Actor
· Acting
Edward Arnold
Born 1890-02-17
Died 1956-04-26
📍 New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography 121
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
1982
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Miami Exposé
as Oliver Tubbs
1956
The Ambassador's Daughter
as Ambassador William Fisk
1956
The Houston Story
as Paul Atlas
1956
MGM Parade
1955
Climax!
as Jock Fathian
1954
Climax!
as Lieutenant Shipley
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #10
1954
Living It Up
as The Mayor of New York
1954
City That Never Sleeps
as Penrod Biddel
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
General Electric Theater
as John Prescott / Mayor Underwood
1953
Cavalcade of America
1952
Ellis in Freedomland
as The Range (voice)
1952
Belles on Their Toes
as Sam Harper
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Dear Brat
as Senator Wilkins
1951
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Adm. Homer Thorndyke
1950
Annie Get Your Gun
as Pawnee Bill
1950
The Yellow Cab Man
as Martin Creavy
1950
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
Dear Wife
as Judge Wilkins
1949
Big Jack
as Mahoney
1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Joe Lorgan
1949
John Loves Mary
as Sen. James McKinley
1949
Command Decision
as Congressman Arthur Malcolm
1948
Studio One
as Juror #10
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Wallflower
as Andrew J. Linnett
1948
Big City
as Judge Martin O. Abercrombie
1948
Three Daring Daughters
as Robert Nelson
1948
Blow-Ups of 1947
as Self
1947
The Hucksters
as David 'Dave' Lash
1947
Dear Ruth
as Judge Harry Wilkins
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe
1947
The Mighty McGurk
as Mike Glenson
1947
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
1946
Three Wise Fools
as Theodore Findley
1946
Janie Gets Married
as Charles Conway
1946
No Leave, No Love
as Hobart Canford Stiles
1946
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Martin Edley
1945
The Hidden Eye
as Capt. Duncan Maclain
1945
Ziegfeld Follies
as Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
1945
Main Street After Dark
as Lt. Lorrgan
1945
Mrs. Parkington
as Amory Stilham
1944
Kismet
as The Grand Vizier
1944
Janie
as Charles Conway
1944
Standing Room Only
as T.J. Todd
1944
The Youngest Profession
as Burton V. Lyons
1943
Eyes in the Night
as Duncan 'Mac' Maclain
1942
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Elliot Fulton
1942
Inflation
as The Devil
1942
Johnny Eager
as John Benson Farrell
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
Nothing but the Truth
as T.T. Ralston
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
as James 'Jim' Cork
1941
Meet John Doe
as D.B. Norton
1941
The Penalty
as Martin 'Stuff' Nelson
1941
Lillian Russell
as Diamond Jim Brady
1940
Johnny Apollo
as Robert Cain Sr.
1940
The Earl of Chicago
as Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey
1940
Slightly Honorable
as Vincent Cushing
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')
1939
Let Freedom Ring
as Jim Knox
1939
Idiot's Delight
as Achille Weber
1939
You Can't Take It with You
as Anthony P. Kirby
1938
The Crowd Roars
as Jim Cain
1938
Blossoms On Broadway
as Ira Collins
1937
The Toast of New York
as Jim Fisk
1937
Easy Living
as J.B. Ball
1937
John Meade's Woman
as John Meade
1937
Come and Get It
as Barney Glasgow
1936
Meet Nero Wolfe
as Nero Wolfe
1936
Sutter's Gold
as Johan (John) Sutter
1936
Crime and Punishment
as Inspector Porfiry
1935
Remember Last Night?
as Danny Harrison
1935
Diamond Jim
as Diamond Jim
1935
The Glass Key
as Paul Madvig
1935
Cardinal Richelieu
as Louis XIII
1935
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak
1935
The President Vanishes
as Secretary of War Wardell
1934
Wednesday's Child
as Ray Phillips
1934
Million Dollar Ransom
as Vincent Shelton
1934
Hide-Out
as Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy
1934
Thirty Day Princess
as Richard M. Gresham
1934
Sadie McKee
as Brennan
1934
Unknown Blonde
as Frank Rodie
1934
Madame Spy
as Schultz
1934
Roman Scandals
as Emperor Valerius
1933
Duck Soup
as Politician (uncredited)
1933
I'm No Angel
as Big Bill Barton
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
The White Sister
as Father Saracinesca
1933
Whistling in the Dark
as Dillon
1933
Rasputin and the Empress
as Doctor Remezov
1932
Afraid to Talk
as Jig Skelli
1932
Three on a Match
as Ace
1932
Okay, America!
as Duke Morgan
1932
Murder in the Pullman
1932
He Who Gets Slapped
as (uncredited)
1924
The Cost
as Hampden Scarborough
1920
A Broadway Saint
as Mr. Frewen
1919
Phil-for-Short
as Tom Wentworth
1919
The Return of Eve
as Seymour Purchwell
1916
The Higher Destiny
as John Standing
1916
Sherlock Holmes
as Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap
1916
The Misleading Lady
as Sidney Parker
1916