Still of Richard Edson, John Lurie and Cecillia Stark in Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
				
				
						 Caption: Still of Richard Edson, John Lurie and Cecillia Stark in Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
																																				
						Actor, Camera Department, Composer
						Born: January 1, 1954
						Star sign: Capricorn
						Height: 5' 11½" (1.82 m)
						Known for: Platoon (1986), Do the Right Thing (1989), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
						Source: IMDB
						The great character actor Richard Edson's first feature film role came in Jim Jarmusch's 1983 cult hit, Stranger Than Paradise (1984), where he played "Eddie", one of the main characters. Edson then had small, but memorable, roles in other big hits such as Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), John Hughes' Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Oliver Stone...