Edward Arnold
Acting • Born 1890-02-17 – Died 1956-04-26
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.
Filmography
124 credits
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie • 1939
Jim Taylor
Annie Get Your Gun
Movie • 1950
Pawnee Bill
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Movie • 1982
(in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
Meet John Doe
Movie • 1941
D.B. Norton
You Can't Take It with You
Movie • 1938
Anthony P. Kirby
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Movie • 1949
Joe Lorgan
The Houston Story
Movie • 1956
Paul Atlas
City That Never Sleeps
Movie • 1953
Penrod Biddel
I'm No Angel
Movie • 1933
Big Bill Barton
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Eager
Movie • 1941
John Benson Farrell
All That Money Can Buy
Movie • 1941
Daniel Webster
Miami Exposé
Movie • 1956
Oliver Tubbs
The Glass Key
Movie • 1935
Paul Madvig
Three on a Match
Movie • 1932
Ace
Roman Scandals
Movie • 1933
Emperor Valerius
Ziegfeld Follies
Movie • 1945
Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
Kismet
Movie • 1944
The Grand Vizier
Idiot's Delight
Movie • 1939
Achille Weber
Sadie McKee
Movie • 1934
Brennan
Crime and Punishment
Movie • 1935
Inspector Porfiry
Hide-Out
Movie • 1934
Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy
Johnny Apollo
Movie • 1940
Robert Cain Sr.
Mrs. Parkington
Movie • 1944
Amory Stilham
The Toast of New York
Movie • 1937
Jim Fisk
Easy Living
Movie • 1937
J.B. Ball
Okay, America!
Movie • 1932
Duke Morgan
Belles on Their Toes
Movie • 1952
Sam Harper
Thirty Day Princess
Movie • 1934
Richard M. Gresham
Eyes in the Night
Movie • 1942
Duncan 'Mac' Maclain
Remember Last Night?
Movie • 1935
Danny Harrison
Come and Get It
Movie • 1936
Barney Glasgow
Unholy Partners
Movie • 1941
Merrill Lambert
Week-End at the Waldorf
Movie • 1945
Martin Edley
Design for Scandal
Movie • 1941
Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair
Nothing but the Truth
Movie • 1941
T.T. Ralston
The Hidden Eye
Movie • 1945
Capt. Duncan Maclain
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Movie • 1942
Elliot Fulton
The Hucksters
Movie • 1947
David 'Dave' Lash
Main Street After Dark
Movie • 1945
Lt. Lorrgan
The Yellow Cab Man
Movie • 1950
Martin Creavy
No Leave, No Love
Movie • 1946
Hobart Canford Stiles
The Misleading Lady
Movie • 1916
Sidney Parker
The Return of Eve
Movie • 1916
Seymour Purchwell
Dear Ruth
Movie • 1947
Judge Harry Wilkins
Dear Wife
Movie • 1949
Judge Wilkins
The Mighty McGurk
Movie • 1947
Mike Glenson
The Youngest Profession
Movie • 1943
Burton V. Lyons
Slightly Honorable
Movie • 1939
Vincent Cushing
Three Daring Daughters
Movie • 1948
Robert Nelson
The Earl of Chicago
Movie • 1940
Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey
Secret of the Blue Room
Movie • 1933
Commissioner Forster
The Lady from Cheyenne
Movie • 1941
James 'Jim' Cork
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Movie • 1935
Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak
The White Sister
Movie • 1933
Father Saracinesca
My Brother Talks to Horses
Movie • 1947
Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe
Dear Brat
Movie • 1951
Senator Wilkins
Meet Nero Wolfe
Movie • 1936
Nero Wolfe
Lillian Russell
Movie • 1940
Diamond Jim Brady
Whistling in the Dark
Movie • 1933
Dillon
Wallflower
Movie • 1948
Andrew J. Linnett
Jennie Gerhardt
Movie • 1933
Sen. Brander
Let Freedom Ring
Movie • 1939
Jim Knox
Big Jack
Movie • 1949
Mahoney
Blossoms On Broadway
Movie • 1937
Ira Collins
Ellis in Freedomland
Movie • 1952
The Range (voice)
Janie Gets Married
Movie • 1946
Charles Conway
Janie
Movie • 1944
Charles Conway
Wednesday's Child
Movie • 1934
Ray Phillips
Standing Room Only
Movie • 1944
T.J. Todd
Three Wise Fools
Movie • 1946
Theodore Findley
Big City
Movie • 1948
Judge Martin O. Abercrombie
Inflation
Movie • 1942
The Devil
John Meade's Woman
Movie • 1937
John Meade
Man About Town
Movie • 1939
Sir John Arlington
The Barbarian
Movie • 1933
Achmed Pasha
Sutter's Gold
Movie • 1936
Johan (John) Sutter
The Crowd Roars
Movie • 1938
Jim Cain
Rasputin and the Empress
Movie • 1932
Doctor Remezov
Cardinal Richelieu
Movie • 1935
Louis XIII
Diamond Jim
Movie • 1935
Diamond Jim
John Loves Mary
Movie • 1949
Sen. James McKinley
Land of Liberty
Movie • 1939
Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
He Who Gets Slapped
Movie • 1924
(uncredited)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Movie • 1933
Inspector Ennis
The President Vanishes
Movie • 1934
Secretary of War Wardell
Command Decision
Movie • 1948
Congressman Arthur Malcolm
Million Dollar Ransom
Movie • 1934
Vincent Shelton
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Penalty
Movie • 1941
Martin 'Stuff' Nelson
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Movie • 1950
Adm. Homer Thorndyke
Duck Soup
Movie • 1933
Politician (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes
Movie • 1916
Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap
Twelve Angry Men
Movie • 1954
Juror #10
Living It Up
Movie • 1954
The Mayor of New York
The Ambassador's Daughter
Movie • 1956
Ambassador William Fisk
Madame Spy
Movie • 1934
Schultz
Blow-Ups of 1947
Movie • 1947
Self
Afraid to Talk
Movie • 1932
Jig Skelli
Unknown Blonde
Movie • 1934
Frank Rodie
Phil-for-Short
Movie • 1919
Tom Wentworth
Blow-Ups of 1946
Movie • 1946
Self
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie • 1954
Self
Her Bodyguard
Movie • 1933
Orson Bitzer
Man of Conflict
Movie • 1953
J.R. Compton
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
A Broadway Saint
Movie • 1919
Mr. Frewen
Murder in the Pullman
Movie • 1932
The Cost
Movie • 1920
Hampden Scarborough
The Higher Destiny
Movie • 1916
John Standing
The Despoiler
Movie • 1916
Richard Warner
Vultures of Society
Movie • 1916
Joseph Gripp
Studio One
TV • 1948
Juror #10
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Climax!
TV • 1954
Jock Fathian
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
John Prescott / Mayor Underwood
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Climax!
TV • 1954
Lieutenant Shipley
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
MGM Parade
TV • 1955