Edward Arnold
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-02-17
Day of Death
1956-04-26 (66 years old)
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.
Known For
Acting
(2013)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
(1987)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1982)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
(1974)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1956)
The Houston Story
as Paul Atlas
(1956)
Miami Exposé
as Oliver Tubbs
(1956)
The Ambassador's Daughter
as Ambassador William Fisk
(1954)
Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #10
(1954)
(1954)
Living It Up
as The Mayor of New York
(1953)
City That Never Sleeps
as Penrod Biddel
(1953)
Man of Conflict
as J.R. Compton
(1952)
Belles on Their Toes
as Sam Harper
(1952)
Ellis in Freedomland
as The Range (voice)
(1951)
Dear Brat
as Senator Wilkins
(1950)
The Yellow Cab Man
as Martin Creavy
(1950)
Annie Get Your Gun
as Pawnee Bill
(1950)
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Adm. Homer Thorndyke
(1949)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Joe Lorgan
(1949)
Big Jack
as Mahoney
(1949)
Dear Wife
as Judge Wilkins
(1949)
John Loves Mary
as Sen. James McKinley
(1948)
Command Decision
as Congressman Arthur Malcolm
(1948)
Three Daring Daughters
as Robert Nelson
(1948)
Big City
as Judge Martin O. Abercrombie
(1948)
Wallflower
as Andrew J. Linnett
(1947)
Blow-Ups of 1947
as Self
(1947)
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe
(1947)
The Hucksters
as David 'Dave' Lash
(1947)
Dear Ruth
as Judge Harry Wilkins
(1947)
The Mighty McGurk
as Mike Glenson
(1946)
No Leave, No Love
as Hobart Canford Stiles
(1946)
Janie Gets Married
as Charles Conway
(1946)
Three Wise Fools
as Theodore Findley
(1946)
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
(1945)
Main Street After Dark
as Lt. Lorrgan
(1945)
Ziegfeld Follies
as Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
(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)
Standing Room Only
as T.J. Todd
(1944)
Kismet
as The Grand Vizier
(1943)
The Youngest Profession
as Burton V. Lyons
(1942)
Inflation
as The Devil
(1942)
Eyes in the Night
as Duncan 'Mac' Maclain
(1942)
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Elliot Fulton
(1941)
Johnny Eager
as John Benson Farrell
(1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne
as James 'Jim' Cork
(1941)
Nothing But the Truth
as T.T. Ralston
(1941)
Meet John Doe
as D.B. Norton
(1941)
Design for Scandal
as Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair
(1941)
Unholy Partners
as Merrill Lambert
(1941)
All That Money Can Buy
as Daniel Webster
(1941)
The Penalty
as Martin 'Stuff' Nelson
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey
(1940)
Johnny Apollo
as Robert Cain Sr.
(1940)
Lillian Russell
as Diamond Jim Brady
(1939)
Let Freedom Ring
as Jim Knox
(1939)
Slightly Honorable
as Vincent Cushing
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Achille Weber
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Jim Taylor
(1939)
Man About Town
as Sir John Arlington
(1939)
Land of Liberty
as Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')
(1938)
The Crowd Roars
as Jim Cain
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Anthony P. Kirby
(1937)
Blossoms On Broadway
as Ira Collins
(1937)
John Meade's Woman
as John Meade
(1937)
Easy Living
as J.B. Ball
(1937)
The Toast of New York
as Jim Fisk
(1936)
Meet Nero Wolfe
as Nero Wolfe
(1936)
Come and Get It
as Barney Glasgow
(1936)
Sutter's Gold
as Johan (John) Sutter
(1935)
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak
(1935)
Cardinal Richelieu
as Louis XIII
(1935)
The Glass Key
as Paul Madvig
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as Diamond Jim
(1935)
Remember Last Night?
as Danny Harrison
(1935)
Crime and Punishment
as Inspector Porfiry
(1934)
Wednesday's Child
as Ray Phillips
(1934)
Hide-Out
as Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy
(1934)
The President Vanishes
as Secretary of War Wardell
(1934)
Madame Spy
as Schultz
(1934)
Million Dollar Ransom
as Vincent Shelton
(1934)
Sadie McKee
as Brennan
(1934)
Thirty Day Princess
as Richard M. Gresham
(1934)
Unknown Blonde
as Frank Rodie
(1933)
Whistling in the Dark
as Dillon
(1933)
Roman Scandals
as Emperor Valerius
(1933)
Duck Soup
as Politician (uncredited)
(1933)
The White Sister
as Father Saracinesca
(1933)
Her Bodyguard
as Orson Bitzer
(1933)
Secret of the Blue Room
as Commissioner Forster
(1933)
Jennie Gerhardt
as Sen. Brander
(1933)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Inspector Ennis
(1933)
The Barbarian
as Achmed Pasha
(1933)
I'm No Angel
as Big Bill Barton
(1932)
Okay, America!
as Duke Morgan
(1932)
Afraid to Talk
as Jig Skelli
(1932)
Rasputin and the Empress
as Doctor Remezov
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Ace
(1932)
(1924)
He Who Gets Slapped
as (uncredited)
(1920)
The Cost
as Hampden Scarborough
(1919)
A Broadway Saint
as Mr. Frewen
(1919)
Phil-for-Short
as Tom Wentworth
(1916)
Sherlock Holmes
as Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap
(1916)
The Misleading Lady
as Sidney Parker
(1916)
The Return of Eve
as Seymour Purchwell
(1916)
The Higher Destiny
as John Standing
(1916)
The Despoiler
as Richard Warner