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Eddie Borden

Eddie Borden

Actor · Died July 1, 1955, aged 67 · Deer Lodge, Tennessee, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edgar Mason Borden (May 1, 1888 – June 30, 1955) was an American film actor who started his career in vaudeville. He 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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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 1, 1888
Died
July 1, 1955 (aged 67)
From
Deer Lodge, Tennessee, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
48 on Motif · 82 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 27% in 30 days

What are Eddie Borden's films like?

Across their 9 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 19th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies

Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
41%
Morality
27%
Self
16%
Power
7%
Survival
7%
Society
3%
Justice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 6 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Joyful
4
Absurd
3
Thrilling
3
Warm
3
Other
6

How their films linger

Fun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Eddie Borden's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 48 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Eddie Borden's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

82 credits, 48 with a Motif page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • On Dangerous Ground(1951)

    as Man (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Whip Hand (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1951)

    as Medical Experiment Patient (uncredited)

  • Where the Sidewalk Ends(1950)

    as Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Armored Car Robbery(1950)

    as Theatrical Agent (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The File on Thelma Jordon(1949)

    as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Red Pony(1949)

    as Circus performer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Knock on Any Door(1949)

    as The Chef in Poolroom / Court Spectator (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • A Woman's Secret(1949)

    as Ship's Waiter (Uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Pitfall(1948)

    as Prison Visitor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Miracle of the Bells(1948)

    as Crew Member

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Dangerous Years(1947)

    as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • It Had to Be You(1947)

    as Passerby on Street (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Body and Soul(1947)

    as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome(1947)

    as Bank Customer (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now(1947)

    as Quartette Member (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Riffraff(1947)

    as Panhandler (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Dick Tracy's Dilemma(1947)

    as Drunk (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Locket(1946)

    as Man (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Dick Tracy vs. Cueball(1946)

    as Drunk (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Road to Utopia(1945)

    as Man in Saloon (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Hotel Berlin (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1945)

    Actor

  • Gents Without Cents (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1944)

    as Audience Member (uncredited)

  • Wilson(1944)

    as Missouri Delegate (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • It Happened Tomorrow(1944)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • A Guy Named Joe(1943)

    as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Ghost Ship (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Crewman (uncredited)

  • Swing Shift Maisie (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

  • A Lady Takes a Chance(1943)

    as Poker Player

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Coney Island (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Man in Carnival Crowd

  • Captive Wild Woman(1943)

    as Dock Spectator (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Gildersleeve's Bad Day(1943)

    as Juror (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Murder in Times Square(1943)

    as Reporter

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Mexican Spitfire's Elephant(1942)

    as Villa Luigi Waiter

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Obliging Young Lady (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    as Bird Lover (uncredited)

  • A Date with the Falcon(1942)

    as Second Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Devil and Daniel Webster(1941)

    as Poker Player (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • A Panic in the Parlor (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)

    as Returning Traveller at Airport

  • A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob(1941)

    as Man at Dance Hall (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Li'l Abner(1940)

    as Bachelor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • 20 Mule Team (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    as Fifth Barfly Counting Bill's Money

  • Saps at Sea(1940)

    as Berserk Employee

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Two Girls on Broadway(1940)

    as Reporter (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Farmer's Daughter(1940)

    as Jason, the Milk Man (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • A Chump at Oxford(1940)

    as Ghost

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Flying Deuces(1939)

    as Legionnaire

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Day the Bookies Wept(1939)

    as Skinny Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Cafe Society (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1939)

    as Les (uncredited)

  • Give Me a Sailor (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Forty Naughty Girls (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    as Stage Board Man (uncredited)

  • Way Out West(1937)

    as Barfly (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Conflict (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    as 'Spider' Welsh

  • Wedding Present (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    Actor

  • Early to Bed (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    as Salesman

  • The Bohemian Girl (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    as Nobleman

  • The Rainmakers(1935)

    as Hobo

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Devil Is a Woman(1935)

    as Reveler with Balloon (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Gilded Lily(1935)

    as Photographer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • March of the Wooden Soldiers(1934)

    as Demon Bogeyman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Whirlpool (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1934)

    as Annoyed Carnival Customer (uncredited)

  • Apples to You! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1934)

    as The Barber of Seville

  • Flying Down to Rio(1933)

    as Eddie (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • I'm No Angel(1933)

    as Carnival Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • My Woman (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1933)

    as Party Guest (Uncredited)

  • Quiet Please! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1933)

    as Man Removing Boots

  • Flying Devils (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1933)

    as Fresh Autograph Seeker

  • Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1933)

    as Edgar

  • Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1933)

    Actor

  • Jungle Bride(1933)

    as Eddie Stevens

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Breach of Promise (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1932)

    as Hotel Clerk

  • The Hollywood Handicap (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1932)

    Actor

  • A Fool's Advice(1932)

    as Catlett

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Suicide Fleet (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1931)

    as Man Displaying Newspaper (uncredited)

  • Transatlantic (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1931)

    as Interloper

  • How Comedies Are Born (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1931)

    as Prop Master

  • Rough Romance(1930)

    as Laramie

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Rampant Age (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1930)

    as Eddie Mason

  • The Dove (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1927)

    as Billy

  • One Chance in a Million (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1927)

    as Horace Featherby

  • The Show Girl (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1927)

    as 'Breezy' Ayres

  • Battling Butler(1926)

    as Battling Butler's Manager

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Bad Boy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1925)

    as Dance Hall Proprietor

  • Back Home and Broke (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1922)

    as Collector

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 82 titles from 1922 to 1951.

Highest rated

Body and Soul (1947)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

A Chump at Oxford (1940)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting82 of 82: 82 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score66th

By decade

1920s6 · acting1930s32 · acting1940s40 · acting1950s4 · acting

Billing

usually 15th · top billed in 0% of 27 roles
26364146

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Eddie Borden's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 48; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 48 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up17
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

30 of their 48 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser30
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

The Farmer's Daughter (1940)

59th percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Midcredits 94th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Eddie Borden work with?

People who share at least 2 of Eddie Borden's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Leslie Goodwins shares the most, 2.

Directors

Cinematographers and editors