Edward Arnold
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1890, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- April 26, 1956
- Movies
- 114
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2013 | Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line | Self (archive footage) |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage) |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Miami Exposé | Oliver Tubbs |
| 1956 | The Ambassador's Daughter | Ambassador William Fisk |
| 1956 | The Houston Story | Paul Atlas |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self |
| 1954 | Twelve Angry Men | Juror #10 |
| 1954 | Living It Up | The Mayor of New York |
| 1953 | Man of Conflict | J.R. Compton |
| 1953 | City That Never Sleeps | Penrod Biddel |
| 1952 | Ellis in Freedomland | The Range (voice) |
| 1952 | Belles on Their Toes | Sam Harper |
| 1951 | Dear Brat | Senator Wilkins |
| 1950 | The Skipper Surprised His Wife | Adm. Homer Thorndyke |
| 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun | Pawnee Bill |
| 1950 | The Yellow Cab Man | Martin Creavy |
| 1949 | Dear Wife | Judge Wilkins |
| 1949 | Big Jack | Mahoney |
| 1949 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Joe Lorgan |
| 1949 | John Loves Mary | Sen. James McKinley |
| 1948 | Command Decision | Congressman Arthur Malcolm |
| 1948 | Wallflower | Andrew J. Linnett |
| 1948 | Big City | Judge Martin O. Abercrombie |
| 1948 | Three Daring Daughters | Robert Nelson |
| 1947 | Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self |
| 1947 | The Hucksters | David 'Dave' Lash |
| 1947 | Dear Ruth | Judge Harry Wilkins |
| 1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses | Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe |
| 1947 | The Mighty McGurk | Mike Glenson |
| 1946 | Blow-Ups of 1946 | Self |
| 1946 | Three Wise Fools | Theodore Findley |
| 1946 | Janie Gets Married | Charles Conway |
| 1946 | No Leave, No Love | Hobart Canford Stiles |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Martin Edley |
| 1945 | The Hidden Eye | Capt. Duncan Maclain |
| 1945 | Ziegfeld Follies | Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars") |
| 1945 | Main Street After Dark | Lt. Lorrgan |
| 1944 | Mrs. Parkington | Amory Stilham |
| 1944 | Kismet | The Grand Vizier |
| 1944 | Janie | Charles Conway |
| 1944 | Standing Room Only | T.J. Todd |
| 1943 | The Youngest Profession | Burton V. Lyons |
| 1942 | Eyes in the Night | Duncan 'Mac' Maclain |
| 1942 | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Elliot Fulton |
| 1942 | Inflation | The Devil |
| 1941 | Johnny Eager | John Benson Farrell |
| 1941 | Design for Scandal | Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair |
| 1941 | Unholy Partners | Merrill Lambert |
| 1941 | All That Money Can Buy | Daniel Webster |
| 1941 | Nothing but the Truth | T.T. Ralston |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | James 'Jim' Cork |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | D.B. Norton |
| 1941 | The Penalty | Martin 'Stuff' Nelson |
| 1940 | Lillian Russell | Diamond Jim Brady |
| 1940 | Johnny Apollo | Robert Cain Sr. |
| 1940 | The Earl of Chicago | Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey |
| 1939 | Slightly Honorable | Vincent Cushing |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Jim Taylor |
| 1939 | Man About Town | Sir John Arlington |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty | Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim') |
| 1939 | Let Freedom Ring | Jim Knox |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Achille Weber |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Anthony P. Kirby |
| 1938 | The Crowd Roars | Jim Cain |
| 1937 | Blossoms On Broadway | Ira Collins |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York | Jim Fisk |
| 1937 | Easy Living | J.B. Ball |
| 1937 | John Meade's Woman | John Meade |
| 1936 | Come and Get It | Barney Glasgow |
| 1936 | Meet Nero Wolfe | Nero Wolfe |
| 1936 | Sutter's Gold | Johan (John) Sutter |
| 1935 | Crime and Punishment | Inspector Porfiry |
| 1935 | Remember Last Night? | Danny Harrison |
| 1935 | Diamond Jim | Diamond Jim |
| 1935 | The Glass Key | Paul Madvig |
| 1935 | Cardinal Richelieu | Louis XIII |
| 1935 | Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak |
| 1934 | The President Vanishes | Secretary of War Wardell |
| 1934 | Wednesday's Child | Ray Phillips |
| 1934 | Million Dollar Ransom | Vincent Shelton |
| 1934 | Hide-Out | Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy |
| 1934 | Thirty Day Princess | Richard M. Gresham |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee | Brennan |
| 1934 | Unknown Blonde | Frank Rodie |
| 1934 | Madame Spy | Schultz |
| 1933 | Roman Scandals | Emperor Valerius |
| 1933 | Duck Soup | Politician (uncredited) |
| 1933 | I'm No Angel | Big Bill Barton |
| 1933 | Her Bodyguard | Orson Bitzer |
| 1933 | Secret of the Blue Room | Commissioner Forster |
| 1933 | Jennie Gerhardt | Sen. Brander |
| 1933 | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Inspector Ennis |
| 1933 | The Barbarian | Achmed Pasha |
| 1933 | The White Sister | Father Saracinesca |
| 1933 | Whistling in the Dark | Dillon |
| 1932 | Rasputin and the Empress | Doctor Remezov |
| 1932 | Afraid to Talk | Jig Skelli |
| 1932 | Three on a Match | Ace |
| 1932 | Okay, America! | Duke Morgan |
| 1932 | Murder in the Pullman | |
| 1924 | He Who Gets Slapped | (uncredited) |
| 1920 | The Cost | Hampden Scarborough |
| 1919 | A Broadway Saint | Mr. Frewen |
| 1919 | Phil-for-Short | Tom Wentworth |
| 1916 | The Return of Eve | Seymour Purchwell |
| 1916 | The Higher Destiny | John Standing |
| 1916 | Sherlock Holmes | Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap |
| 1916 | The Despoiler | Richard Warner |
| 1916 | Vultures of Society | Joseph Gripp |
| 1916 | The Misleading Lady | Sidney Parker |
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