Edward Arnold

from New York City, New York, USA

Artwork for That's Entertainment!Image of Edward Arnold

Biography

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.

Timeline

2013Aged 123

  • Poster for Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

    Self (archive footage)

2008Aged 118

  • Poster for Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You

    Self (archive footage)

1997Aged 107

  • Poster for Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

    Self (archive footage)

1987Aged 97

  • Poster for James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    Self (archive footage)

1982Aged 92

  • Poster for Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)

1974Aged 84

  • Poster for That's Entertainment!

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

1956Aged 66

  • Poster for The Houston Story

    Paul Atlas

  • Poster for The Ambassador's Daughter

    Ambassador William Fisk

  • Poster for Miami Exposé

    Oliver Tubbs

1954Aged 64

  • Poster for Living It Up

    The Mayor of New York

  • Poster for Twelve Angry Men

    Juror #10

  • Poster for A Star Is Born World Premiere

    Self

1953Aged 63

1952Aged 62

  • Poster for Belles on Their Toes

    Sam Harper

  • Poster for Ellis in Freedomland

    The Range (voice)

1951Aged 61

  • Poster for Dear Brat

    Senator Wilkins

1950Aged 60

  • Poster for The Yellow Cab Man

    Martin Creavy

  • Poster for Annie Get Your Gun

    Pawnee Bill

  • Poster for The Skipper Surprised His Wife

    Adm. Homer Thorndyke

1949Aged 59

  • Poster for John Loves Mary

    Sen. James McKinley

  • Poster for Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    Joe Lorgan

  • Poster for Big Jack

    Mahoney

  • Poster for Dear Wife

    Judge Wilkins

1948Aged 58

  • Poster for Three Daring Daughters

    Robert Nelson

  • Poster for Big City

    Judge Martin O. Abercrombie

  • Poster for Wallflower

    Andrew J. Linnett

  • Poster for Command Decision

    Congressman Arthur Malcolm

1947Aged 57

  • Poster for The Mighty McGurk

    Mike Glenson

  • Poster for My Brother Talks to Horses

    Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe

  • Poster for Dear Ruth

    Judge Harry Wilkins

  • Poster for The Hucksters

    David 'Dave' Lash

  • Poster for Blow-Ups of 1947

    Self

1946Aged 56

  • Poster for No Leave, No Love

    Hobart Canford Stiles

  • Poster for Janie Gets Married

    Charles Conway

  • Poster for Three Wise Fools

    Theodore Findley

  • Poster for Blow-Ups of 1946

    Self

1945Aged 55

  • Poster for Main Street After Dark

    Lt. Lorrgan

  • Poster for Ziegfeld Follies

    Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")

  • Poster for The Hidden Eye

    Capt. Duncan Maclain

  • Poster for Week-End at the Waldorf

    Martin Edley

1944Aged 54

  • Poster for Standing Room Only

    T.J. Todd

  • Poster for Janie

    Charles Conway

  • Poster for Kismet

    The Grand Vizier

  • Poster for Mrs. Parkington

    Amory Stilham

1943Aged 53

  • Poster for The Youngest Profession

    Burton V. Lyons

1942Aged 52

  • Poster for Inflation

    The Devil

  • Poster for The War Against Mrs. Hadley

    Elliot Fulton

  • Poster for Eyes in the Night

    Duncan 'Mac' Maclain

1941Aged 51

  • Poster for The Penalty

    Martin 'Stuff' Nelson

  • Poster for Meet John Doe

    D.B. Norton

  • Poster for The Lady from Cheyenne

    James 'Jim' Cork

  • Poster for Nothing but the Truth

    T.T. Ralston

  • Poster for All That Money Can Buy

    Daniel Webster

  • Poster for Unholy Partners

    Merrill Lambert

  • Poster for Design for Scandal

    Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair

  • Poster for Johnny Eager

    John Benson Farrell

1940Aged 50

  • Poster for The Earl of Chicago

    Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey

  • Poster for Johnny Apollo

    Robert Cain Sr.

  • Poster for Lillian Russell

    Diamond Jim Brady

1939Aged 49

  • Poster for Idiot's Delight

    Achille Weber

  • Poster for Let Freedom Ring

    Jim Knox

  • Poster for Land of Liberty

    Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')

  • Poster for Man About Town

    Sir John Arlington

  • Poster for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Jim Taylor

  • Poster for Slightly Honorable

    Vincent Cushing

1938Aged 48

  • Poster for The Crowd Roars

    Jim Cain

  • Poster for You Can't Take It with You

    Anthony P. Kirby

1937Aged 47

  • Poster for John Meade's Woman

    John Meade

  • Poster for Easy Living

    J.B. Ball

  • Poster for The Toast of New York

    Jim Fisk

  • Poster for Blossoms On Broadway

    Ira Collins

1936Aged 46

  • Poster for Sutter's Gold

    Johan (John) Sutter

  • Poster for Meet Nero Wolfe

    Nero Wolfe

  • Poster for Come and Get It

    Barney Glasgow

1935Aged 45

  • Poster for Biography of a Bachelor Girl

    Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak

  • Poster for Cardinal Richelieu

    Louis XIII

  • Poster for The Glass Key

    Paul Madvig

  • Poster for Diamond Jim

    Diamond Jim

  • Poster for Remember Last Night?

    Danny Harrison

  • Poster for Crime and Punishment

    Inspector Porfiry

1934Aged 44

  • Poster for Madame Spy

    Schultz

  • Poster for Unknown Blonde

    Frank Rodie

  • Poster for Sadie McKee

    Brennan

  • Poster for Thirty Day Princess

    Richard M. Gresham

  • Poster for Hide-Out

    Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy

  • Poster for Million Dollar Ransom

    Vincent Shelton

  • Poster for Wednesday's Child

    Ray Phillips

  • Poster for The President Vanishes

    Secretary of War Wardell

1933Aged 43

  • Poster for Whistling in the Dark

    Dillon

  • Poster for The White Sister

    Father Saracinesca

  • Poster for The Barbarian

    Achmed Pasha

  • Poster for The Life of Jimmy Dolan

    Inspector Ennis

  • Poster for Jennie Gerhardt

    Sen. Brander

  • Poster for Secret of the Blue Room

    Commissioner Forster

  • Poster for Her Bodyguard

    Orson Bitzer

  • Poster for I'm No Angel

    Big Bill Barton

  • Poster for Duck Soup

    Politician (uncredited)

  • Poster for Roman Scandals

    Emperor Valerius

1932Aged 42

  • Poster for Murder in the Pullman

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Okay, America!

    Duke Morgan

  • Poster for Three on a Match

    Ace

  • Poster for Afraid to Talk

    Jig Skelli

  • Poster for Rasputin and the Empress

    Doctor Remezov

1924Aged 34

  • Poster for He Who Gets Slapped

    (uncredited)

1920Aged 30

  • Poster for The Cost

    Hampden Scarborough

1919Aged 29

  • Poster for Phil-for-Short

    Tom Wentworth

  • Poster for A Broadway Saint

    Mr. Frewen

1916Aged 26