- Nascido(a) em
- Falecido(a) em3 de abril de 1957 · Victorville, Califórnia, EUA (obstrução intestinal)
- Nome de nascimentoEdward Arthur Sparkman
- Apelido
- Cold Pan
- Altura1,75 m
- Ned Sparks nasceu o 19 de novembro de 1883 em Ontário, Canadá. Era ator e autor e foi conhecido pelo seu trabalho em Rua 42 (1933), Dama por um Dia (1933) e Imitação da Vida (1934). Foi casado com Mercedes Cabalerro. Morreu o 3 de abril de 1957 em Califórnia, EUA.
- CônjugeMercedes Cabalerro(1931 - 17 de abril de 1936) (divorciado (a), 1 criança)
- PaisWilliam Joseph SparkmanMary Agatha Lawton
- ParentesGladys 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), Rua 42 (1933), Cavadoras de Ouro (1933) and Imitação da Vida (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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