By Vlad Zakh · August 20, 2026
Edward Keane was a dependable Hollywood supporting player for decades and was frequently cast as an executive, official or authority figure. It Happens Every Spring has a chemistry professor inventing a wood-repelling formula, Who Done It? makes two radio writers prime suspects, The Lady and the Monster keeps a dead millionaire’s brain alive, and Nancy Drew… Detective investigates a missing will. Seventh Heaven and Bureau of Missing Persons round out the list.
01 Edward Keane features in this comedy about a mild-mannered chemistry professor who accidentally creates a formula that repels wood, transforming him into a baseball star.
Directed by Lloyd Bacon · 1h 27m
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Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
02 Edward Keane features in this Abbott and Costello comedy where two aspiring radio writers become the prime suspects when a network executive is murdered live on air.
Directed by Erle C. Kenton · 1h 17m · Rated NR
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Rent or buy: Amazon Video
03 Edward Keane features in this sci-fi horror about a scientist who keeps a dead millionaire's brain alive, only for it to seize control of his own mind.
Directed by George Sherman · 1h 26m
04 Edward Keane features in this mystery about a resourceful teenage sleuth who investigates the disappearance of a wealthy woman's missing will.
Directed by William Clemens · 1h 06m
Stream: Philo
05 Edward Keane appears in this romance about a cynical Parisian sewer worker and a mistreated young woman who find unexpected love before the First World War.
Directed by Henry King · 1h 42m
Rent or buy: Amazon Video
06 Edward Keane is in this drama about a cynical police detective who investigates a wife's disappearance that hides a deeper conspiracy.
Directed by Roy Del Ruth · 1h 13m · Rated NR
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