
Edward Arnold
Highest Rated: 100% Easy Living (1937)
Lowest Rated: 40% Idiot's Delight (1939)
Birthday: Feb 18, 1890
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Prolific, popular character player who began his career on the stage and, between 1915 and 1919, starred in numerous westerns for Essanay Studio. The portly, distinguished-looking actor returned to films in the sound era, first in crime melodramas, then as a priest in "The White Sister" and a sheik in "The Barbarian" (both 1933) before finding his special niche portraying all kinds of tycoons: as an alcoholic millionaire ("Sadie McKee" 1934), a lumber tycoon ("Come and Get It" 1936) and a sinister munitions king ("Idiot's Delight" 1939). Despite being middle-aged and heavy-set, Arnold played leading roles for a number of years from the mid-1930s through the early 40s, even after being named on the infamous 1937 exhibitors list of stars who were considered "box-office poison." (Arnold was in excellent company with Katharine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Fred Astaire, Joan Crawford and others who enjoyed lengthy careers.)







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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 50% | The Ambassador's Daughter | Ambassador William Fisk (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Houston Story | Paul Atlas (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miami Expose | Oliver Tubbs (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Living It Up | The Mayor (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 35% | City That Never Sleeps | Unknown (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man of Conflict | J.R. Compton (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | 78% | Belles on Their Toes | Sam Harper (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dear Brat | Senator Wilkins (Character) | - | 1951 |
100% | 67% | Annie Get Your Gun | Pawnee Bill (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Skipper Surprised His Wife | Adm. Homer Thorndyke (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Jack | Mayor Mahoney (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | 44% | John Loves Mary | Sen. James McKinley (Character) | - | 1949 |
95% | 70% | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Joe Lorgan (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dear Wife | Judge Wilkins (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Command Decision | Congressman Arthur Malcolm (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Three Daring Daughters | Robert Nelson (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wallflower | Andrew J. Linnett (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 56% | The Hucksters | David `'Dave'` Lash (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mighty McGurk | Mike Glenson (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Dear Ruth | Judge Harry Wilkins (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Brother Talks to Horses | Mr. Bledsoe (Character) | - | 1946 |
67% | 59% | Ziegfeld Follies | Lawyer (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Leave, No Love | Unknown (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Janie Gets Married | Charles Conway (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three Wise Fools | Theodore Findley (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Weekend at the Waldorf | Martin X. Edley (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hidden Eye | Capt. Duncan Maclain (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Mrs. Parkington | Amory Stilham (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Kismet | The Grand Vizier (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Main Street After Dark | Lt. Lorrgan (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Standing Room Only |
T. J. Todd/ |
- | 1944 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Janie | Charles Conway (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Youngest Profession | Burton V. Lyons (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Johnny Eager | John Benson Farrell (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Eyes in the Night | Duncan "Mac" Maclain (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inflation | The Devil (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Personalities | Self | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Elliott Fulton (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Design for Scandal |
Judson M. `'J.M.'`/ |
- | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Nothing but the Truth | T.T. Ralston (Character) | - | 1941 |
100% | 84% | The Devil and Daniel Webster | Daniel Webster (Character) | - | 1941 |
92% | 83% | Meet John Doe | D. B. Norton (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Penalty | Martin "Stuff" Nelson (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lady From Cheyenne | James "Jim" Cook (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Unholy Partners | Merrill Lambert (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Lillian Russell | Diamond Jim Brady (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 59% | Johnny Apollo | Robert Cain Sr. (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Earl of Chicago | Quentin `'Doc'` Ramsey (Character) | - | 1940 |
40% | 46% | Idiot's Delight | Achille Weber (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Slightly Honorable | Vincent Cushing (Character) | - | 1939 |
97% | 94% | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Jim Taylor (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Let Freedom Ring | Jim Knox (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man About Town | Sir John Arlington (Character) | - | 1939 |
95% | 88% | You Can't Take It With You | Anthony P. Kirby (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Crowd Roars | Jim Cain (Character) | - | 1938 |
100% | 84% | Easy Living | J.B. Ball (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The Toast of New York | James `'Jim'` Fisk Jr. (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blossoms on Broadway | Ira Collins (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | John Meade's Woman | John Meade (Character) | - | 1937 |
91% | 68% | Come and Get It | Barney Glasgow (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sutter's Gold | Johan "John" Sutter (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Meet Nero Wolfe | Nero Wolfe (Character) | - | 1936 |
80% | 49% | Crime and Punishment | Insp. Porfiry (Character) | - | 1935 |
80% | No Score Yet | Cardinal Richelieu | Louis XIII (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | 60% | The Glass Key | Paul Madvig (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Remember Last Night | Danny (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Mr. `'Feydie'` Feydak (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diamond Jim | Diamond Jim (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Thirty Day Princess | Richard M. Gresham (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Sadie McKee | Jack Brennan (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unknown Blonde | Frank Rodie (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Hide-Out | Det. Lt. "Mac" MacCarthy (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The President Vanishes | Secretary of War Wardell (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Million Dollar Ransom | Vincent Shelton (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wednesday's Child | Ray Phillips (Character) | - | 1934 |
80% | 67% | Roman Scandals | Emperor Valerius (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The White Sister | Father Saracinesca (Character) | - | 1933 |
93% | 72% | I'm No Angel | Big Bill Barton (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Her Bodyguard | Orson Bitzer (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Secrets of the Blue Room | Commissioner Forster (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Barbarian | Achmed Pasha (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scared | Dillon (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Secret of the Blue Room | Commissioner Forster (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Whistling in the Dark | Dillon (Character) | - | 1933 |
50% | 56% | Rasputin and the Empress | Dr. A. Remezov (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Okay, America! | Duke Morgan (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Afraid to Talk | Jig Skelli (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Phil-for-Short | Tom Wentworth (Character) | - | 1919 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Unknown (Character) | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Showcase 39 | Unknown (Character) | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1951 |