Person
Edward Arnold
Actor· New York City, New York, USA
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
The roles that explain the career.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Jim Taylor · 1939
Duck Soup
Politician (uncredited) · 1933
You Can't Take It with You
Anthony P. Kirby · 1938
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage) · 1982
Meet John Doe
D.B. Norton · 1941
He Who Gets Slapped
(uncredited) · 1924
All That Money Can Buy
Daniel Webster · 1941
Annie Get Your Gun
Pawnee Bill · 1950
Filmography
77 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage) | Film |
| 1956 | Miami Exposé | Oliver Tubbs | Film |
| 1956 | The Houston Story | Paul Atlas | Film |
| 1956 | The Ambassador's Daughter | Ambassador William Fisk | Film |
| 1954 | Living It Up | The Mayor of New York | Film |
| 1953 | City That Never Sleeps | Penrod Biddel | Film |
| 1952 | Belles on Their Toes | Sam Harper | Film |
| 1951 | Dear Brat | Senator Wilkins | Film |
| 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun | Pawnee Bill | Film |
| 1950 | The Yellow Cab Man | Martin Creavy | Film |
| 1949 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Joe Lorgan | Film |
| 1949 | Dear Wife | Judge Wilkins | Film |
| 1949 | Big Jack | Mahoney | Film |
| 1948 | Command Decision | Congressman Arthur Malcolm | Film |
| 1948 | Three Daring Daughters | Robert Nelson | Film |
| 1948 | Wallflower | Andrew J. Linnett | Film |
| 1947 | The Hucksters | David 'Dave' Lash | Film |
| 1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses | Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe | Film |
| 1947 | Dear Ruth | Judge Harry Wilkins | Film |
| 1947 | The Mighty McGurk | Mike Glenson | Film |
| 1946 | No Leave, No Love | Hobart Canford Stiles | Film |
| 1946 | Janie Gets Married | Charles Conway | Film |
| 1945 | Main Street After Dark | Lt. Lorrgan | Film |
| 1945 | Ziegfeld Follies | Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars") | Film |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Martin Edley | Film |
| 1945 | The Hidden Eye | Capt. Duncan Maclain | Film |
| 1944 | Kismet | The Grand Vizier | Film |
| 1944 | Mrs. Parkington | Amory Stilham | Film |
| 1944 | Janie | Charles Conway | Film |
| 1943 | The Youngest Profession | Burton V. Lyons | Film |
| 1942 | Eyes in the Night | Duncan 'Mac' Maclain | Film |
| 1942 | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Elliot Fulton | Film |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | D.B. Norton | Film |
| 1941 | All That Money Can Buy | Daniel Webster | Film |
| 1941 | Johnny Eager | John Benson Farrell | Film |
| 1941 | Unholy Partners | Merrill Lambert | Film |
| 1941 | Design for Scandal | Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair | Film |
| 1941 | Nothing but the Truth | T.T. Ralston | Film |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | James 'Jim' Cork | Film |
| 1940 | The Earl of Chicago | Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey | Film |
| 1940 | Johnny Apollo | Robert Cain Sr. | Film |
| 1940 | Lillian Russell | Diamond Jim Brady | Film |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Achille Weber | Film |
| 1939 | Man About Town | Sir John Arlington | Film |
| 1939 | Let Freedom Ring | Jim Knox | Film |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Jim Taylor | Film |
| 1939 | Slightly Honorable | Vincent Cushing | Film |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Anthony P. Kirby | Film |
| 1937 | Easy Living | J.B. Ball | Film |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York | Jim Fisk | Film |
| 1937 | Blossoms On Broadway | Ira Collins | Film |
| 1936 | Come and Get It | Barney Glasgow | Film |
| 1936 | Meet Nero Wolfe | Nero Wolfe | Film |
| 1935 | Crime and Punishment | Inspector Porfiry | Film |
| 1935 | The Glass Key | Paul Madvig | Film |
| 1935 | Cardinal Richelieu | Louis XIII | Film |
| 1935 | Remember Last Night? | Danny Harrison | Film |
| 1935 | Diamond Jim | Diamond Jim | Film |
| 1935 | Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak | Film |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee | Brennan | Film |
| 1934 | Hide-Out | Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy | Film |
| 1934 | Thirty Day Princess | Richard M. Gresham | Film |
| 1933 | Secret of the Blue Room | Commissioner Forster | Film |
| 1933 | Jennie Gerhardt | Sen. Brander | Film |
| 1933 | Roman Scandals | Emperor Valerius | Film |
| 1933 | Duck Soup | Politician (uncredited) | Film |
| 1933 | I'm No Angel | Big Bill Barton | Film |
| 1933 | The Barbarian | Achmed Pasha | Film |
| 1933 | Whistling in the Dark | Dillon | Film |
| 1933 | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Inspector Ennis | Film |
| 1933 | The White Sister | Father Saracinesca | Film |
| 1932 | Rasputin and the Empress | Doctor Remezov | Film |
| 1932 | Three on a Match | Ace | Film |
| 1932 | Afraid to Talk | Jig Skelli | Film |
| 1932 | Okay, America! | Duke Morgan | Film |
| 1924 | He Who Gets Slapped | (uncredited) | Film |
| 1916 | Vultures of Society | Joseph Gripp | Film |
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