Phil Arnold

Phil Arnold was an accomplished actor who led an impressive career, primarily on the big screen. Arnold kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto" (1941), the musical "Hollywood Barn Dance" (1947) with Ernest Tubb and "The Main Street Kid" (1948). He also appeared in "Yes, Sir, Mr. Bones" (1951), the Glenn Ford crime picture "The Big Heat" (1953) and the Dean Martin comedic sports movie "Money From Home" (1953). He kept working in film throughout the fifties and the sixties, starring in the drama "Jet Pilot" (1957) with John Wayne, "Studs Lonigan" (1960) and "Under the Yum Yum Tree" (1963) with Jack Lemmon. He also appeared in the comedy "The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze" (1963) with Moe Howard. Arnold was most recently credited in "American Roots Music" (PBS, 2001-02). Arnold had a number of different projects under his belt in the sixties through the nineties, including "Good Times" (1967), "Skidoo" (1968) starring Jackie Gleason and "Who Killed Martin Luther King?" (Fox, 1992-93). His credits also expanded to "America's Music: The Roots of Country" (TBS, 1995-96) and "Workin' Man: A Tribute to Merle Haggard" (The Nashville Network, 1997-98). Arnold passed away in May 1968 at the age of 59.