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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1890-02-17

Died: 1956-04-26

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1916	The Misleading Lady	Sidney Parker	0
2	1916	Sherlock Holmes	Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap	63
3	1916	The Return of Eve	Seymour Purchwell	0
4	1919	Phil-for-Short	Tom Wentworth	63
5	1919	A Broadway Saint	Mr. Frewen	0
6	1920	The Cost	Hampden Scarborough	10
7	1924	He Who Gets Slapped	(uncredited)	76
8	1932	Murder in the Pullman		50
9	1932	Okay, America!	Duke Morgan	50
10	1932	Three on a Match	Ace	62
11	1932	Afraid to Talk	Jig Skelli	60
12	1932	Rasputin and the Empress	Doctor Remezov	53
13	1933	Whistling in the Dark	Dillon	56
14	1933	The White Sister	Father Saracinesca	54
15	1933	The Barbarian	Achmed Pasha	49
16	1933	The Life of Jimmy Dolan	Inspector Ennis	61
17	1933	Jennie Gerhardt	Sen. Brander	40
18	1933	Secret of the Blue Room	Commissioner Forster	55
19	1933	Her Bodyguard	Orson Bitzer	0
20	1933	I'm No Angel	Big Bill Barton	64
21	1933	Duck Soup	Politician (uncredited)	73
22	1933	Roman Scandals	Emperor Valerius	60
23	1934	Madame Spy	Schultz	60
24	1934	Unknown Blonde	Frank Rodie	10
25	1934	Sadie McKee	Brennan	70
26	1934	Thirty Day Princess	Richard M. Gresham	68
27	1934	Hide-Out	Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy	71
28	1934	Million Dollar Ransom	Vincent Shelton	0
29	1934	Wednesday's Child	Ray Phillips	30
30	1934	The President Vanishes	Secretary of War Wardell	70
31	1935	Biography of a Bachelor Girl	Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak	63
32	1935	Cardinal Richelieu	Louis XIII	74
33	1935	The Glass Key	Paul Madvig	63
34	1935	Diamond Jim	Diamond Jim	60
35	1935	Remember Last Night?	Danny Harrison	46
36	1935	Crime and Punishment	Inspector Porfiry	65
37	1936	Sutter's Gold	Johan (John) Sutter	0
38	1936	Meet Nero Wolfe	Nero Wolfe	65
39	1936	Come and Get It	Barney Glasgow	68
40	1937	John Meade's Woman	John Meade	0
41	1937	Easy Living	J.B. Ball	70
42	1937	The Toast of New York	Jim Fisk	58
43	1937	Blossoms On Broadway	Ira Collins	40
44	1938	The Crowd Roars	Jim Cain	65
45	1938	You Can't Take It with You	Anthony P. Kirby	75
46	1939	Idiot's Delight	Achille Weber	61
47	1939	Let Freedom Ring	Jim Knox	60
48	1939	Land of Liberty	Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')	0
49	1939	Man About Town	Sir John Arlington	45
50	1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Jim Taylor	79
51	1939	Slightly Honorable	Vincent Cushing	51
52	1940	The Earl of Chicago	Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey	56
53	1940	Johnny Apollo	Robert Cain Sr.	68
54	1940	Lillian Russell	Diamond Jim Brady	61
55	1941	The Penalty	Martin 'Stuff' Nelson	60
56	1941	Meet John Doe	D.B. Norton	73
57	1941	The Lady from Cheyenne	James 'Jim' Cork	52
58	1941	Nothing But the Truth	T.T. Ralston	71
59	1941	All That Money Can Buy	Daniel Webster	70
60	1941	Unholy Partners	Merrill Lambert	70
61	1941	Design for Scandal	Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair	52
62	1941	Johnny Eager	John Benson Farrell	61
63	1942	Inflation	The Devil	50
64	1942	The War Against Mrs. Hadley	Elliot Fulton	48
65	1942	Eyes in the Night	Duncan 'Mac' Maclain	60
66	1943	The Youngest Profession	Burton V. Lyons	52
67	1944	Standing Room Only	T.J. Todd	50
68	1944	Janie	Charles Conway	55
69	1944	Kismet	The Grand Vizier	50
70	1944	Mrs. Parkington	Amory Stilham	61
71	1945	Main Street After Dark	Lt. Lorrgan	48
72	1945	Ziegfeld Follies	Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")	61
73	1945	The Hidden Eye	Capt. Duncan Maclain	76
74	1945	Week-End at the Waldorf	Martin Edley	60
75	1946	No Leave, No Love	Hobart Canford Stiles	60
76	1946	Janie Gets Married	Charles Conway	60
77	1946	Three Wise Fools	Theodore Findley	50
78	1946	Blow-Ups of 1946	Self	60
79	1947	The Mighty McGurk	Mike Glenson	64
80	1947	My Brother Talks to Horses	Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe	60
81	1947	Dear Ruth	Judge Harry Wilkins	66
82	1947	The Hucksters	David 'Dave' Lash	69
83	1947	Blow-Ups of 1947	Self	63
84	1948	Three Daring Daughters	Robert Nelson	57
85	1948	Big City	Judge Martin O. Abercrombie	72
86	1948	Wallflower	Andrew J. Linnett	60
87	1948	Command Decision	Congressman Arthur Malcolm	66
88	1949	John Loves Mary	Sen. James McKinley	48
89	1949	Take Me Out to the Ball Game	Joe Lorgan	67
90	1949	Big Jack	Mahoney	60
91	1949	Dear Wife	Judge Wilkins	60
92	1950	The Yellow Cab Man	Martin Creavy	63
93	1950	Annie Get Your Gun	Pawnee Bill	68
94	1950	The Skipper Surprised His Wife	Adm. Homer Thorndyke	47
95	1951	Dear Brat	Senator Wilkins	40
96	1952	Belles on Their Toes	Sam Harper	73
97	1952	Ellis in Freedomland	The Range (voice)	0
98	1953	City That Never Sleeps	Penrod Biddel	60
99	1953	Man of Conflict	J.R. Compton	50
100	1954	Living It Up	The Mayor of New York	64
101	1954	Twelve Angry Men	Juror #10	81
102	1954	A Star Is Born World Premiere	Self	80
103	1956	The Houston Story	Paul Atlas	55
104	1956	The Ambassador's Daughter	Ambassador William Fisk	43
105	1956	Miami Exposé	Oliver Tubbs	53
106	1974	That's Entertainment!	(archive footage) (uncredited)	73
107	1982	Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid	(in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)	66
108	1988	James Stewart: A Wonderful Life	Self (archive footage)	60
109	1997	Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line	Self (archive footage)	70
110	2008	Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You	Self (archive footage)	0
111	2013	Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored	Self (archive footage)	55

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
2	1948	Studio One	Juror #10	47
3	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
4	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame		87
5	1952	Cavalcade of America		35
6	1953	General Electric Theater		60
7	1953	General Electric Theater	John Prescott / Mayor Underwood	60
8	1954	Climax!	Jock Fathian	30
9	1954	Climax!	Lieutenant Shipley	30