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Edward Arnold

Acting

Born February 17, 1890 · New York City, New York, USA

Died April 26, 1956

Also known as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider

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.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1960

Filmography45 titles

Twelve Angry Men

1954as Juror #10

Big City

1948as Judge Martin O. Abercrombie

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939as Jim Taylor

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997as Self (archive footage)

He Who Gets Slapped

1924as (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You

1938as Anthony P. Kirby

That's Entertainment!

1974as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Meet John Doe

1941as D.B. Norton

Nothing But the Truth

1941as T.T. Ralston

Duck Soup

1933as Politician (uncredited)

The Hucksters

1947as David 'Dave' Lash

Easy Living

1937as J.B. Ball

What's My Line?

1950as Self

The Devil and Daniel Webster

1941as Daniel Webster

Sadie McKee

1934as Brennan

The Yellow Cab Man

1950as Martin Creavy

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Let Freedom Ring

1939as Jim Knox

Come and Get It

1936as Barney Glasgow

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982as (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)

Annie Get Your Gun

1950as Pawnee Bill

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

1949as Joe Lorgan

Lillian Russell

1940as Diamond Jim Brady

Command Decision

1948as Congressman Arthur Malcolm

Living It Up

1954as The Mayor of New York

Week-End at the Waldorf

1945as Martin Edley

I'm No Angel

1933as Big Bill Barton

Dear Wife

1949as Judge Wilkins

Three on a Match

1932as Ace

Sherlock Holmes

1916as Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap

The Toast of New York

1937as Jim Fisk

Eyes in the Night

1942as Duncan 'Mac' Maclain

City That Never Sleeps

1953as Penrod Biddel

Ziegfeld Follies

1945as Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")

Mrs. Parkington

1944as Amory Stilham

Three Daring Daughters

1948as Robert Nelson

Roman Scandals

1933as Emperor Valerius

Kismet

1944as The Grand Vizier

Rasputin and the Empress

1932as Doctor Remezov

Slightly Honorable

1939as Vincent Cushing

John Loves Mary

1949as Sen. James McKinley

The Youngest Profession

1943as Burton V. Lyons

The Ambassador's Daughter

1956as Ambassador William Fisk

Cavalcade of America

Dear Brat

1951as Senator Wilkins