George Arliss
Acting • Born 1868-04-09 – Died 1946-02-05
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Arliss (10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929), as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour.
Filmography
31 credits
Doctor Syn
Movie • 1937
Dr Syn
Disraeli
Movie • 1929
Benjamin Disraeli
The House of Rothschild
Movie • 1934
Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild
The Working Man
Movie • 1933
John Reeves alias John Walton
The Green Goddess
Movie • 1930
The Raja
The Man Who Played God
Movie • 1932
Montgomery Royle
A Successful Calamity
Movie • 1932
Henry Wilton
The King's Vacation
Movie • 1933
Phillip, the King
The Last Gentleman
Movie • 1934
Cabot Barr
Voltaire
Movie • 1933
Voltaire
The Millionaire
Movie • 1931
James Alden
Alexander Hamilton
Movie • 1931
Alexander Hamilton
His Lordship
Movie • 1936
Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
Old English
Movie • 1930
Sylvanus Heythorp
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie • 1984
Self (archive footage)
Impressions of Disraeli
Movie • 1931
Benjamin Disraeli
Cardinal Richelieu
Movie • 1935
Cardinal Richelieu
The Devil
Movie • 1921
Dr. Müller
Land of Liberty
Movie • 1939
Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
The Iron Duke
Movie • 1934
Duke of Wellington
The Tunnel
Movie • 1935
Prime Minister of Great Britain
The Eternal Jew
Movie • 1940
Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Green Goddess
Movie • 1923
Rajah of Rukh
The Guv'nor
Movie • 1935
François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor
East Meets West
Movie • 1936
Sultan of Rungay
Disraeli
Movie • 1921
Benjamin Disraeli
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie • 1940
Self (archive footage)
Twenty Dollars a Week
Movie • 1924
John Reeves
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Movie • 1943
Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
The Ruling Passion
Movie • 1922
The Man Who Played God
Movie • 1922
Montgomery Royle