Gus Edwards
Soundtrack Director Actor
- Gender: Male
- Birthday: 1878-08-18
- Day of Death: 1945-11-07 ( 67 years old )
- Place of Birth: Inowrazlaw, West Prussia, German Empire [now Inowrocław, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
- Also Known As: Gustave Schmelowsky / Gustav Schmelowsky
- IMDB:nm0250029
Composer, songwriter (“School Days”, “Tammany”, “In My Merry Oldsmobile”) and producer, a charter member of ASCAP (1914) and brother of Leo Edwards, and the uncle of Joan and Jack Edwards. He was a vaudeville singer, and later had his own vaudeville company. He discovered Walter Winchell, Elsie Janis, Eddie Cantor, Georgie Price, Lila Lee, Eleanor…
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