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