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