of London to issue an insurance policy for $10,000, in the Depression-era 1930s, against damage to his professional reputation should anyone ever obtain a photograph of him smiling.
- He became one of the founding members of Actors' Equity Association 1913.
- Started out singing in a saloon in Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada, after failing to find gold when prospecting.
- Buried at Victor Valley Memorial Park Victorville, San Bernardino County, California, USA.
- He has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: A Virtuous Vamp (1919), 42ème rue (1933), Chercheuses d'or de 1933 (1933) and Images de la vie (1934).
- I speedily realized that I was not destined to cause the ladies to swoon with romantic ecstasy as they watched me make love to one of their sex. I have also divined that comedy and not romantic acting was my special forte.
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