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Edward Arnold

Edward Arnold

Birthday: 1890-02-18 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1956
The Ambassador's Daughter

as    Ambassador William Fisk

1956
The Houston Story

as    Paul Atlas

1954
Living It Up

as    The Mayor of New York

1950
The Yellow Cab Man

as    Martin Creavy

1950
Annie Get Your Gun

as    Pawnee Bill

1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game

as    Joe Lorgan

1949
Dear Wife

as    Judge Wilkins

1949
Big Jack

as    Mahoney

1948
Three Daring Daughters

as    Robert Nelson

1947
The Hucksters

as    David 'Dave' Lash

1947
Dear Ruth

as    Judge Harry Wilkins

1946
No Leave, No Love

as    Hobart Canford Stiles

1945
The Hidden Eye

as    Capt. Duncan Maclain

1945
Week-End at the Waldorf

as    Martin Edley

1944
Mrs. Parkington

as    Amory Stilham

1944
Janie

as    Charles Conway

1944
Kismet

as    The Grand Vizier

1943
The Youngest Profession

as    Burton V. Lyons

1942
Eyes in the Night

as    Duncan 'Mac' Maclain

1942
Inflation

as    The Devil

1941
Meet John Doe

as    D.B. Norton

1941
All That Money Can Buy

as    Daniel Webster

1941
The Lady from Cheyenne

as    James 'Jim' Cork

1941
Johnny Eager

as    John Benson Farrell

1941
Design for Scandal

as    Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair

1941
The Penalty

as    Martin 'Stuff' Nelson

1941
Unholy Partners

as    Merrill Lambert

1940
Lillian Russell

as    Diamond Jim Brady

1940
Johnny Apollo

as    Robert Cain Sr.

1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as    Jim Taylor