Ed Finney

Ed Finney is a fictional executive assistant and a minor character featured in the Wishmaster film series. Played by actor Ted Raimi, he appeared in the first installment of the series, Wishmaster in 1997.

Biography
Ed Finney was the executive assistant to art collector Raymond Beaumont in California. Ed officiated the purchase and delivery of a statue of the Zoroastrian deity Ahura Mazda. While supervising delivery of the crated artifact with Beaumont, Ed watched as a drunken forklift operator, Mickey Torelli, caused a mishap, which resulted in the crate slipping from its chain. It plummeted down and crushed Ed Finney to death.

The destruction of the statue led to a series of events that involved the appearance of an evil Djinn, who was obligated to grant three wishes to a woman named Alexandra Amberson. Following a string of horrific events, resulting in Alex wasting two of her wishes, she finally made her third wish, which was to make sure that Mickey Torelli was not drinking on the day of the shipment delivery. As such, the past was altered and the crate never fell on top of Ed Finney.