Robert Edeson (June 3, 1868 – March 24, 1931) was an American film and stage actor of the silent era and a vaudeville performer.

[2] Edeson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of manager and actor George R.

[3] After working as treasurer of the Park Theatre in Brooklyn,[4] he initially acted in New York in 1887[5] in a production of Fascination.

In 1901 he created the role Edward Warden in the original production of Clyde Fitch's The Climbers.

Edeson famously only showed his back to the camera so as not to clash with shot footage of Christians that was still to be used in the completed film.