Edmund Penney
Edmund Freeman Penney (July 26, 1926 - September 11, 2008) was an actor, director, and author in the United States.
He studied at the University of Southern California and gave a winning oration on Patrick Henry.[1]
He made a documentary on the Angels Flight funicular in Los Angeles.[2]
He wrote The Facts on File Dictionary of Film and Broadcast Terms. He co-authored Millard Sheets : One-Man Renaissance with Janice Lovoos
Filmography
[edit]- Angel's Flight (1964) short documentary about the Angels Flight funicular in Los Angeles, California[3]
- The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), co-writer[4][5]
- Walls of Fire (1971), a documentary film about Mexican muralists[6]
- Alice Asmar, Artist (1998), writer and director
- The Dancing Prophet (1999)[7] a documentary about dancer Ruth St. Denis[8]
Actor
[edit]- Where Will You Hide? (1948), short film[9]
- Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen (1951), short film as Santa Claus
- Cell 2455 Death Row (1955)
- The Ten Commandments (1956 film) as High Priest[10]
- Teenage Diary (1960), short film, as Russ Martin
- Bud and Lou (1978), television show
- The Jericho Mile (1979)
- The Grace Kelly Story (1983), television movie, as Reporter #2
- Adventures of Superman (1956), episode "Peril by Sea", as Guard
References
[edit]- ^ Congress, United States (September 6, 1947). "Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Ed Penney AF Documentary of 1965". February 1, 2021.
- ^ "Educational Films". University of Michigan Media Resources Center. September 6, 1973 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bliss, Michael (September 6, 1993). Justified Lives: Morality & Narrative in the Films of Sam Peckinpah. SIU Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-1823-0 – via Google Books.
- ^ Weddle, David (March 29, 2016). "If They Move . . . Kill 'Em!": The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah. Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. ISBN 978-0-8021-9008-6 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Somos". Los Padrinos of Southern California. September 6, 1979 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ziolkowski, Jan M. (June 11, 2018). The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity: Volume 1: The Middle Ages. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1-78374-436-7 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The dancing prophet /". 29 October 1999.
- ^ "Where Will You Hide?". September 6, 1948 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Orrison, Katherine (March 30, 1999). Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic The Ten Commandments. Vestal Press. ISBN 978-1-4617-3481-9 – via Google Books.
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