Edward Arnold

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-02-17 (66 years old)

Deathday

1956-04-26

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Edward Arnold

Biography

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.

Acting

1950

Annie Get Your Gun

as Pawnee Bill

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)

1941

Meet John Doe

as D.B. Norton

1938

You Can't Take It with You

as Anthony P. Kirby

1956

The Houston Story

as Paul Atlas

1953

City That Never Sleeps

as Penrod Biddel

1933

I'm No Angel

as Big Bill Barton

1941

Johnny Eager

as John Benson Farrell

1941

All That Money Can Buy

as Daniel Webster

1956

Miami Exposé

as Oliver Tubbs

1935

The Glass Key

as Paul Madvig

1933

Roman Scandals

as Emperor Valerius

1945

Ziegfeld Follies

as Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")

1944

Kismet

as The Grand Vizier

1939

Idiot's Delight

as Achille Weber

1934

Sadie McKee

as Brennan

1935

Crime and Punishment

as Inspector Porfiry

1934

Hide-Out

as Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy

1940

Johnny Apollo

as Robert Cain Sr.

1944

Mrs. Parkington

as Amory Stilham

1937

1937

Easy Living

as J.B. Ball

1932

Okay, America!

as Duke Morgan

1952

1934

Thirty Day Princess

as Richard M. Gresham

1942

Eyes in the Night

as Duncan 'Mac' Maclain

1935

Remember Last Night?

as Danny Harrison

1936

Come and Get It

as Barney Glasgow

1941

Unholy Partners

as Merrill Lambert

1945

1941

Design for Scandal

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

1941

Nothing But the Truth

as T.T. Ralston

1945

The Hidden Eye

as Capt. Duncan Maclain

1942

1947

The Hucksters

as David 'Dave' Lash

1945

1950

The Yellow Cab Man

as Martin Creavy

1946

No Leave, No Love

as Hobart Canford Stiles

1916

The Misleading Lady

as Sidney Parker

1916

The Return of Eve

as Seymour Purchwell

1949

Dear Wife

as Judge Wilkins

1947

Dear Ruth

as Judge Harry Wilkins

1947

The Mighty McGurk

as Mike Glenson

1943

The Youngest Profession

as Burton V. Lyons

1939

Slightly Honorable

as Vincent Cushing

1948

Three Daring Daughters

as Robert Nelson

1940

The Earl of Chicago

as Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey

1933

Secret of the Blue Room

as Commissioner Forster

1941

The Lady from Cheyenne

as James 'Jim' Cork

1935

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

as Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak

1933

The White Sister

as Father Saracinesca

1947

My Brother Talks to Horses

as Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe

1951

Dear Brat

as Senator Wilkins

1936

Meet Nero Wolfe

as Nero Wolfe

1940

Lillian Russell

as Diamond Jim Brady

1948

Wallflower

as Andrew J. Linnett

1933

Jennie Gerhardt

as Sen. Brander

1939

Let Freedom Ring

as Jim Knox

1949

Big Jack

as Mahoney

1937

Blossoms On Broadway

as Ira Collins

1952

Ellis in Freedomland

as The Range (voice)

1944

Janie

as Charles Conway

1946

Janie Gets Married

as Charles Conway

1934

Wednesday's Child

as Ray Phillips

1944

Standing Room Only

as T.J. Todd

1946

Three Wise Fools

as Theodore Findley

1948

Big City

as Judge Martin O. Abercrombie

1942

Inflation

as The Devil

1937

John Meade's Woman

as John Meade

1939

Man About Town

as Sir John Arlington

1933

The Barbarian

as Achmed Pasha

1936

Sutter's Gold

as Johan (John) Sutter

1938

The Crowd Roars

as Jim Cain

1932

Rasputin and the Empress

as Doctor Remezov

1935

Cardinal Richelieu

as Louis XIII

1935

Diamond Jim

as Diamond Jim

1949

John Loves Mary

as Sen. James McKinley

1939

Land of Liberty

as Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')

1924

He Who Gets Slapped

as (uncredited)

2013

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)

1933

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

as Inspector Ennis

1934

The President Vanishes

as Secretary of War Wardell

1948

Command Decision

as Congressman Arthur Malcolm

1934

Million Dollar Ransom

as Vincent Shelton

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941

The Penalty

as Martin 'Stuff' Nelson

1997

1950

The Skipper Surprised His Wife

as Adm. Homer Thorndyke

1916

Sherlock Holmes

as Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap

1933

Duck Soup

as Politician (uncredited)

1954

Twelve Angry Men

as Juror #10

1954

Living It Up

as The Mayor of New York

1956

The Ambassador's Daughter

as Ambassador William Fisk

1934

Madame Spy

as Schultz

1947

1932

Afraid to Talk

as Jig Skelli

1934

Unknown Blonde

as Frank Rodie

1919

Phil-for-Short

as Tom Wentworth

1946

1933

Her Bodyguard

as Orson Bitzer

1953

Man of Conflict

as J.R. Compton

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1919

A Broadway Saint

as Mr. Frewen

1920

The Cost

as Hampden Scarborough

1916

The Higher Destiny

as John Standing

1916

The Despoiler

as Richard Warner

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