Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 20, 1906
Place of Birth:
Michigan City, Indiana, USA
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Charles Arnt
Biography
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Charles Arnt (August 20, 1906 – August 6, 1990) was an American film actor from 1933 to 1962.
Arnt was born in Michigan City, Indiana, the son of a banker. He graduated from Phillips Academy and Princeton University. While at Princeton, he helped to found the University Playes and was president of the Princeton Triangle Club theatrical troupe. He became a banker after he graduated from college.
In the early 1930s, Arnt acted with the University Repertory Theater in Maryland. On Broadway, he appeared in Carry Nation (1932), Three Waltzes (1937), and Knickerbocker Holiday (1938).
Arnt appeared as a character actor in more than 200 films.
In 1962, Arnt retired from acting and began to import and breed Charolais cattle on a ranch in Washington state.
Arnt died in Orcas Island, Washington from pancreatic and liver cancer. He was survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Mayor Henricks |
| 1961 | Wild in the Country | Mr. Parsons (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Miracle of the Hills | Fuzzy |
| 1958 | Flood Tide | Mr. Appleby |
| 1953 | The Veils of Bagdad | Zapolya |
| 1953 | The Great Sioux Uprising | Gist |
| 1950 | The Sun Sets at Dawn | Reporter, Globe Express |
| 1950 | The Man Who Cheated Himself | Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet) |
| 1950 | He's a Cockeyed Wonder | J.B. Caldwell |
| 1950 | Wabash Avenue | Horace Carter |
| 1949 | Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture | Pop Gerard |
| 1949 | Any Number Can Play | Joe Josephs (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Masked Raiders | Dr. Nichols |
| 1949 | Bride for Sale | Dobbs |
| 1948 | Hollow Triumph | Coblenz |
| 1948 | Big Town Scandal | Amos Peabody |
| 1948 | Michael O'Halloran | Doc Douglas Bruce |
| 1948 | Sitting Pretty | Mr. Taylor (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Boy with Green Hair | Mr. Hammond |
| 1947 | High Wall | Sidney X. Hackle |
| 1947 | Fall Guy | Uncle Jim Grossett |
| 1947 | My Favorite Brunette | Crawford |
| 1947 | Calendar Girl | Olsen |
| 1947 | Big Town After Dark | Amos Peabody |
| 1947 | Saddle Pals | William Schooler |
| 1946 | Blondie's Lucky Day | Mayor Richard Denby |
| 1946 | Big Town | Amos Peabody |
| 1946 | Behind Green Lights | Daniel Boone Wintergreen |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint | Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary |
| 1946 | That Brennan Girl | Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband |
| 1946 | Cinderella Jones | Mahoney |
| 1946 | Somewhere in the Night | Little Man with Glasses (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Just Before Dawn | Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Miss Susie Slagle's | Mr. Johnson |
| 1946 | Without Reservations | Salesman |
| 1945 | Strange Illusion | Professor Muhlbach |
| 1945 | Dangerous Intruder | Max Ducone |
| 1945 | Christmas in Connecticut | Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited) |
| 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Pardon My Past | Clothes Salesman |
| 1945 | The Crime Doctor's Courage | Butler |
| 1945 | The Girl of the Limberlost | Hodges |
| 1945 | Sudan | Khafra |
| 1944 | Dangerous Passage | Daniel |
| 1944 | My Pal, Wolf | Papa Eisdaar |
| 1944 | Double Exposure | Sonny Tucker |
| 1944 | The Seventh Cross | Herr Binder (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Up in Arms | Mr. Higginbotham |
| 1944 | Greenwich Village | Author |
| 1944 | Three Little Sisters | Ezra Larkin |
| 1944 | Gambler's Choice | Honest John McGrady |
| 1944 | The Impatient Years | Marriage Clerk |
| 1944 | Once Upon a Time | Fred Stacy (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Roaring Guns | Colonel Chris Ferris |
| 1943 | Young Ideas | Station Master (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Gangway for Tomorrow | Jim Benson |
| 1943 | Gildersleeve's Bad Day | Judge Horace Hooker |
| 1943 | Henry Aldrich Swings It | Boyle |
| 1943 | In Old Oklahoma | Joe, the Train Conductor |
| 1942 | The Lady Has Plans | Pooly |
| 1942 | Take a Letter, Darling | Fud Newton |
| 1942 | The Great Gildersleeve | Judge Horace Hooker |
| 1942 | That Other Woman | Bailey |
| 1942 | This Gun for Hire | Male Dressmaker |
| 1942 | Twin Beds | Manager |
| 1942 | Young America | Principal Rice |
| 1942 | Reunion in France | Honoré |
| 1941 | Pot o' Gold | Parks (butler) |
| 1941 | Hold Back the Dawn | Mr. MacAdams |
| 1941 | Play Girl | Grady (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Blossoms in the Dust | G. Harrington Hedger |
| 1941 | Paris Calling | Lt. Lantz |
| 1941 | Mr. District Attorney | Herman Winkle |
| 1941 | We Go Fast | Refrigerator Salesman |
| 1941 | Marry the Boss's Daughter | Blodgett |
| 1941 | Dressed to Kill | Hal Brennon |
| 1941 | Great Guns | Doctor |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | McNeary |
| 1940 | I Love You Again | Mr. Billings |
| 1940 | Remember the Night | Tom |
| 1940 | The Shop Around the Corner | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis | Mr. Stubbins, Man with Pain |
| 1940 | Little Men | Drunk in Medicine Show |
| 1940 | Buyer Beware | Les Carter (uncredited) |
| 1940 | We Who Are Young | Eckman (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Swing High, Swing Low | Georgie Herman |
| 1937 | It Happened in Hollywood | Jed Reed |
| 1937 | Angel's Holiday | Ralph Everett |
| 1936 | Wedding Present | |
| 1936 | College Holiday | Ticket Clerk |
| 1936 | Rhythm on the Range | Dining Car Steward |
| 1936 | And Sudden Death | Archie Sloan |
| 1936 | The Witness Chair | Mr. Henshaw |
| 1936 | Sinner Take All | Lampier's Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Spring Night | The Father |
| 1935 | Two for Tonight | Benny |
| 1935 | Stolen Harmony | Clem Walters |
| 1935 | She Married Her Boss | Victor Jessup |
| 1934 | Here Is My Heart | Higgins |
| 1934 | Ready for Love | Sam Gardner |
| 1934 | Ladies Should Listen | Albert, the manservant |
| 1933 | Roman Scandals | Caius - the Food Taster (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Harrigan and Son | Sweetzer |
| 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat | |
| 1959 | Black Saddle | Burnett |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | Fleems |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Wes Tippert |
| 1958 | The Ed Wynn Show | Mr. Lagenauer |
| 1958 | The Texan | Old Man Blackston |
| 1958 | The Texan | Ed Kingman |
| 1957 | The Thin Man | |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Judge Lawson |
| 1957 | Maverick | Charlie Mason |
| 1957 | Maverick | Sheriff Charley Peters |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Wes Tippert |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show | Mr. Sneed |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mayor |
| 1954 | Lassie | Ralph Trumble |