George Arliss

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1868-04-09 (78 years old)

Deathday

1946-02-05

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

George Arliss

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Arliss (10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929), as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour.

Acting

1937

Doctor Syn

as Dr Syn

1929

Disraeli

as Benjamin Disraeli

1934

The House of Rothschild

as Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild

1933

The Working Man

as John Reeves alias John Walton

1930

1932

The Man Who Played God

as Montgomery Royle

1932

A Successful Calamity

as Henry Wilton

1933

The King's Vacation

as Phillip, the King

1934

The Last Gentleman

as Cabot Barr

1933

Voltaire

as Voltaire

1931

The Millionaire

as James Alden

1931

Alexander Hamilton

as Alexander Hamilton

1936

His Lordship

as Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster

1930

Old English

as Sylvanus Heythorp

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as Self (archive footage)

1931

Impressions of Disraeli

as Benjamin Disraeli

1935

Cardinal Richelieu

as Cardinal Richelieu

1921

The Devil

as Dr. Müller

1939

Land of Liberty

as Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')

1934

The Iron Duke

as Duke of Wellington

1935

The Tunnel

as Prime Minister of Great Britain

1940

The Eternal Jew

as Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)

1923

The Green Goddess

as Rajah of Rukh

1935

The Guv'nor

as François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor

1936

East Meets West

as Sultan of Rungay

1921

Disraeli

as Benjamin Disraeli

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self (archive footage)

1924

Twenty Dollars a Week

as John Reeves

1943

The Voice That Thrilled the World

as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1922

The Man Who Played God

as Montgomery Royle

Production

1931

1922

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