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Edward Arnold(1890-1956)

  • Actor
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Edward Arnold
Miami cop Bart Scott tracks down, in Cuba, a fugitive witness who can shed light in a double homicide and about the activities of a Miami mob lawyer who uses murder and blackmail in order to force the legalization of gambling in Florida.
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Miami Exposé (1956)
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Edward Arnold was born as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider in 1890, on the Lower East Side of New York City, the son of German immigrants, Elizabeth (Ohse) and Carl Schneider. 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 Lillian Russell (1940)) Arnold appeared in over 150 films and was President of The Screen Actors Guild shortly before his death in 1956.
BornFebruary 18, 1890
DiedApril 26, 1956(66)
BornFebruary 18, 1890
DiedApril 26, 1956(66)
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Edward Arnold in The Pallid Dawn (1917)
Edward Arnold and Marguerite Clayton in The Burning Band (1916)
Edward Arnold and Lillian Drew in His Moral Code (1916)
Edward Arnold and Alice McChesney in Marooned (1916)
Edward Arnold, Andy Devine, and Wini Shaw in Million Dollar Ransom (1934)
Edward Arnold and Victor Moore in Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Edward Arnold and Victor Moore in Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Edward Arnold and Victor Moore in Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Joseph Crehan, Edward Arnold, and Victor Moore in Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Edward Arnold in A Traitor to Art (1916)
Edward Arnold, Lillian Drew, and John Lorenz in The Last Adventure (1916)
Edward Arnold and Nell Craig in The Primitive Strain (1916)

Known for

James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, Spring Byington, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, Samuel S. Hinds, Donald Meek, Ann Miller, and H.B. Warner in You Can't Take It with You (1938)
You Can't Take It with You
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  • Anthony P. Kirby
  • 1938
James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, and Eugene Pallette in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
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  • Jim Taylor
  • 1939
James Craig, Anne Shirley, and Simone Simon in All That Money Can Buy (1941)
All That Money Can Buy
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  • Daniel Webster
  • 1941
Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in Meet John Doe (1941)
Meet John Doe
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  • D.B. Norton
  • 1941

Credits

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  • Strange Stories
    • Host (1956)
    • TV Series
    • 1956
  • Ethel Barrymore Theater
    • TV Series
    • 1956
  • Lee J. Cobb, Edward Arnold, and Patricia Medina in Miami Exposé (1956)
    Miami Exposé
    • Oliver Tubbs
    • 1956
  • Olivia de Havilland, Myrna Loy, Edward Arnold, Adolphe Menjou, and Tommy Noonan in The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
    The Ambassador's Daughter
    • Ambassador William Fisk
    • 1956
  • Celebrity Playhouse (1955)
    Celebrity Playhouse
    • Congressman Holman
    • TV Series
    • 1956
  • Kraft Theatre (1947)
    Kraft Theatre
    • Ben Harvey
    • TV Series
    • 1956
  • Edward Arnold, Gene Barry, and Barbara Hale in The Houston Story (1956)
    The Houston Story
    • Paul Atlas
    • 1956
  • The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
    The Ford Television Theatre
    • Mr. Carr
    • Mr. Evans
    • Warden Delaney
    • TV Series
    • 1952–1955
  • The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955)
    The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater
    • TV Series
    • 1955
  • Climax! (1954)
    Climax!
    • Jock Fathian
    • Lieutenant Shipley
    • TV Series
    • 1955
  • Story of Paul Harris and the Founding of Rotary International
    • Paul P. Harris
    • TV Movie
    • 1955
  • You Are There (1953)
    You Are There
    • John Sutter
    • TV Series
    • 1954
  • Studio One (1948)
    Studio One
    • Juror #10
    • TV Series
    • 1954
  • Janet Leigh, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, and Sheree North in Living It Up (1954)
    Living It Up
    • The Mayor
    • 1954
  • Ronald Reagan in General Electric Theater (1953)
    General Electric Theater
    • John Prescott
    • Mayor Underwood
    • TV Series
    • 1953–1954

Soundtrack

  • That's Entertainment! (1974)
    That's Entertainment!
    • Soundtrack ("Puttin' On The Ritz" (1929), uncredited)
    • 1974
  • Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Edward Arnold, and Jack Oakie in The Toast of New York (1937)
    The Toast of New York
    • Soundtrack ("Yankee Doodle" (ca. 1755), uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Frances Farmer, Edward Arnold, and Joel McCrea in Come and Get It (1936)
    Come and Get It
    • performer: "The Bird on Nellie's Hat" (1906) ("Aura Lea" (1861), uncredited)
    • 1936

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Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Ed Arnold
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • February 18, 1890
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • April 26, 1956
    • Encino, California, USA(cerebral hemorrhage)
  • Spouses
      Cleo ArnoldOctober 7, 1951 - April 26, 1956 (his death)
  • Children
    • Edward Arnold Jr.
  • Parents
      Carl Schneider
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "Charlie Vincent"; Broadway debut) in "She Would and She Did" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Mark Reed. Directed by John Cromwell (also in cast as "Frank Goward"). Vanderbilt Theatre: 11 Sep 1919-Oct 1919 (closing date unknown/36 performances). Cast: John Adair (as "Wallie Byrnes"), Ned Burton, May Collins, Lemist Esler (as "Harley Hunt"), Grace George (as "Frances Nesmith"), Fletcher Harvey (as "Dr. Coburn"), Esther Howard, Arthur Keith, George MacQuarrie (as "Fisher Brigham"), John Stokes, Isabel West, Cora Witherspoon (as "Elsie Goward").
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 11 Articles

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  • Trivia
    Father of actor Edward Arnold Jr.
  • Salaries
      The Toast of New York
      (1937)
      $10,000 /week

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