Edward Arnold
Acting1890New York City, New York, USA
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
Acting History
2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1956
The Ambassador's Daughter
as Ambassador William Fisk
Miami Exposé
as Oliver Tubbs
The Houston Story
as Paul Atlas
1955
Climax!
TVas Lieutenant Shipley• 1 eps
1954
1953
City That Never Sleeps
as Penrod Biddel
Man of Conflict
as J.R. Compton
General Electric Theater
TVas John Prescott / Mayor Underwood
1952
Belles on Their Toes
as Sam Harper
Ellis in Freedomland
as The Range (voice)
1951
Dear Brat
as Senator Wilkins
What's My Line?
TVas Self• 1 eps
1950
Annie Get Your Gun
as Pawnee Bill
The Yellow Cab Man
as Martin Creavy
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Adm. Homer Thorndyke
1949
Big Jack
as Mahoney
Dear Wife
as Judge Wilkins
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Joe Lorgan
John Loves Mary
as Sen. James McKinley
1948
Command Decision
as Congressman Arthur Malcolm
Big City
as Judge Martin O. Abercrombie
Wallflower
as Andrew J. Linnett
Three Daring Daughters
as Robert Nelson
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe
Breakdowns of 1947
as Self
Dear Ruth
as Judge Harry Wilkins
The Hucksters
as David 'Dave' Lash
The Mighty McGurk
as Mike Glenson
1946
No Leave, No Love
as Hobart Canford Stiles
Janie Gets Married
as Charles Conway
Three Wise Fools
as Theodore Findley
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
1945
The Hidden Eye
as Capt. Duncan Maclain
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Martin Edley
Main Street After Dark
as Lt. Lorrgan
Ziegfeld Follies
as Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
1944
Kismet
as The Grand Vizier
Mrs. Parkington
as Amory Stilham
Janie
as Charles Conway
Standing Room Only
as T.J. Todd
1943
The Youngest Profession
as Burton V. Lyons
1942
Eyes in the Night
as Duncan 'Mac' Maclain
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Elliot Fulton
Inflation
as The Devil
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
as James 'Jim' Cork
Design for Scandal
as Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair
Nothing But the Truth
as T.T. Ralston
Unholy Partners
as Merrill Lambert
All That Money Can Buy
as Daniel Webster
Meet John Doe
as D.B. Norton
Johnny Eager
as John Benson Farrell
The Penalty
as Martin 'Stuff' Nelson
1940
The Earl of Chicago
as Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey
Johnny Apollo
as Robert Cain Sr.
Lillian Russell
as Diamond Jim Brady
1939
Idiot's Delight
as Achille Weber
Let Freedom Ring
as Jim Knox
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Jim Taylor
Slightly Honorable
as Vincent Cushing
Man About Town
as Sir John Arlington
Land of Liberty
as Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')
1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Anthony P. Kirby
The Crowd Roars
as Jim Cain
1937
The Toast of New York
as Jim Fisk
Easy Living
as J.B. Ball
Blossoms On Broadway
as Ira Collins
John Meade's Woman
as John Meade
1936
1935
Remember Last Night?
as Danny Harrison
Diamond Jim
as Diamond Jim
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak
Cardinal Richelieu
as Louis XIII
The Glass Key
as Paul Madvig
Crime and Punishment
as Inspector Porfiry
1934
Sadie McKee
as Brennan
Madame Spy
as Schultz
Thirty Day Princess
as Richard M. Gresham
Hide-Out
as Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy
Wednesday's Child
as Ray Phillips
The President Vanishes
as Secretary of War Wardell
Million Dollar Ransom
as Vincent Shelton
Unknown Blonde
as Frank Rodie
1933
Duck Soup
as Politician (uncredited)
I'm No Angel
as Big Bill Barton
The Barbarian
as Achmed Pasha
Roman Scandals
as Emperor Valerius
Jennie Gerhardt
as Sen. Brander
Her Bodyguard
as Orson Bitzer
Secret of the Blue Room
as Commissioner Forster
Whistling in the Dark
as Dillon
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Inspector Ennis
The White Sister
as Father Saracinesca
1932
Okay, America!
as Duke Morgan
Afraid to Talk
as Jig Skelli
Rasputin and the Empress
as Doctor Remezov
Three on a Match
as Ace
1924
He Who Gets Slapped
as (uncredited)
1920
The Cost
as Hampden Scarborough
1919
Phil-for-Short
as Tom Wentworth
A Broadway Saint
as Mr. Frewen
1916
Sherlock Holmes
as Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap
The Misleading Lady
as Sidney Parker
The Return of Eve
as Seymour Purchwell
The Higher Destiny
as John Standing
The Despoiler
as Richard Warner