Person Details
Birthday: 1890-02-18 16:31:21
Death: 1956-04-26 16:31:21
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 55
TV Involvements: 4
Most Famous Work
Biography
Edward Arnold was born as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider in 1890, on the Lower East Side of New York City, the son of German immigrants, Elizabeth (Ohse) and Carl Schneider. 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.
Most Famous Work
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery GuestClimax!
(1954) Lieutenant ShipleyStudio One
(1948) Juror #10That's Entertainment!
(1974) (archive footage) (uncredited)He Who Gets Slapped
(1924) Extra (uncredited)All That Money Can Buy
(1941) Daniel WebsterCrime and Punishment
(1935) Inspector PorfiryThree on a Match
(1932) AceActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2013 | Self (archive footage) | |
1988 | Self (archive footage) | |
1984 | Donald Deagle (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
1982 | (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage) | |
1974 | (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
1956 | Oliver Tubbs | |
Ambassador William Fisk | ||
Paul Atlas | ||
1954 | Jock Fathian | |
Lieutenant Shipley | ||
Self | ||
Juror #10 | ||
The Mayor of New York | ||
1953 | J.R. Compton | |
Penrod Biddel | ||
N/A | ||
John Prescott / Mayor Underwood | ||
1952 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
Sam Harper | ||
1951 | N/A | |
Senator Wilkins | ||
1950 | Adm. Homer Thorndyke | |
Pawnee Bill | ||
Martin Creavy | ||
Self - Mystery Guest | ||
1949 | Judge Wilkins | |
Mahoney | ||
Joe Lorgan | ||
Sen. James McKinley | ||
1948 | Congressman Arthur Malcolm | |
Juror #10 | ||
Self - Guest Host | ||
Self | ||
Andrew J. Linnett | ||
Judge Martin O. Abercrombie | ||
Robert Nelson | ||
1947 | David 'Dave' Lash | |
Judge Harry Wilkins | ||
Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe | ||
Mike Glenson | ||
Self | ||
1946 | Theodore Findley | |
Charles Conway | ||
Hobart Canford Stiles | ||
Self | ||
1945 | Martin Edley | |
Capt. Duncan Maclain | ||
Lawyer (segment Pay the Two Dollars) | ||
Lt. Lorrgan | ||
1944 | Amory Stilham | |
The Grand Vizier | ||
Charles Conway | ||
T.J. Todd | ||
1943 | Burton V. Lyons | |
1942 | Duncan 'Mac' Maclain | |
Elliot Fulton | ||
The Devil | ||
1941 | John Benson Farrell | |
Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair | ||
Merrill Lambert | ||
Daniel Webster | ||
T.T. Ralston | ||
James 'Jim' Cork | ||
D.B. Norton | ||
Martin 'Stuff' Nelson | ||
1940 | Diamond Jim Brady | |
Robert Cain Sr. | ||
Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey | ||
1939 | Vincent Cushing | |
Jim Taylor | ||
Sir John Arlington | ||
Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim') | ||
Jim Knox | ||
Achille Weber | ||
1938 | Anthony P. Kirby | |
Jim Cain | ||
1937 | Ira Collins | |
Jim Fisk | ||
J.B. Ball | ||
John Meade | ||
1936 | Barney Glasgow | |
Nero Wolfe | ||
Johan (John) Sutter | ||
1935 | Inspector Porfiry | |
Danny Harrison | ||
Diamond Jim | ||
Paul Madvig | ||
Louis XIII | ||
Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak | ||
1934 | Secretary of War Wardell | |
Ray Phillips | ||
Vincent Shelton | ||
Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy | ||
Richard M. Gresham | ||
Jack Brennan | ||
Frank Rodie | ||
Schultz | ||
1933 | Politician (uncredited) | |
Big Bill Barton | ||
Orson Bitzer | ||
Commissioner Forster | ||
Sen. Brander | ||
Inspector Ennis | ||
Achmed Pasha | ||
Father Saracinesca | ||
Jake Dillon | ||
Emperor Valerius | ||
1932 | Doctor Remezov | |
Jig Skelli | ||
Ace | ||
Duke Morgan | ||
N/A | ||
1924 | Extra (uncredited) | |
1919 | Mr. Frewen | |
Tom Wentworth | ||
1916 | Seymour Purchwell | |
Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap | ||
Sidney Parker | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |