Eddie Junior

Biography

Personal life

Junior was born on 12 March 1926 in Negombo. His father Eddie de Silva, who was popularly known as Eddie Master was a renowned music composer. In time, he joined his father's theater troupe as a composer and actor. There he met actress Pearl Vasudevi; they married in 1940. The couple has one daughter, Sujeewa Lalee. Sujeewa also acted in few films including maiden acting in Sithijaya. Vasudevi died 19 June 1987 at the age of 72 following a brief illness.

Cinema career

Junior started acting career with stage dramas conducted by Sirisena Wimalaweera. In his plays, Junior provided both music and singing. One of the most popular theater song "Gowe Ganu Paradai" sung by Junior came in Samudra Devi stage drama.

After becoming a cinema actor, he was the music director of the 1949 film Amma where music composed by N. Pandurangan. He appeared as one of Pandurajan's supporting musician with the name B.S. H. De Silva. In the same film, Junior made his film debut with his wife Vasudevi. They continued to act together in many popular of the era, including, Surangani, Ran Rasa, Pancha and Me Desa Kumatada.

As a Cast

#	Film No	Year	Film	Role	Director
1	6	1949	Amma අම්මා	Actor	Sirisena Wimalaweera
2	10	1951	Seedevi සීදේවි	Main Actor	Sirisena Wimalaweera
3	25	1954	Radala Piliruwa රදල පිළිරුව	Actor	T.R. Sundaram
4	26	1955	Suranganie සුරංගනී	Main Actor	Cyril P. Abeyratne, K.Wembu
5	32	1955	Podi Putha පොඩි පුතා	Actor	Sirisena Wimalaweera
6	32	1955	Podi Putha පොඩි පුතා	Actor	Sirisena Wimalaweera
7	84	1962	Deva Sundari දේව සුන්දරී	Actor	C.V. Raju
8	124	1965	Sekaya සැකය	Actor	E. Rathnam
9	144	1966	Sanasili Suvaya සැනසිලි සුවය	Actor	Robin Tampoe
10	161	1967	Ranrasa රන්රස	Actor	P. Ratnam
11	168	1968	Pinibindu පිනිබිඳු	Actor	Chula Palagolla
12	177	1968	Wanasara වනසරා	Actor	S.A. Somarathna, L.S. Ramachandran
13	178	1968	Amathikama ඇමතිකම	Actor	Kithsiri Nihal Jayasinghe
14	189	1969	Oba Nathi Nam ඔබ නැති නම්	Actor	M.V. Balan
15	192	1969	Harimaga හරි මග	Actor	D.M. Daas
16	199	1969	Pick Pocket පික්පොකට්	Actor	Robin Tampoe
17	200	1969	Uthum Sthri උතුම් ස්ත්‍රි	Actor	K. Venkat
18	203	1969	Pancha පැන්චා	Actor	Vincent David
19	224	1971	Dewena Pipasaya දැවෙන පිපාසය	Actor	Thimothy Weerarathna
20	231	1971	Seeye Nottuwa සීයේ නෝට්ටුව	Actor	K.A.W. Perera
21	240	1972	Sithijaya ක්ෂිතිජය	Actor	Sarathchandra Herath
22	241	1972	Edath Suraya Adath Suraya එදත් සූරයා අදත් සූරයා	Actor	Lenin Morais
23	246	1972	Hithaka Pipunu Mal හිතක පිපුණ මල්	Actor	S.Ramanadan
24	249	1972	Lokuma Hinawa ලොකුම හිනාව	Actor	K.A.W. Perera
25	250	1972	Me Desa Kumatada මේ දෑස කුමටද	Actor	Thimothy Weerarathna
26	256	1973	Mathara Achchi මාතර ආච්චි	Actor	Sathischandra Edirisinghe
27	258	1973	Suhada Pathuma සුහද පැතුම	Actor	Kingsly Rajapaksha
28	271	1974	Kasthuri Suwanda කස්තුරි සුවඳ	Actor	Sena Samarasinghe
29	281	1974	Susi සුසී	Actor	Sena Samarasinghe
30	282	1977	Chandi Putha චන්ඩි පුතා	Actor	-
31	288	1974	Vasthuwa වස්තුව	Actor	Siri Kularathna
32	291	1974	Rodi Gama රොඩී ගම	Actor	B.S. Perera
33	294	1975	As Idiripita ඇස් ඉදිරිපිට	Actor	Deepasiri Perera
34	303	1975	Siril Malli සිරිල් මල්ලි	Actor	Joe Micheal
35	309	1975	Ranwan Reka රන්වන් රේඛා	Actor	M.D.M. Daas
36	318	1975	Sangeetha සංගීතා	Actor	Thimothy Weerarathna
37	320	1976	Pradeepe Ma Weva ප්‍රදීපේ මා වේවා	Actor	Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
38	331	1976	Vaanarayo වානරයෝ	Actor	Sarathchandra Herath
39	337	1976	Hariyata Hari හරියට හරි	Actor	William Holmes
40	338	1976	Hulavali හුලවාලී	Actor	W.A.B. De Silva
41	339	1976	Onna Maame Kella Panapi ඔන්න මාමේ කෙල්ල පැනපි	Actor	Lenin Morais
42	344	1976	Adarei Man Adarei ආදරෙයි මං ආදරෙයි	Actor	Lenin Morais
43	358	1977	Chin Chin Nona චින් චින් නෝනා	Actor	J. Selvarathnam
44	364	1977	Ege Adara Kathawa ඇගේ ආදර කතාව	Actor	Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
45	370	1978	Sithaka Suwanda සිතක සුවඳ	Actor	S.V. Chandran
46	376	1978	Maduwanthi මධුවන්තී	Actor	Milton Jayawardhana
47	382	1978	Kundala Keshi කුණ්ඩල කේශී	Actor	Wimalanath Dissanayaka
48	386	1978	Sally සැලි	Actor	Cyril P. Abeyratne
49	387	1978	Apsara අප්සරා	Actor	J. Selvarathnam
50	391	1978	Kumara Kumariyo කුමර කුමරියෝ	Actor	Sudas Maskorala
51	394	1978	Ahasin Polovata අහසින් පොලවට	Actor	Dr. Lester James Peries
52	398	1979	Minisun Athara Minihek මිනිසුන් අතර මිනිහෙක්	Actor	Joe Dev Ananda
53	421	1979	Nuwan Renu නුවන් රේණු	Actor	Milton Jayawardhana
54	427	1980	Tak Tik Tuk ටක් ටික ටුක්	Actor	Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
55	432	1980	Anuhasa අනුහස	Actor	H.E. Jayasinghe
56	446	1980	Raja Dawasak රජ දවසක්	Actor	Thimothy Weerarathna
57	453	1980	Hondin Inna හොඳින් ඉන්න	Actor	Bandu Gunasekara
58	489	1981	Samawenna සමාවෙන්න	Actor	Milton Jayawardhana
59	503	1982	Sudu Ayya සුදු අයියා	Actor	S.V. Chandran
60	514	1982	Sithara සිතාරා	Actor	S.V. Chandran
61	530	1982	Kadawunu Poronnduwa (New) කඩවුණු පොරොන්දුව (නව)	Actor	Roy De Silva
62	577	1984	Bambara Patikki බඹර පැටික්කී	Actor	Somapala Leelananda
63	578	1984	Kokila කෝකිලා	Actor	Villiam Olamas
64	579	1984	Hithawathiya හිතවතිය	Actor	Anton Gregory, Camilus Perera
65	586	1984	Hadawathaka Vedana හදවතක වේදනා	Actor	Joseph Francis Lane
66	620	1985	Kiri Madu Wel කිරි මදු වැල්	Actor	Ariyadasa Withanage, Saman Weeraman

As a Crew

Assistant Music Director

#	Film No	Year	Film	Role	Director
1	6	1949	Amma අම්මා	Assistant Music Director	Sirisena Wimalaweera

Film No	Year	Film	Song	Role
6	1949	Amma අම්මා Sinhala	Bhawa paara duraiභව පාර දුරයි	Vocalists
10	1951	Seedevi සීදේවි Sinhala	Pitupala noyanuපිටුපාලා නොයනු	Vocalists
10	1951	Seedevi සීදේවි Sinhala	Seedeviසීදේවී	Vocalists
26	1955	Suranganie සුරංගනී Sinhala	Koibatado Me Sathaaකොයිබටදෝ මේ සතා	Vocalists

Wife Pearl Wasudevi පර්ල් වාසුදේවි

Summary

Biography

As a Cast

As a Crew

Assistant Music Director