EDWARD C. BURKE

Professor / Inspector Edward C. Burke is a classic horror-mystery character created by director Tod Browning and famously portrayed by Lon Chaney Sr. in MGM's 1927 silent film London After Midnight. Known for his terrifying alter-ego disguise as 'The Man in the Beaver Hat', Burke is a Scotland Yard investigator who uses hypnotic manipulation and theatrical macabre tactics to unmask a killer.