Edward Arnold
Born: 1890-02-17 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1956-04-26
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2013
- Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored as Self (archive footage)
2008
- Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You as Self (archive footage)
1997
- Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line as Self (archive footage)
1987
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1982
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
1974
- That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1956
- The Ambassador's Daughter as Ambassador William Fisk
- The Houston Story as Paul Atlas
- Miami Exposé as Oliver Tubbs
1955
1954
- Climax! as Jock Fathian
- Twelve Angry Men as Juror #10
- A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
- Living It Up as The Mayor of New York
1953
- General Electric Theater
- City That Never Sleeps as Penrod Biddel
- Man of Conflict as J.R. Compton
1952
- Cavalcade of America
- Belles on Their Toes as Sam Harper
- Ellis in Freedomland as The Range (voice)
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Dear Brat as Senator Wilkins
1950
- What's My Line? as Self
- Annie Get Your Gun as Pawnee Bill
- The Yellow Cab Man as Martin Creavy
- The Skipper Surprised His Wife as Adm. Homer Thorndyke
1949
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game as Joe Lorgan
- John Loves Mary as Sen. James McKinley
- Dear Wife as Judge Wilkins
- Big Jack as Mahoney
1948
- Studio One as Juror #10
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Three Daring Daughters as Robert Nelson
- Command Decision as Congressman Arthur Malcolm
- Wallflower as Andrew J. Linnett
- Big City as Judge Martin O. Abercrombie
1947
- The Hucksters as David 'Dave' Lash
- My Brother Talks to Horses as Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe
- Dear Ruth as Judge Harry Wilkins
- Blow-Ups of 1947 as Self
- The Mighty McGurk as Mike Glenson
1946
- Three Wise Fools as Theodore Findley
- No Leave, No Love as Hobart Canford Stiles
- Blow-Ups of 1946 as Self
- Janie Gets Married as Charles Conway
1945
- Ziegfeld Follies as Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
- Week-End at the Waldorf as Martin Edley
- Main Street After Dark as Lt. Lorrgan
- The Hidden Eye as Capt. Duncan Maclain
1944
- Kismet as The Grand Vizier
- Standing Room Only as T.J. Todd
- Mrs. Parkington as Amory Stilham
- Janie as Charles Conway
1943
- The Youngest Profession as Burton V. Lyons
1942
- Eyes in the Night as Duncan 'Mac' Maclain
- The War Against Mrs. Hadley as Elliot Fulton
- Inflation as The Devil
1941
- Meet John Doe as D.B. Norton
- All That Money Can Buy as Daniel Webster
- Nothing but the Truth as T.T. Ralston
- Johnny Eager as John Benson Farrell
- The Lady from Cheyenne as James 'Jim' Cork
- The Penalty as Martin 'Stuff' Nelson
- Design for Scandal as Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair
- Unholy Partners as Merrill Lambert
1940
- Johnny Apollo as Robert Cain Sr.
- The Earl of Chicago as Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey
- Lillian Russell as Diamond Jim Brady
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Jim Taylor
- Man About Town as Sir John Arlington
- Slightly Honorable as Vincent Cushing
- Idiot's Delight as Achille Weber
- Land of Liberty as Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')
- Let Freedom Ring as Jim Knox
1938
- You Can't Take It with You as Anthony P. Kirby
- The Crowd Roars as Jim Cain
1937
- Easy Living as J.B. Ball
- The Toast of New York as Jim Fisk
- Blossoms On Broadway as Ira Collins
- John Meade's Woman as John Meade
1936
- Come and Get It as Barney Glasgow
- Sutter's Gold as Johan (John) Sutter
- Meet Nero Wolfe as Nero Wolfe
1935
- Diamond Jim as Diamond Jim
- Crime and Punishment as Inspector Porfiry
- The Glass Key as Paul Madvig
- Remember Last Night? as Danny Harrison
- Cardinal Richelieu as Louis XIII
- Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak
1934
- Sadie McKee as Brennan
- Madame Spy as Schultz
- Thirty Day Princess as Richard M. Gresham
- Hide-Out as Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy
- The President Vanishes as Secretary of War Wardell
- Wednesday's Child as Ray Phillips
- Million Dollar Ransom as Vincent Shelton
- Unknown Blonde as Frank Rodie
1933
- Duck Soup as Politician (uncredited)
- I'm No Angel as Big Bill Barton
- The Barbarian as Achmed Pasha
- Roman Scandals as Emperor Valerius
- The Life of Jimmy Dolan as Inspector Ennis
- Jennie Gerhardt as Sen. Brander
- The White Sister as Father Saracinesca
- Whistling in the Dark as Dillon
- Secret of the Blue Room as Commissioner Forster
- Her Bodyguard as Orson Bitzer
1932
- Three on a Match as Ace
- Rasputin and the Empress as Doctor Remezov
- Afraid to Talk as Jig Skelli
- Okay, America! as Duke Morgan
- Murder in the Pullman
1924
- He Who Gets Slapped as (uncredited)
1920
- The Cost as Hampden Scarborough
1919
- A Broadway Saint as Mr. Frewen
- Phil-for-Short as Tom Wentworth
1916
- Sherlock Holmes as Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap
- The Misleading Lady as Sidney Parker
- The Return of Eve as Seymour Purchwell
- The Despoiler as Richard Warner
- The Higher Destiny as John Standing
- Vultures of Society as Joseph Gripp