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 Ed Kingman
- 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
- He's a Cockeyed Wonder as J.B. Caldwell
- The Sun Sets at Dawn as Reporter, Globe Express
1949
- Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture as Pop Gerard
- Any Number Can Play as Joe Josephs (uncredited)
- Bride for Sale as Dobbs
- Masked Raiders as Dr. Nichols
1948
- Hollow Triumph as Coblenz
- The Boy with Green Hair as Mr. Hammond
- Sitting Pretty as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
- Big Town Scandal as Amos Peabody
- Michael O'Halloran as Doc Douglas Bruce
1947
- High Wall as Sidney X. Hackle
- My Favorite Brunette as Crawford
- Fall Guy as Uncle Jim Grossett
- Calendar Girl as Olsen
- Big Town After Dark as Amos Peabody
- Saddle Pals as William Schooler
1946
- Somewhere in the Night as Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)
- Without Reservations as Salesman
- The Hoodlum Saint as Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary
- Behind Green Lights as Daniel Boone Wintergreen
- Big Town as Amos Peabody
- That Brennan Girl as Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband
- Just Before Dawn as Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited)
- Miss Susie Slagle's as Mr. Johnson
- Cinderella Jones as Mahoney
- Blondie's Lucky Day as Mayor Richard Denby
1945
- Christmas in Connecticut as Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)
- Sudan as Khafra
- She Wouldn't Say Yes as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Pardon My Past as Clothes Salesman
- The Crime Doctor's Courage as Butler
- Strange Illusion as Professor Muhlbach
- Dangerous Intruder as Max Ducone
- The Girl of the Limberlost as Hodges
1944
- Up in Arms as Mr. Higginbotham
- The Seventh Cross as Herr Binder (uncredited)
- Once Upon a Time as Fred Stacy (uncredited)
- Double Exposure as Sonny Tucker
- Greenwich Village as Author
- Dangerous Passage as Daniel
- Roaring Guns as Colonel Chris Ferris
- The Impatient Years as Marriage Clerk
- Three Little Sisters as Ezra Larkin
- Gambler's Choice as Honest John McGrady
- My Pal, Wolf as Papa Eisdaar
1943
- In Old Oklahoma as Joe, the Train Conductor
- Gangway for Tomorrow as Jim Benson
- Young Ideas as Station Master (uncredited)
- Gildersleeve's Bad Day as Judge Horace Hooker
- Henry Aldrich Swings It as Boyle
1942
- This Gun for Hire as Male Dressmaker
- Reunion in France as Honoré
- The Lady Has Plans as Pooly
- Take a Letter, Darling as Fud Newton
- The Great Gildersleeve as Judge Horace Hooker
- That Other Woman as Bailey
- Twin Beds as Manager
- Young America as Principal Rice
1941
- Ball of Fire as McNeary
- Great Guns as Doctor
- Pot o' Gold as Parks (butler)
- Hold Back the Dawn as Mr. MacAdams
- Blossoms in the Dust as G. Harrington Hedger
- Paris Calling as Nazi Lt. Lantz
- Play Girl as Grady (uncredited)
- We Go Fast as Refrigerator Salesman
- Mr. District Attorney as Herman Winkle
- Dressed to Kill as Hal Brennon
- 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
- Little Men as Drunk in Medicine Show
- We Who Are Young as Eckman (uncredited)
- Dr. Kildare's Crisis as Mr. Stubbins, Man with Pain
- Buyer Beware as Les Carter (uncredited)
1937
- Angel's Holiday as Ralph Everett
- Swing High, Swing Low as Georgie Herman
- It Happened in Hollywood as Jed Reed
1936
- After the Thin Man as Drunk (uncredited)
- And Sudden Death as Archie Sloan
- The Witness Chair as Mr. Henshaw
- Rhythm on the Range as Dining Car Steward
- Wedding Present
- Sinner Take All as Lampier's Secretary (uncredited)
- College Holiday as Ticket Clerk
1935
- Two for Tonight as Benny
- She Married Her Boss as Victor Jessup
- Stolen Harmony as Clem Walters
- Spring Night as The Father
1934
- Ready for Love as Sam Gardner
- Here Is My Heart as Higgins
- Ladies Should Listen as Albert, the manservant
1933
- Roman Scandals as Caius - the Food Taster (uncredited)