Birthday
1890/02/17
Day of death
1956/04/26 (66 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider
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.
(1939) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Jim Taylor
(1950) Annie Get Your Gun
as Pawnee Bill
(1982) Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
(1941) Meet John Doe
as D.B. Norton
(1938) You Can't Take It with You
as Anthony P. Kirby
(1949) Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Joe Lorgan
(1956) The Houston Story
as Paul Atlas
(1953) City That Never Sleeps
as Penrod Biddel
(1933) I'm No Angel
as Big Bill Barton
(2008) Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
as Self (archive footage)
(1941) Johnny Eager
as John Benson Farrell
(1941) All That Money Can Buy
as Daniel Webster
(1956) Miami Exposé
as Oliver Tubbs
(1935) The Glass Key
as Paul Madvig
(1932) Three on a Match
as Ace
(1933) Roman Scandals
as Emperor Valerius
(1945) Ziegfeld Follies
as Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
(1944) Kismet
as The Grand Vizier
(1939) Idiot's Delight
as Achille Weber
(1934) Sadie McKee
as Brennan
(1935) Crime and Punishment
as Inspector Porfiry
(1934) Hide-Out
as Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy
(1940) Johnny Apollo
as Robert Cain Sr.
(1944) Mrs. Parkington
as Amory Stilham
(1937) The Toast of New York
as Jim Fisk
(1937) Easy Living
as J.B. Ball
(1932) Okay, America!
as Duke Morgan
(1952) Belles on Their Toes
as Sam Harper
(1934) Thirty Day Princess
as Richard M. Gresham
(1942) Eyes in the Night
as Duncan 'Mac' Maclain
(1935) Remember Last Night?
as Danny Harrison
(1936) Come and Get It
as Barney Glasgow
(1941) Unholy Partners
as Merrill Lambert
(1945) Week-End at the Waldorf
as Martin Edley
(1941) Design for Scandal
as Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair
(1941) Nothing But the Truth
as T.T. Ralston
(1945) The Hidden Eye
as Capt. Duncan Maclain
(1942) The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Elliot Fulton
(1947) The Hucksters
as David 'Dave' Lash
(1945) Main Street After Dark
as Lt. Lorrgan
(1950) The Yellow Cab Man
as Martin Creavy
(1946) No Leave, No Love
as Hobart Canford Stiles
(1916) The Misleading Lady
as Sidney Parker
(1916) The Return of Eve
as Seymour Purchwell
(1947) Dear Ruth
as Judge Harry Wilkins
(1949) Dear Wife
as Judge Wilkins
(1947) The Mighty McGurk
as Mike Glenson
(1943) The Youngest Profession
as Burton V. Lyons
(1939) Slightly Honorable
as Vincent Cushing
(1948) Three Daring Daughters
as Robert Nelson
(1940) The Earl of Chicago
as Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey
(1933) Secret of the Blue Room
as Commissioner Forster
(1941) The Lady from Cheyenne
as James 'Jim' Cork
(1935) Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak
(1933) The White Sister
as Father Saracinesca
(1947) My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe
(1951) Dear Brat
as Senator Wilkins
(1936) Meet Nero Wolfe
as Nero Wolfe
(1940) Lillian Russell
as Diamond Jim Brady
(1933) Whistling in the Dark
as Dillon
(1948) Wallflower
as Andrew J. Linnett
(1933) Jennie Gerhardt
as Sen. Brander
(1939) Let Freedom Ring
as Jim Knox
(1949) Big Jack
as Mahoney
(1937) Blossoms On Broadway
as Ira Collins
(1952) Ellis in Freedomland
as The Range (voice)
(1946) Janie Gets Married
as Charles Conway
(1944) Janie
as Charles Conway
(1934) Wednesday's Child
as Ray Phillips
(1944) Standing Room Only
as T.J. Todd
(1946) Three Wise Fools
as Theodore Findley
(1948) Big City
as Judge Martin O. Abercrombie
(1942) Inflation
as The Devil
(1937) John Meade's Woman
as John Meade
(1939) Man About Town
as Sir John Arlington
(1933) The Barbarian
as Achmed Pasha
(1936) Sutter's Gold
as Johan (John) Sutter
(1938) The Crowd Roars
as Jim Cain
(1932) Rasputin and the Empress
as Doctor Remezov
(1935) Cardinal Richelieu
as Louis XIII
(1935) Diamond Jim
as Diamond Jim
(1949) John Loves Mary
as Sen. James McKinley
(1939) Land of Liberty
as Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')
(2013) Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
(1924) He Who Gets Slapped
as (uncredited)
(1933) The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Inspector Ennis
(1934) The President Vanishes
as Secretary of War Wardell
(1948) Command Decision
as Congressman Arthur Malcolm
(1934) Million Dollar Ransom
as Vincent Shelton
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1941) The Penalty
as Martin 'Stuff' Nelson
(1997) Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Adm. Homer Thorndyke
(1933) Duck Soup
as Politician (uncredited)
(1916) Sherlock Holmes
as Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap
(1954) Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #10
(1954) Living It Up
as The Mayor of New York
(1956) The Ambassador's Daughter
as Ambassador William Fisk
(1934) Madame Spy
as Schultz
(1947) Blow-Ups of 1947
as Self
(1932) Afraid to Talk
as Jig Skelli
(1934) Unknown Blonde
as Frank Rodie
(1919) Phil-for-Short
as Tom Wentworth
(1946) Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
(1954) A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
(1933) Her Bodyguard
as Orson Bitzer
(1953) Man of Conflict
as J.R. Compton
(1988) James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1919) A Broadway Saint
as Mr. Frewen
(1932) Murder in the Pullman
as ---
(1920) The Cost
as Hampden Scarborough
(1948) Studio One
as Juror #10
(1953) General Electric Theater
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as ---
(1954) Climax!
as Jock Fathian
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as ---
(1953) General Electric Theater
as John Prescott / Mayor Underwood
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1954) Climax!
as Lieutenant Shipley
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self