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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 17, 1890
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Edward Arnold
Biography
Edward Arnold (born Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider; February 17, 1890 – April 26, 1956) was an American actor. Arnold began his acting career on the New York stage and became a film actor in 1916. A burly man with a commanding style and superb baritone voice, he was a popular screen personality for decades, and was the star of such film classics as Diamond Jim (1935) (a role he reprised in Le roman de Lillian Russell (1940)) Arnold appeared in over 150 films and was President of The Screen Actors Guild shortly before his death in 1956.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage) |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Houston Story | Paul Atlas |
| 1956 | Miami Exposé | Oliver Tubbs |
| 1956 | The Ambassador's Daughter | Ambassador William Fisk |
| 1954 | Twelve Angry Men | Juror #10 |
| 1954 | Living It Up | The Mayor of New York |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self |
| 1953 | City That Never Sleeps | Penrod Biddel |
| 1953 | Man of Conflict | J.R. Compton |
| 1952 | Belles on Their Toes | Sam Harper |
| 1952 | Ellis in Freedomland | The Range (voice) |
| 1951 | Dear Brat | Senator Wilkins |
| 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun | Pawnee Bill |
| 1950 | The Yellow Cab Man | Martin Creavy |
| 1950 | The Skipper Surprised His Wife | Adm. Homer Thorndyke |
| 1949 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Joe Lorgan |
| 1949 | Dear Wife | Judge Wilkins |
| 1949 | Big Jack | Mahoney |
| 1949 | John Loves Mary | Sen. James McKinley |
| 1948 | Three Daring Daughters | Robert Nelson |
| 1948 | Wallflower | Andrew J. Linnett |
| 1948 | Big City | Judge Martin O. Abercrombie |
| 1948 | Command Decision | Congressman Arthur Malcolm |
| 1947 | The Hucksters | David 'Dave' Lash |
| 1947 | Dear Ruth | Judge Harry Wilkins |
| 1947 | The Mighty McGurk | Mike Glenson |
| 1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses | Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe |
| 1947 | Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self |
| 1946 | No Leave, No Love | Hobart Canford Stiles |
| 1946 | Janie Gets Married | Charles Conway |
| 1946 | Three Wise Fools | Theodore Findley |
| 1946 | Blow-Ups of 1946 | Self |
| 1945 | Ziegfeld Follies | Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars") |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Martin Edley |
| 1945 | The Hidden Eye | Capt. Duncan Maclain |
| 1945 | Main Street After Dark | Lt. Lorrgan |
| 1944 | Kismet | The Grand Vizier |
| 1944 | Mrs. Parkington | Amory Stilham |
| 1944 | Janie | Charles Conway |
| 1944 | Standing Room Only | T.J. Todd |
| 1943 | The Youngest Profession | Burton V. Lyons |
| 1942 | Eyes in the Night | Duncan 'Mac' Maclain |
| 1942 | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Elliot Fulton |
| 1942 | Inflation | The Devil |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | D.B. Norton |
| 1941 | Johnny Eager | John Benson Farrell |
| 1941 | All That Money Can Buy | Daniel Webster |
| 1941 | Unholy Partners | Merrill Lambert |
| 1941 | Design for Scandal | Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair |
| 1941 | Nothing But the Truth | T.T. Ralston |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | James 'Jim' Cork |
| 1941 | The Penalty | Martin 'Stuff' Nelson |
| 1940 | Johnny Apollo | Robert Cain Sr. |
| 1940 | The Earl of Chicago | Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey |
| 1940 | Lillian Russell | Diamond Jim Brady |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Jim Taylor |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Achille Weber |
| 1939 | Slightly Honorable | Vincent Cushing |
| 1939 | Let Freedom Ring | Jim Knox |
| 1939 | Man About Town | Sir John Arlington |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty | Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim') |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Anthony P. Kirby |
| 1938 | The Crowd Roars | Jim Cain |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York | Jim Fisk |
| 1937 | Easy Living | J.B. Ball |
| 1937 | Blossoms On Broadway | Ira Collins |
| 1937 | John Meade's Woman | John Meade |
| 1936 | Come and Get It | Barney Glasgow |
| 1936 | Meet Nero Wolfe | Nero Wolfe |
| 1936 | Sutter's Gold | Johan (John) Sutter |
| 1935 | The Glass Key | Paul Madvig |
| 1935 | Crime and Punishment | Inspector Porfiry |
| 1935 | Remember Last Night? | Danny Harrison |
| 1935 | Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak |
| 1935 | Cardinal Richelieu | Louis XIII |
| 1935 | Diamond Jim | Diamond Jim |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee | Brennan |
| 1934 | Hide-Out | Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy |
| 1934 | Thirty Day Princess | Richard M. Gresham |
| 1934 | Wednesday's Child | Ray Phillips |
| 1934 | The President Vanishes | Secretary of War Wardell |
| 1934 | Million Dollar Ransom | Vincent Shelton |
| 1934 | Madame Spy | Schultz |
| 1934 | Unknown Blonde | Frank Rodie |
| 1933 | I'm No Angel | Big Bill Barton |
| 1933 | Roman Scandals | Emperor Valerius |
| 1933 | Secret of the Blue Room | Commissioner Forster |
| 1933 | The White Sister | Father Saracinesca |
| 1933 | Whistling in the Dark | Dillon |
| 1933 | Jennie Gerhardt | Sen. Brander |
| 1933 | The Barbarian | Achmed Pasha |
| 1933 | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Inspector Ennis |
| 1933 | Duck Soup | Politician (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Her Bodyguard | Orson Bitzer |
| 1932 | Three on a Match | Ace |
| 1932 | Okay, America! | Duke Morgan |
| 1932 | Rasputin and the Empress | Doctor Remezov |
| 1932 | Afraid to Talk | Jig Skelli |
| 1932 | Murder in the Pullman | |
| 1924 | He Who Gets Slapped | (uncredited) |
| 1920 | The Cost | Hampden Scarborough |
| 1919 | Phil-for-Short | Tom Wentworth |
| 1919 | A Broadway Saint | Mr. Frewen |
| 1916 | The Misleading Lady | Sidney Parker |
| 1916 | The Return of Eve | Seymour Purchwell |
| 1916 | Sherlock Holmes | Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap |
| 1916 | The Higher Destiny | John Standing |
| 1916 | The Despoiler | Richard Warner |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Climax! | Jock Fathian |
| 1954 | Climax! | Lieutenant Shipley |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | John Prescott / Mayor Underwood |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self |
| 1948 | Studio One | Juror #10 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |