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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) — Jim Taylor
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Duck Soup (1933) — Politician (uncredited)
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You Can't Take It with You (1938) — Anthony P. Kirby
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) — (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
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Meet John Doe (1941) — D.B. Norton
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He Who Gets Slapped (1924) — (uncredited)
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All That Money Can Buy (1941) — Daniel Webster
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Annie Get Your Gun (1950) — Pawnee Bill
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Three on a Match (1932) — Ace
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Easy Living (1937) — J.B. Ball
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That's Entertainment! (1974) — (archive footage) (uncredited)
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I'm No Angel (1933) — Big Bill Barton
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Sherlock Holmes (1916) — Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap
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Ziegfeld Follies (1945) — Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
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Crime and Punishment (1935) — Inspector Porfiry
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) — Joe Lorgan
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Johnny Eager (1941) — John Benson Farrell
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Twelve Angry Men (1954) — Juror #10
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Come and Get It (1936) — Barney Glasgow
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City That Never Sleeps (1953) — Penrod Biddel
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Eyes in the Night (1942) — Duncan 'Mac' Maclain
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Living It Up (1954) — The Mayor of New York
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What's My Line? (1950) — Self
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Secret of the Blue Room (1933) — Commissioner Forster
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Sadie McKee (1934) — Brennan
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Command Decision (1948) — Congressman Arthur Malcolm
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Roman Scandals (1933) — Emperor Valerius
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The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
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Johnny Apollo (1940) — Robert Cain Sr.
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Thirty Day Princess (1934) — Richard M. Gresham
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The Hucksters (1947) — David 'Dave' Lash
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Mrs. Parkington (1944) — Amory Stilham
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Kismet (1944) — The Grand Vizier
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Idiot's Delight (1939) — Achille Weber
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Belles on Their Toes (1952) — Sam Harper
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Nothing but the Truth (1941) — T.T. Ralston
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The Barbarian (1933) — Achmed Pasha
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Rasputin and the Empress (1932) — Doctor Remezov
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The Glass Key (1935) — Paul Madvig
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Week-End at the Waldorf (1945) — Martin Edley