Edward Arnold

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.

Known For

Jim Taylor

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Pawnee Bill

Annie Get Your Gun

(in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

D.B. Norton

Meet John Doe

Anthony P. Kirby

You Can't Take It with You

Joe Lorgan

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Paul Atlas

The Houston Story

Penrod Biddel

City That Never Sleeps

Big Bill Barton

I'm No Angel

Self (archive footage)

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You

John Benson Farrell

Johnny Eager

Daniel Webster

All That Money Can Buy

Oliver Tubbs

Miami Exposé

Paul Madvig

The Glass Key

Ace

Three on a Match

Emperor Valerius

Roman Scandals

Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")

Ziegfeld Follies

The Grand Vizier

Kismet

Achille Weber

Idiot's Delight

Brennan

Sadie McKee

Inspector Porfiry

Crime and Punishment

Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy

Hide-Out

Robert Cain Sr.

Johnny Apollo

Amory Stilham

Mrs. Parkington

Jim Fisk

The Toast of New York

J.B. Ball

Easy Living

Duke Morgan

Okay, America!

Sam Harper

Belles on Their Toes

Richard M. Gresham

Thirty Day Princess

Duncan 'Mac' Maclain

Eyes in the Night

Danny Harrison

Remember Last Night?

Barney Glasgow

Come and Get It

Merrill Lambert

Unholy Partners

Martin Edley

Week-End at the Waldorf

Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair

Design for Scandal

T.T. Ralston

Nothing But the Truth

Capt. Duncan Maclain

The Hidden Eye

Elliot Fulton

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

David 'Dave' Lash

The Hucksters

Lt. Lorrgan

Main Street After Dark

Martin Creavy

The Yellow Cab Man

Hobart Canford Stiles

No Leave, No Love

Sidney Parker

The Misleading Lady

Seymour Purchwell

The Return of Eve

Judge Wilkins

Dear Wife

Judge Harry Wilkins

Dear Ruth

Mike Glenson

The Mighty McGurk

Burton V. Lyons

The Youngest Profession

Vincent Cushing

Slightly Honorable

Robert Nelson

Three Daring Daughters

Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey

The Earl of Chicago

Commissioner Forster

Secret of the Blue Room

James 'Jim' Cork

The Lady from Cheyenne

Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Father Saracinesca

The White Sister

Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe

My Brother Talks to Horses

Senator Wilkins

Dear Brat

Nero Wolfe

Meet Nero Wolfe

Diamond Jim Brady

Lillian Russell

Dillon

Whistling in the Dark

Andrew J. Linnett

Wallflower

Sen. Brander

Jennie Gerhardt

Jim Knox

Let Freedom Ring

Mahoney

Big Jack

Ira Collins

Blossoms On Broadway

The Range (voice)

Ellis in Freedomland

Charles Conway

Janie

Charles Conway

Janie Gets Married

Ray Phillips

Wednesday's Child

T.J. Todd

Standing Room Only

Theodore Findley

Three Wise Fools

Judge Martin O. Abercrombie

Big City

The Devil

Inflation

John Meade

John Meade's Woman

Sir John Arlington

Man About Town

Achmed Pasha

The Barbarian

Johan (John) Sutter

Sutter's Gold

Jim Cain

The Crowd Roars

Doctor Remezov

Rasputin and the Empress

Louis XIII

Cardinal Richelieu

Diamond Jim

Diamond Jim

Sen. James McKinley

John Loves Mary

Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')

Land of Liberty

(uncredited)

He Who Gets Slapped

Self (archive footage)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

Inspector Ennis

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

Secretary of War Wardell

The President Vanishes

Congressman Arthur Malcolm

Command Decision

Vincent Shelton

Million Dollar Ransom

(archive footage) (uncredited)

That's Entertainment!

Martin 'Stuff' Nelson

The Penalty

Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Adm. Homer Thorndyke

The Skipper Surprised His Wife

Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap

Sherlock Holmes

Politician (uncredited)

Duck Soup

Juror #10

Twelve Angry Men

The Mayor of New York

Living It Up

Ambassador William Fisk

The Ambassador's Daughter

Schultz

Madame Spy

Self

Blow-Ups of 1947

Jig Skelli

Afraid to Talk

Frank Rodie

Unknown Blonde

Tom Wentworth

Phil-for-Short

Self

Blow-Ups of 1946

Self

A Star Is Born World Premiere

Orson Bitzer

Her Bodyguard

J.R. Compton

Man of Conflict

Self (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Mr. Frewen

A Broadway Saint

Murder in the Pullman

Hampden Scarborough

The Cost

John Standing

The Higher Destiny

Richard Warner

The Despoiler

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

113

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-02-17

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider