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Edward Arnold

Born 1890-02-17

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

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 · 8.1 Duck Soup 1933 · 7.7 You Can't Take It with You 1938 · 7.8 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982 · 6.8 Meet John Doe 1941 · 7.6 The Devil and Daniel Webster 1941 · 7.6 He Who Gets Slapped 1924 · 7.7 Easy Living 1937 · 7.5 Crime and Punishment 1935 · 6.9 Living It Up 1954 · 6.5 City That Never Sleeps 1953 · 6.7 Idiot's Delight 1939 · 6.5 Sadie McKee 1934 · 6.8 Secret of the Blue Room 1933 · 6.4 Belles on Their Toes 1952 · 6.5 Thirty Day Princess 1934 · 6.7 Three Wise Fools 1946 · 6.5