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)
(1988)
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 Ambassador's Daughter
as Ambassador William Fisk
(1956)
The Houston Story
as Paul Atlas
(1956)
Miami Exposé
as Oliver Tubbs
(1954)
Living It Up
as The Mayor of New York
(1954)
Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #10
(1954)
(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)
Annie Get Your Gun
as Pawnee Bill
(1950)
The Yellow Cab Man
as Martin Creavy
(1950)
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Adm. Homer Thorndyke
(1949)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Joe Lorgan
(1949)
Dear Wife
as Judge Wilkins
(1949)
Big Jack
as Mahoney
(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)
The Hucksters
as David 'Dave' Lash
(1947)
The Mighty McGurk
as Mike Glenson
(1947)
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe
(1947)
Dear Ruth
as Judge Harry Wilkins
(1947)
Blow-Ups of 1947
as Self
(1946)
Three Wise Fools
as Theodore Findley
(1946)
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
(1946)
Janie Gets Married
as Charles Conway
(1946)
No Leave, No Love
as Hobart Canford Stiles
(1945)
Ziegfeld Follies
as Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
(1945)
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Martin Edley
(1945)
The Hidden Eye
as Capt. Duncan Maclain
(1945)
Main Street After Dark
as Lt. Lorrgan
(1944)
Kismet
as The Grand Vizier
(1944)
Mrs. Parkington
as Amory Stilham
(1944)
Janie
as Charles Conway
(1944)
Standing Room Only
as T.J. Todd
(1943)
The Youngest Profession
as Burton V. Lyons
(1942)
Eyes in the Night
as Duncan 'Mac' Maclain
(1942)
Inflation
as The Devil
(1942)
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Elliot Fulton
(1941)
Meet John Doe
as D.B. Norton
(1941)
Nothing But the Truth
as T.T. Ralston
(1941)
Johnny Eager
as John Benson Farrell
(1941)
All That Money Can Buy
as Daniel Webster
(1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne
as James 'Jim' Cork
(1941)
Design for Scandal
as Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair
(1941)
Unholy Partners
as Merrill Lambert
(1941)
The Penalty
as Martin 'Stuff' Nelson
(1940)
Lillian Russell
as Diamond Jim Brady
(1940)
Johnny Apollo
as Robert Cain Sr.
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Jim Taylor
(1939)
Man About Town
as Sir John Arlington
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Achille Weber
(1939)
Let Freedom Ring
as Jim Knox
(1939)
Slightly Honorable
as Vincent Cushing
(1939)
Land of Liberty
as Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Anthony P. Kirby
(1938)
The Crowd Roars
as Jim Cain
(1937)
Easy Living
as J.B. Ball
(1937)
The Toast of New York
as Jim Fisk
(1937)
Blossoms On Broadway
as Ira Collins
(1937)
John Meade's Woman
as John Meade
(1936)
Come and Get It
as Barney Glasgow
(1936)
Sutter's Gold
as Johan (John) Sutter
(1936)
Meet Nero Wolfe
as Nero Wolfe
(1935)
Crime and Punishment
as Inspector Porfiry
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as Diamond Jim
(1935)
Cardinal Richelieu
as Louis XIII
(1935)
Remember Last Night?
as Danny Harrison
(1935)
The Glass Key
as Paul Madvig
(1935)
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak
(1934)
Thirty Day Princess
as Richard M. Gresham
(1934)
The President Vanishes
as Secretary of War Wardell
(1934)
Sadie McKee
as Brennan
(1934)
Hide-Out
as Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy
(1934)
Wednesday's Child
as Ray Phillips
(1934)
Million Dollar Ransom
as Vincent Shelton
(1934)
Madame Spy
as Schultz
(1934)
Unknown Blonde
as Frank Rodie
(1933)
Duck Soup
as Politician (uncredited)
(1933)
I'm No Angel
as Big Bill Barton
(1933)
The Barbarian
as Achmed Pasha
(1933)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Inspector Ennis
(1933)
Roman Scandals
as Emperor Valerius
(1933)
Secret of the Blue Room
as Commissioner Forster
(1933)
Jennie Gerhardt
as Sen. Brander
(1933)
Whistling in the Dark
as Dillon
(1933)
The White Sister
as Father Saracinesca
(1933)
Her Bodyguard
as Orson Bitzer
(1932)
Afraid to Talk
as Jig Skelli
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Ace
(1932)
Rasputin and the Empress
as Doctor Remezov
(1932)
Okay, America!
as Duke Morgan
(1932)
(1924)
He Who Gets Slapped
as (uncredited)
(1920)
The Cost
as Hampden Scarborough
(1919)
Phil-for-Short
as Tom Wentworth
(1919)
A Broadway Saint
as Mr. Frewen
(1916)
Sherlock Holmes
as Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap
(1916)
The Misleading Lady
as Sidney Parker
(1916)
The Higher Destiny
as John Standing
(1916)
The Despoiler
as Richard Warner
(1916)
The Return of Eve
as Seymour Purchwell