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Eddie Borden

American film actor (1888–1955) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eddie Borden
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Edgar Mason Borden (May 1, 1888 – June 30, 1955) was an American film actor who started his career in vaudeville as an acrobat and then successfully turned to comedy. Throughout the 1920s, he toured in the Keith, Orpheum and Pantages vaudeville circuits, often billed as "the high hat comedian" and the "fun king." Borden appeared in nearly 160 films between 1922 and 1952 and was mostly seen in comedic bit parts. Borden appeared in numerous films with Laurel and Hardy.

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He was born on May 1, 1888, in Waynesville, Ohio.[1][2][3] His father was from Deer Lodge, Tennessee.

He appeared in nearly 160 films between 1922 and 1952 and was mostly seen in comedic bit parts and occasionally as the principal comic relief in films such as Jungle Bride.

He died on June 30, 1955, aged 67, in Hollywood, California.[1][4]

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