Charles Arnt
Acting1906Michigan City, Indiana, USA
Biography
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Charles Arnt (August 20, 1906 – August 6, 1990) was an American film actor from 1933 to 1962.
Arnt was born in Michigan City, Indiana, the son of a banker. He graduated from Phillips Academy and Princeton University. While at Princeton, he helped to found the University Playes and was president of the Princeton Triangle Club theatrical troupe. He became a banker after he graduated from college.
In the early 1930s, Arnt acted with the University Repertory Theater in Maryland. On Broadway, he appeared in Carry Nation (1932), Three Waltzes (1937), and Knickerbocker Holiday (1938).
Arnt appeared as a character actor in more than 200 films.
In 1962, Arnt retired from acting and began to import and breed Charolais cattle on a ranch in Washington state.
Arnt died in Orcas Island, Washington from pancreatic and liver cancer. He was survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
Known For
Acting History
1962
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Mayor Henricks
1961
Wild in the Country
as Mr. Parsons (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Mayor• 1 eps
1960
Hawaiian Eye
TVas Fleems• 1 eps
Sugarfoot
TVas Judge Lawson• 1 eps
Lassie
TVas Ralph Trumble• 1 eps
Harrigan and Son
TVas Sweetzer
The Texan
TVas Ed Kingman / Old Man Blackston• 1 eps
1959
The Miracle of the Hills
as Fuzzy
Maverick
TVas Sheriff Charley Peters• 1 eps
Black Saddle
TVas Burnett• 1 eps
1958
Flood Tide
as Mr. Appleby
The Rifleman
TVas Wes Tippert• 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Wes Tippert• 1 eps
The Ed Wynn Show
TVas Mr. Lagenauer
1957
The Gale Storm Show
TVas Mr. Sneed• 1 eps
1953
The Great Sioux Uprising
as Gist
The Veils of Bagdad
as Zapolya
1950
The Man Who Cheated Himself
as Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet)
Wabash Avenue
as Horace Carter
The Sun Sets at Dawn
as Reporter, Globe Express
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
as J.B. Caldwell
1949
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Pop Gerard
Masked Raiders
as Dr. Nichols
Any Number Can Play
as Joe Josephs (uncredited)
Bride for Sale
as Dobbs
1948
The Boy with Green Hair
as Mr. Hammond
Big Town Scandal
as Amos Peabody
Hollow Triumph
as Coblenz
Sitting Pretty
as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
Michael O'Halloran
as Doc Douglas Bruce
1947
Fall Guy
as Uncle Jim Grossett
High Wall
as Sidney X. Hackle
My Favorite Brunette
as Crawford
Saddle Pals
as William Schooler
Calendar Girl
as Olsen
Big Town After Dark
as Amos Peabody
1946
Just Before Dawn
as Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited)
Somewhere in the Night
as Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)
Big Town
as Amos Peabody
Cinderella Jones
as Mahoney
The Hoodlum Saint
as Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary
Behind Green Lights
as Daniel Boone Wintergreen
Blondie's Lucky Day
as Mayor Richard Denby
That Brennan Girl
as Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband
Miss Susie Slagle's
as Mr. Johnson
Without Reservations
as Salesman
1945
Sudan
as Khafra
Strange Illusion
as Professor Muhlbach
Dangerous Intruder
as Max Ducone
The Crime Doctor's Courage
as Butler
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Pardon My Past
as Clothes Salesman
Christmas in Connecticut
as Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)
The Girl of the Limberlost
as Hodges
1944
Once Upon a Time
as Fred Stacy (uncredited)
Roaring Guns
as Colonel Chris Ferris
Up in Arms
as Mr. Higginbotham
Greenwich Village
as Author
Gambler's Choice
as Honest John McGrady
The Seventh Cross
as Herr Binder (uncredited)
Double Exposure
as Sonny Tucker
Dangerous Passage
as Daniel
The Impatient Years
as Marriage Clerk
My Pal, Wolf
as Papa Eisdaar
Three Little Sisters
as Ezra Larkin
1943
Gangway for Tomorrow
as Jim Benson
In Old Oklahoma
as Joe, the Train Conductor
Henry Aldrich Swings It
as Boyle
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Judge Horace Hooker
Young Ideas
as Station Master (uncredited)
1942
This Gun for Hire
as Male Dressmaker
Take a Letter, Darling
as Fud Newton
Young America
as Principal Rice
Reunion in France
as Honoré
The Great Gildersleeve
as Judge Horace Hooker
The Lady Has Plans
as Pooly
Twin Beds
as Manager
That Other Woman
as Bailey
1941
Blossoms in the Dust
as G. Harrington Hedger
Great Guns
as Doctor
We Go Fast
as Refrigerator Salesman
Pot o' Gold
as Parks (butler)
Dressed to Kill
as Hal Brennon
Ball of Fire
as McNeary
Paris Calling
as Nazi Lt. Lantz
Mr. District Attorney
as Herman Winkle
Play Girl
as Grady (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
as Mr. MacAdams
Marry the Boss's Daughter
as Blodgett
1940
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Mr. Stubbins, Man with Pain
The Shop Around the Corner
as Policeman (uncredited)
We Who Are Young
as Eckman (uncredited)
Little Men
as Drunk in Medicine Show
I Love You Again
as Mr. Billings
Buyer Beware
as Les Carter (uncredited)
Remember the Night
as Tom
1937
It Happened in Hollywood
as Jed Reed
Angel's Holiday
as Ralph Everett
Swing High, Swing Low
as Georgie Herman
1936
Rhythm on the Range
as Dining Car Steward
After the Thin Man
as Drunk (uncredited)
And Sudden Death
as Archie Sloan
Sinner Take All
as Lampier's Secretary (uncredited)
College Holiday
as Ticket Clerk
The Witness Chair
as Mr. Henshaw
1935
Two for Tonight
as Benny
She Married Her Boss
as Victor Jessup
Spring Night
as The Father
Stolen Harmony
as Clem Walters
1934
1933
Roman Scandals
as Caius - the Food Taster (uncredited)