Edward Arnold
AKA: Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider
Birthday: 1890-02-17
Died: 1956-04-26
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Character: (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
Character: Anthony P. Kirby
Character: Big Bill Barton
Character: John Benson Farrell
Character: Daniel Webster
Character: Emperor Valerius
Character: Lawyer (segment Pay the Two Dollars)
Character: The Grand Vizier
Character: Inspector Porfiry
Character: Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy
Character: Robert Cain Sr.
Character: Richard M. Gresham
Character: Danny Harrison
Character: Duncan 'Mac' Maclain
Character: Barney Glasgow
Character: Merrill Lambert
Character: Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair
Character: Capt. Duncan Maclain
Character: David 'Dave' Lash
Character: Hobart Canford Stiles
Character: Judge Harry Wilkins
Character: Burton V. Lyons
Character: Vincent Cushing
Character: Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey
Character: Commissioner Forster
Character: James 'Jim' Cork
Character: Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak
Character: Father Saracinesca
Character: Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe
Character: Diamond Jim Brady
Character: Senator Wilkins
Character: Andrew J. Linnett
Character: Charles Conway
Character: Charles Conway
Character: Theodore Findley
Character: Judge Martin O. Abercrombie
Character: Sir John Arlington
Character: Johan (John) Sutter
Character: (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Doctor Remezov
Character: Sen. James McKinley
Character: Inspector Ennis
Character: Secretary of War Wardell
Character: Vincent Shelton
Character: Martin 'Stuff' Nelson
Character: Adm. Homer Thorndyke
Character: Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap
Character: Politician (uncredited)
Character: The Mayor of New York
Character: Ambassador William Fisk
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Seymour Purchwell
Character: The Range (voice)
Character: Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')
Character: Congressman Arthur Malcolm
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)