Edgar Stehli

Edgar Stehli (July 12, 1884 – July 25, 1973) was a French-born American actor of the stage, the screen and television.

The son of an English mother and a German-Swiss father, Stehli was born in Lyon, France. The family moved to New York in 1886 and later moved to Montclair, New Jersey. He graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in 1907 and a master's degree in 1908. While at Cornell, he acted in university theatrical productions.

Stehli's professional acting debut came with a stock theater company in Bayonne as he had understudy and bit-part responsibilities and worked with props. He worked there and with other stock companies until 1919, when he was invited to join the Theatre Guild.

Stehli appeared in the films Dennis the Menace; Boomerang; Executive Suite; Drum Beat; The Cobweb; The Brothers Karamazov; No Name on the Bullet; 4D Man; Cash McCall; Atlantis, the Lost Continent; Parrish; Pocketful of Miracles; The Spiral Road; Twilight of Honor; Seconds; The Tiger Makes Out and Loving, among others.

His television appearances include: A judge in S03E03 of Dennis the Menace, A 1956 role as title character “Ira Pucket” (an old cowboy trying to stay relevant) in S2E15's “Pucket’s New Year” on the TV Western Gunsmoke plus Perry Mason Season 1, Episode 39 (1958) as Daniel Reed in, “The Case of the Rolling Bones”.[citation needed ] He played the character of Herbert Johnson in S3E32's “Listen, Listen…!” on the anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and he also appeared in an episode of The Twilight Zone "Long Live WalterJameson" Season 1, Episode 24 which aired on 3/17/1960, and two episodes in Season 3 of Hazel in 1964, “Scheherazade and Her Frying Pan”.

On old-time radio, Stehli portrayed Dr. Huer in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, D.A. Miller in Crime Doctor,: 86  and the title character in Gramps.: 134 

Stehli's acting on Broadway spanned a half-century, beginning on November 27, 1916, in Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil and ending on November 26, 1966, in Those That Play the Clowns. In 1941 he created the role of Dr. Einstein in Arsenic and Old Lace.

At the time of Stehli's death, he was one of the oldest active members of Actors' Equity Association.

Stehli was married to Emilie Greenough.

Stehli died on July 25, 1973, at his home in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, at age 89.