Edward G. Robinson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-12-12 (80 years old)

Deathday

1973-01-26

Place of Birth

Bucharest, Romania

Edward G. Robinson

Biography

Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor. Although he played a wide range of characters, he is best remembered for his roles as a gangster, most notably in his star-making film Little Caesar. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward G. Robinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1965

The Cincinnati Kid

as Lancey Howard

1944

Double Indemnity

as Barton Keyes

1991

Movie Tough Guys

as Self (archive footage)

1964

Good Neighbor Sam

as Simon Nurdlinger

1963

The Prize

as Max Stratman/Walter Stratman

1949

House of Strangers

as Gino Monetti

1946

The Stranger

as Federal Agent Wilson

1948

Key Largo

as Johnny Rocco

1947

The Red House

as Pete Morgan

1941

Manpower

as Hank McHenry

1973

Soylent Green

as Sol Roth

1968

Never a Dull Moment

as Leo Joseph Smooth

1948

1954

Black Tuesday

as Vincent Canelli

1940

Brother Orchid

as Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto

1959

A Hole in the Head

as Mario Manetta

1955

A Bullet for Joey

as Raoul Leduc

1932

Two Seconds

as John Allen

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Avery L. 'Larry' Browne

1941

The Sea Wolf

as 'Wolf' Larsen

1938

1931

Little Caesar

as Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka 'Little Caesar'

1936

Bullets or Ballots

as Johnny Blake

1933

The Little Giant

as James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn

1956

Nightmare

as Rene Bressard

1937

The Last Gangster

as Joe Krozac

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

as Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz

1963

Sammy Going South

as Cocky Wainwright

1931

Five Star Final

as Joseph W. Randall

1962

My Geisha

as Sam Lewis

1955

The Violent Men

as Lee Wilkison

1953

The Glass Web

as Henry Hayes

1962

Two Weeks in Another Town

as Maurice Kruger

1948

All My Sons

as Joe Keller

1937

A Day at Santa Anita

as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)

1949

It's a Great Feeling

as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)

1964

Robin and the 7 Hoods

as Big Jim Stevens (uncredited)

1960

Seven Thieves

as Theo Wilkins

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1945

Scarlet Street

as Christopher Cross

1944

The Woman in the Window

as Professor Richard Wanley

1938

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

as Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse

1931

Smart Money

as Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos

1955

Illegal

as Victor Scott

1969

Mackenna's Gold

as Old Adams

1942

Larceny, Inc.

as 'Pressure' Maxwell

1941

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1935

The Whole Town's Talking

as Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion

1937

Kid Galahad

as Nick 'Nicky' Donati

1931

The Stolen Jools

as Gangster

1960

Pepe

as Edward G. Robinson

1932

Silver Dollar

as Yates Martin

1955

Hell on Frisco Bay

as Victor Amato

1934

The Man with Two Faces

as Damon Welles / Jules Chautard

1967

Operation San Pietro

as Joe Ventura

1944

Tampico

as Capt. Bart Manson

1953

Vice Squad

as Capt. 'Barnie' Barnaby

1935

Barbary Coast

as Luis Chamalis

1955

Tight Spot

as Lloyd Hallett

1964

The Outrage

as Con Man

1967

Grand Slam

as Prof. James Anders

1952

Actors and Sin

as Maurice Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)

1941

Unholy Partners

as Bruce Corey

1940

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

as Dr. Paul Ehrlich

1937

Thunder in the City

as Dan Armstrong

1953

Big Leaguer

as John B 'Hans' Lobert

1943

Destroyer

as Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski

1944

Mr. Winkle Goes to War

as Wilbert Winkle

1929

1968

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

as Professor Samuels

1934

Dark Hazard

as Jim 'Buck' Turner

1933

I Loved a Woman

as John Mansfield Hayden

1938

I Am the Law

as John Lindsay

1940

A Dispatch from Reuters

as Paul Julius Reuter

1939

Blackmail

as John R. Ingram

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1939

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as Edward 'Ed' Renard

1945

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

as Martinius Jacobson

1932

Tiger Shark

as Mike Mascarenhas

1930

Outside the Law

as Cobra Collins

1943

Flesh and Fantasy

as Marshall Tyler (segment 2)

1945

Journey Together

as Dean McWilliams

1950

My Daughter Joy

as George Constantin

1932

The Hatchet Man

as Wong Low Get

1930

East Is West

as Charlie Yong

1967

The Blonde from Peking

as CIA Chief Douglas

1930

1970

Song of Norway

as Krogstad

1970

1968

It's Your Move

as Sir George McDowell

1923

The Bright Shawl

as Domingo Escobar

1960

The Right Man

as Theodore Roosevelt

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as Self (archive footage)

1930

The Night Ride

as Tony Garotta

2013

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)

1916

Arms and the Woman

as Factory Worker

2022

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

1969

Operation Heartbeat

as Dr. Lee Forestman

1997

1941

Polo with the Stars

as Self - Watching Polo Match

1947

2001

Pulp Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)

1991

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

as Self (archive footage)

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream

as Self (archive footage)

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1965

Born a Man

as Narrator

2006

Shadows of Suspense

as Self (archive footage)

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