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Edward G. Robinson

Born 1893-12-12

Died 1973-01-26

📍 Bucharest, Romania

Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor and political activist. 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 (1931). Robinson's career saw a decline during the 1950s Red Scare when he was threatened with blacklisting. Experiencing underemployment, he turned towards minor roles in B movies until he eventually returned to the mainstream by playing one of Moses' adversaries Dathan in Cecil B. DeMille's religious epic The Ten Commandments (1956). He was ranked number 24 in the American Film Institute's list of the 25 greatest male stars of Classic American cinema. Never having been nominated for an Academy Award during his 60-year career, he became a posthumous recipient of an Honorary Oscar in 1973, two months after his death.

Robinson was Jewish and a staunch critic of fascist and Nazi ideologies that were on the rise in the 1930s. He donating more than $250,000 to 850 political and charitable organizations between 1939 and 1949, hosted a gathering at his home to sign a declaration calling for a boycott of all German-made products, frequently appeared at Soviet and American war relief rallies, delivered radio addresses in over six languages to Nazi-occupied European countries, and traveled to Normandy to entertain the troops, becoming the first movie star to go there for the USO. Robin was also an outspoken supporter of the civil rights movement, and regularly campaigned to overcome segregation.

Filmography 148

as Self (archive footage)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

as (archive footage)

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

as Self (archive footage)

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

as Self (archive footage)

Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero

as Self (archive footage)

Frank Capra's American Dream

as Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

as Self (archive footage)

Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

as Self (archive footage)

Movie Tough Guys

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'

Neither by Day Nor by Night

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

as Abraham Goldman

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

as Emile Pulska

The Silent Force

Bracken's World

Operation Heartbeat

as Dr. Lee Forestman

Mackenna's Gold

as Sir George McDowell

Never a Dull Moment

as Leo Joseph Smooth

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

as Professor Samuels

Operation San Pietro

as Prof. James Anders

The Blonde from Peking

as CIA Chief Douglas

Planet of the Apes Test Reel

as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)

The Cincinnati Kid

as Lancey Howard

Cheyenne Autumn

as Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz

Good Neighbor Sam

as Simon Nurdlinger

Robin and the 7 Hoods

as Big Jim Stevens (uncredited)

The Hollywood Palace

as Max Stratman/Walter Stratman

Sammy Going South

as Cocky Wainwright

as Edward G. Robinson

Two Weeks in Another Town

as Maurice Kruger

as Edward G. Robinson

as Theo Wilkins

as Theodore Roosevelt

as Self - Narrator

as 'Big Jim' Riva

A Hole in the Head

as Mario Manetta

The Ten Commandments

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Rene Bressard

The Steve Allen Show

Hell on Frisco Bay

as Victor Amato

as Victor Scott

A Bullet for Joey

as Lloyd Hallett

The Violent Men

as Lee Wilkison

as Vincent Canelli

as Josef Vadassy

A Star Is Born World Premiere

as John B 'Hans' Lobert

as Capt. 'Barnie' Barnaby

General Electric Theater

as Bert Alquist

The Ford Television Theatre

as John Derwent

The Ford Television Theatre

This Is Your Life

as Maurice Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)

My Daughter Joy

as George Constantin

What's My Line?

It's a Great Feeling

as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)

House of Strangers

as Gino Monetti

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

as Johnny Rocco

The Ed Sullivan Show

Blow-Ups of 1947

as Federal Agent Wilson

as Christopher Cross

Journey Together

as Dean McWilliams

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

as Martinius Jacobson

The Woman in the Window

as Professor Richard Wanley

Mr. Winkle Goes to War

as Wilbert Winkle

Double Indemnity

as Barton Keyes

as Capt. Bart Manson

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Flesh and Fantasy

as Marshall Tyler (segment 2)

as Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski

Breakdowns of 1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Larry Browne

as 'Pressure' Maxwell

Moscow Strikes Back

as Narrator (English version) (voice)

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Unholy Partners

as Hank McHenry

as 'Wolf' Larsen

A Dispatch from Reuters

as Paul Julius Reuter

as Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

as Dr. Paul Ehrlich

Breakdowns of 1939

as John R. Ingram

From the Ends of the Earth

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as Edward 'Ed' Renard

as John Lindsay

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

as Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse

A Slight Case of Murder

The Last Gangster

as Nick 'Nicky' Donati

A Day at Santa Anita

as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)

Thunder in the City

as Dan Armstrong

Breakdowns of 1936

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Bullets or Ballots

as Johnny Blake

as Luis Chamalis

The Whole Town's Talking

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

The Man with Two Faces

as Damon Welles / Jules Chautard

as Jim 'Buck' Turner

I Loved a Woman

as John Mansfield Hayden

The Little Giant

as James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn

as Yates Martin

as Mike Mascarenhas

The Hatchet Man

as Wong Low Get

Five Star Final

as Joseph W. Randall

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'

as Self - Golfer (uncredited)

as Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos

Round About Hollywood

The Stolen Jools

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

The Widow from Chicago

as Charlie Yong

Outside the Law

as Cobra Collins

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

Every Woman's Longing

as Tony Garotta

The Hole in the Wall

The Bright Shawl

as Domingo Escobar

Arms and the Woman

as Factory Worker