Charles Arnt

Born: 1906-08-20 in Michigan City, Indiana, USA

Died: 1990-08-06

Known For: Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Filmography

1962

Sweet Bird of Youth as Mayor Henricks

1961

Wild in the Country as Mr. Parsons (uncredited)

1960

Harrigan and Son as Sweetzer

1959

Hawaiian Eye as Fleems
Black Saddle as Burnett
Bourbon Street Beat as Jeff Marshall
The Miracle of the Hills as Fuzzy

1958

The Rifleman as Wes Tippert
The Texan as Old Man Blackston
The Ed Wynn Show as Mr. Lagenauer
Flood Tide as Mr. Appleby

1957

Maverick as Charlie Mason
Sugarfoot as Judge Lawson
The Thin Man

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Wes Tippert
The Gale Storm Show as Mr. Sneed

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mayor

1954

Lassie as Ralph Trumble

1953

The Veils of Bagdad as Zapolya
The Great Sioux Uprising as Gist

1950

The Man Who Cheated Himself as Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet)
Wabash Avenue as Horace Carter
The Sun Sets at Dawn as Reporter, Globe Express
He's a Cockeyed Wonder as J.B. Caldwell

1949

Bride for Sale as Dobbs
Any Number Can Play as Joe Josephs (uncredited)
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture as Pop Gerard
Masked Raiders as Dr. Nichols

1948

The Boy with Green Hair as Mr. Hammond
Hollow Triumph as Coblenz
Sitting Pretty as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
Big Town Scandal as Amos Peabody
Michael O'Halloran as Doc Douglas Bruce

1947

My Favorite Brunette as Crawford
Saddle Pals as William Schooler
High Wall as Sidney X. Hackle
Big Town After Dark as Amos Peabody
Fall Guy as Uncle Jim Grossett
Calendar Girl as Olsen

1946

Without Reservations as Salesman
Somewhere in the Night as Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint as Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary
That Brennan Girl as Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband
Blondie's Lucky Day as Mayor Richard Denby
Behind Green Lights as Daniel Boone Wintergreen (uncredited)
Miss Susie Slagle's as Mr. Johnson
Cinderella Jones as Mahoney
Just Before Dawn as Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited)
Big Town as Amos Peabody

1945

Christmas in Connecticut as Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor's Courage as Butler
Pardon My Past as Clothes Salesman
She Wouldn't Say Yes as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Sudan as Khafra
Dangerous Intruder as Max Ducone
Strange Illusion as Professor Muhlbach
The Girl of the Limberlost as Hodges

1944

The Seventh Cross as Herr Binder (uncredited)
Greenwich Village as Author
Once Upon a Time as Fred Stacy (uncredited)
Up in Arms as Mr. Higginbotham
The Impatient Years as Marriage Clerk
Double Exposure as Sonny Tucker
Roaring Guns as Colonel Chris Ferris
Gambler's Choice as Honest John McGrady
My Pal, Wolf as Papa Eisdaar
Dangerous Passage as Daniel
Three Little Sisters as Ezra Larkin

1943

In Old Oklahoma as Joe, the Train Conductor
Young Ideas as Station Master (uncredited)
Gildersleeve's Bad Day as Judge Horace Hooker
Gangway for Tomorrow as Jim Benson
Henry Aldrich Swings It as Boyle

1942

This Gun for Hire as Male Dressmaker
Reunion in France as Honoré
That Other Woman as Bailey
Twin Beds as Manager
The Great Gildersleeve as Judge Horace Hooker
The Lady Has Plans as Pooly
Young America as Principal Rice
Take a Letter, Darling as Fud Newton

1941

Ball of Fire as McNeary
Hold Back the Dawn as Mr. MacAdams
Pot o' Gold as Parks (butler)
Blossoms in the Dust as G. Harrington Hedger
Mr. District Attorney as Herman Winkle
Paris Calling as Nazi Lt. Lantz
Great Guns as Doctor
Dressed to Kill as Hal Brennon
Play Girl as Grady (uncredited)
We Go Fast as Refrigerator Salesman
Marry the Boss's Daughter as Blodgett

1940

The Shop Around the Corner as Policeman (uncredited)
Remember the Night as Tom
I Love You Again as Mr. Billings
Buyer Beware as Les Carter (uncredited)
Little Men as Drunk in Medicine Show
We Who Are Young as Eckman (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare's Crisis as Mr. Stubbins, Man with Pain

1937

Swing High, Swing Low as Georgie
Angel's Holiday as Ralph Everett
It Happened in Hollywood as Jed Reed

1936

After the Thin Man as Drunk (uncredited)
Sinner Take All as Lampier's Secretary (uncredited)
Wedding Present
College Holiday as Ticket Clerk
Rhythm on the Range as Dining Car Steward
And Sudden Death as Archie Sloan
The Witness Chair as Mr. Henshaw

1935

She Married Her Boss as Victor Jessup
Two for Tonight as Benny
Stolen Harmony as Clem Walters
Spring Night as The Father

1934

Ladies Should Listen as Albert
Here Is My Heart as Higgins
Ready for Love as Sam Gardner

1933

Roman Scandals as Caius - the Food Taster (uncredited)