Edward Fielding

Edward Fielding (March 19, 1875 – January 10, 1945) was an American stage and film actor.

He played as a leading man with famous stage actresses like Olga Nethersole, Grace George, Ethel Barrymore and Laura Hope Crews.

He appeared occasionally in silent films, most notably as Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (1916) with William Gillette in the leading role.

He also played supporting roles in films like Kitty Foyle (1940) with Ginger Rogers, Billy Wilder's American film debut The Major and the Minor (1942, as Rita Johnson's and Diana Lynn's father) and In This Our Life (1942) starring Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland.

Fielding was usually typecasted in dignified or respectable roles as a Doctor, Official, Judge, Priest or Butler.