Edward Arnold

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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

As Jim Taylor

Duck Soup

As Politician (uncredited)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

As (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)

Meet John Doe

As D.B. Norton

Man About Town

As Sir John Arlington

Living It Up

As The Mayor of New York

Crime and Punishment

As Inspector Porfiry

Related people

Collaborators & neighbours

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  Edith Head

  Shared 3 credits

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  Frank Capra

  Shared 2 credits

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  Barbara Stanwyck

  Shared 2 credits

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  Gene Lockhart

  Shared 2 credits

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  Richard Loo

  Shared a credit

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  Dimitri Tiomkin

  Shared 2 credits

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  Pierre Watkin

  Shared 2 credits

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  Gary Cooper

  Shared a credit

Acted

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982 · (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)

Living It Up

1954 · The Mayor of New York

Meet John Doe

1941 · D.B. Norton

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939 · Jim Taylor

Man About Town

1939 · Sir John Arlington

Crime and Punishment

1935 · Inspector Porfiry

Duck Soup

1933 · Politician (uncredited)