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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 17, 1890
Died
April 26, 1956
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider
Edward Arnold
0.5 Popularity
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
5.5
Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
2008
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997
6.0
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988
6.6
(in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
7.3
(archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
1974
5.3
Oliver Tubbs
Miami Exposé
1956
4.3
Ambassador William Fisk
The Ambassador's Daughter
1956
5.5
Paul Atlas
The Houston Story
1956
3.3
Jock Fathian
Climax!
1954
Credits
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.5
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
7.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1988
6.0
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
1982
6.6
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
7.3
Miami Exposé
as Oliver Tubbs
1956
5.3
The Ambassador's Daughter
as Ambassador William Fisk
1956
4.3
The Houston Story
as Paul Atlas
1956
5.5
Climax!
as Jock Fathian
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Lieutenant Shipley
1954
3.3
🎬
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
8.0
Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #10
1954
7.9
Living It Up
as The Mayor of New York
1954
6.4
Man of Conflict
as J.R. Compton
1953
5.0
City That Never Sleeps
as Penrod Biddel
1953
6.0
General Electric Theater
1953
6.3
General Electric Theater
as John Prescott / Mayor Underwood
1953
6.3
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
Ellis in Freedomland
as The Range (voice)
1952
0.0
Belles on Their Toes
as Sam Harper
1952
6.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
8.6
Dear Brat
as Senator Wilkins
1951
4.0
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Adm. Homer Thorndyke
1950
4.7
Annie Get Your Gun
as Pawnee Bill
1950
6.8
The Yellow Cab Man
as Martin Creavy
1950
6.3
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Dear Wife
as Judge Wilkins
1949
6.0
Big Jack
as Mahoney
1949
6.0
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Joe Lorgan
1949
6.7
John Loves Mary
as Sen. James McKinley
1949
4.8
Command Decision
as Congressman Arthur Malcolm
1948
6.4
Studio One
as Juror #10
1948
5.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Wallflower
as Andrew J. Linnett
1948
6.0
Big City
as Judge Martin O. Abercrombie
1948
7.2
Three Daring Daughters
as Robert Nelson
1948
5.7
Blow-Ups of 1947
as Self
1947
6.3
The Hucksters
as David 'Dave' Lash
1947
6.9
Dear Ruth
as Judge Harry Wilkins
1947
6.6
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe
1947
6.0
The Mighty McGurk
as Mike Glenson
1947
6.4
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
1946
6.0
Three Wise Fools
as Theodore Findley
1946
5.0
Janie Gets Married
as Charles Conway
1946
6.0
No Leave, No Love
as Hobart Canford Stiles
1946
6.0
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Martin Edley
1945
6.0
The Hidden Eye
as Capt. Duncan Maclain
1945
7.6
Ziegfeld Follies
as Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
1945
6.0
Main Street After Dark
as Lt. Lorrgan
1945
4.8
Mrs. Parkington
as Amory Stilham
1944
6.1
Kismet
as The Grand Vizier
1944
5.0
Janie
as Charles Conway
1944
5.5
Standing Room Only
as T.J. Todd
1944
5.0
The Youngest Profession
as Burton V. Lyons
1943
5.2
Eyes in the Night
as Duncan 'Mac' Maclain
1942
5.9
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Elliot Fulton
1942
5.2
Inflation
as The Devil
1942
5.0
Johnny Eager
as John Benson Farrell
1941
6.1
Design for Scandal
as Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair
1941
5.2
Unholy Partners
as Merrill Lambert
1941
7.0
All That Money Can Buy
as Daniel Webster
1941
7.0
Nothing But the Truth
as T.T. Ralston
1941
7.1
The Lady from Cheyenne
as James 'Jim' Cork
1941
5.2
Meet John Doe
as D.B. Norton
1941
7.3
The Penalty
as Martin 'Stuff' Nelson
1941
6.0
Lillian Russell
as Diamond Jim Brady
1940
6.1
Johnny Apollo
as Robert Cain Sr.
1940
6.8
The Earl of Chicago
as Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey
1940
5.6
Slightly Honorable
as Vincent Cushing
1939
4.7
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Jim Taylor
1939
7.9
Man About Town
as Sir John Arlington
1939
4.5
Land of Liberty
as Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')
1939
0.0
Let Freedom Ring
as Jim Knox
1939
6.0
Idiot's Delight
as Achille Weber
1939
6.1
You Can't Take It with You
as Anthony P. Kirby
1938
7.5
The Crowd Roars
as Jim Cain
1938
6.5
Blossoms On Broadway
as Ira Collins
1937
4.0
The Toast of New York
as Jim Fisk
1937
5.8
Easy Living
as J.B. Ball
1937
7.0
John Meade's Woman
as John Meade
1937
0.0
Come and Get It
as Barney Glasgow
1936
6.8
Meet Nero Wolfe
as Nero Wolfe
1936
6.5
Sutter's Gold
as Johan (John) Sutter
1936
0.0
Crime and Punishment
as Inspector Porfiry
1935
6.5
Remember Last Night?
as Danny Harrison
1935
4.6
Diamond Jim
as Diamond Jim
1935
6.0
The Glass Key
as Paul Madvig
1935
6.4
Cardinal Richelieu
as Louis XIII
1935
7.4
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak
1935
6.3
The President Vanishes
as Secretary of War Wardell
1934
7.0
Wednesday's Child
as Ray Phillips
1934
3.0
Million Dollar Ransom
as Vincent Shelton
1934
0.0
Hide-Out
as Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy
1934
6.9
Thirty Day Princess
as Richard M. Gresham
1934
6.8
Sadie McKee
as Brennan
1934
7.0
Unknown Blonde
as Frank Rodie
1934
1.0
Madame Spy
as Schultz
1934
6.0
Roman Scandals
as Emperor Valerius
1933
6.0
Duck Soup
as Politician (uncredited)
1933
7.3
I'm No Angel
as Big Bill Barton
1933
6.4
Her Bodyguard
as Orson Bitzer
1933
0.0
Secret of the Blue Room
as Commissioner Forster
1933
5.6
Jennie Gerhardt
as Sen. Brander
1933
4.0
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Inspector Ennis
1933
6.0
The Barbarian
as Achmed Pasha
1933
4.9
The White Sister
as Father Saracinesca
1933
5.4
Whistling in the Dark
as Dillon
1933
5.6
Rasputin and the Empress
as Doctor Remezov
1932
5.3
Afraid to Talk
as Jig Skelli
1932
6.0
Three on a Match
as Ace
1932
6.2
Okay, America!
as Duke Morgan
1932
5.3
🎬
Murder in the Pullman
1932
5.0
He Who Gets Slapped
as (uncredited)
1924
7.6
The Cost
as Hampden Scarborough
1920
1.0
A Broadway Saint
as Mr. Frewen
1919
0.0
Phil-for-Short
as Tom Wentworth
1919
6.3
The Return of Eve
as Seymour Purchwell
1916
0.0
The Higher Destiny
as John Standing
1916
0.0
Sherlock Holmes
as Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap
1916
6.3
🎬
The Despoiler
as Richard Warner
1916
0.0
The Misleading Lady
as Sidney Parker
1916
0.0