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Edward Arnold

Edward Arnold

Born: 1890-02-17 • New York City, New York, USA

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