Cast & creator
Edward Arnold
Best known for What's My Line?, Climax!, Climax!
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.
Also known as: Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider
114
film credits
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television credits
124
1916–2013 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (124)
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What's My Line?
Self
1950
Climax!
Jock Fathian
1954Climax!
Lieutenant Shipley
1954
Studio One
Juror #10
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
MGM Parade
1955
Cavalcade of America
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
General Electric Theater
1953General Electric Theater
John Prescott / Mayor Underwood
1953
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Jim Taylor
1939
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
1982
You Can't Take It with You
Anthony P. Kirby
1938
Duck Soup
Politician (uncredited)
1933
Living It Up
The Mayor of New York
1954
Annie Get Your Gun
Pawnee Bill
1950
Meet John Doe
D.B. Norton
1941
Rasputin and the Empress
Doctor Remezov
1932
I'm No Angel
Big Bill Barton
1933
All That Money Can Buy
Daniel Webster
1941
Belles on Their Toes
Sam Harper
1952
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
He Who Gets Slapped
(uncredited)
1924
Ziegfeld Follies
Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
1945
Eyes in the Night
Duncan 'Mac' Maclain
1942
Three on a Match
Ace
1932
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
2013
The Toast of New York
Jim Fisk
1937
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Joe Lorgan
1949
Her Bodyguard
Orson Bitzer
1933
Johnny Eager
John Benson Farrell
1941
Easy Living
J.B. Ball
1937
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
Nothing but the Truth
T.T. Ralston
1941
City That Never Sleeps
Penrod Biddel
1953
The Earl of Chicago
Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey
1940
Miami Exposé
Oliver Tubbs
1956
Mrs. Parkington
Amory Stilham
1944
No Leave, No Love
Hobart Canford Stiles
1946
The Hucksters
David 'Dave' Lash
1947
Come and Get It
Barney Glasgow
1936
Week-End at the Waldorf
Martin Edley
1945
Command Decision
Congressman Arthur Malcolm
1948
Idiot's Delight
Achille Weber
1939
The Ambassador's Daughter
Ambassador William Fisk
1956
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Elliot Fulton
1942
Sadie McKee
Brennan
1934
Big Jack
Mahoney
1949
Johnny Apollo
Robert Cain Sr.
1940
The Youngest Profession
Burton V. Lyons
1943
Secret of the Blue Room
Commissioner Forster
1933
Main Street After Dark
Lt. Lorrgan
1945
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Adm. Homer Thorndyke
1950
My Brother Talks to Horses
Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe
1947
Lillian Russell
Diamond Jim Brady
1940
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak
1935
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
1997
Whistling in the Dark
Dillon
1933
Blow-Ups of 1946
Self
1946
Three Wise Fools
Theodore Findley
1946
Roman Scandals
Emperor Valerius
1933
Unknown Blonde
Frank Rodie
1934
The Yellow Cab Man
Martin Creavy
1950The Despoiler
Richard Warner
1916
Thirty Day Princess
Richard M. Gresham
1934
Land of Liberty
Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')
1939
The Mighty McGurk
Mike Glenson
1947
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Inspector Ennis
1933
The Lady from Cheyenne
James 'Jim' Cork
1941
Three Daring Daughters
Robert Nelson
1948
Cardinal Richelieu
Louis XIII
1935
Blow-Ups of 1947
Self
1947
John Loves Mary
Sen. James McKinley
1949
The President Vanishes
Secretary of War Wardell
1934
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
1954
Crime and Punishment
Inspector Porfiry
1935
Hide-Out
Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy
1934
Madame Spy
Schultz
1934
The Houston Story
Paul Atlas
1956
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Self (archive footage)
2008
Meet Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe
1936
Ellis in Freedomland
The Range (voice)
1952
The Crowd Roars
Jim Cain
1938
Kismet
The Grand Vizier
1944
John Meade's Woman
John Meade
1937
Man About Town
Sir John Arlington
1939
Afraid to Talk
Jig Skelli
1932Vultures of Society
Joseph Gripp
1916
Standing Room Only
T.J. Todd
1944
The White Sister
Father Saracinesca
1933
Slightly Honorable
Vincent Cushing
1939
Big City
Judge Martin O. Abercrombie
1948
Twelve Angry Men
Juror #10
1954
The Barbarian
Achmed Pasha
1933
The Misleading Lady
Sidney Parker
1916
Janie Gets Married
Charles Conway
1946
Jennie Gerhardt
Sen. Brander
1933Man of Conflict
J.R. Compton
1953
Diamond Jim
Diamond Jim
1935
Murder in the Pullman
1932
Wednesday's Child
Ray Phillips
1934
Sherlock Holmes
Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap
1916
The Penalty
Martin 'Stuff' Nelson
1941
Million Dollar Ransom
Vincent Shelton
1934
Unholy Partners
Merrill Lambert
1941
Dear Wife
Judge Wilkins
1949
The Glass Key
Paul Madvig
1935
Dear Brat
Senator Wilkins
1951
Janie
Charles Conway
1944
Design for Scandal
Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair
1941
Remember Last Night?
Danny Harrison
1935
Sutter's Gold
Johan (John) Sutter
1936
The Hidden Eye
Capt. Duncan Maclain
1945
Okay, America!
Duke Morgan
1932
Dear Ruth
Judge Harry Wilkins
1947
The Return of Eve
Seymour Purchwell
1916
Phil-for-Short
Tom Wentworth
1919
Blossoms On Broadway
Ira Collins
1937
The Higher Destiny
John Standing
1916
Wallflower
Andrew J. Linnett
1948
A Broadway Saint
Mr. Frewen
1919
Let Freedom Ring
Jim Knox
1939
Inflation
The Devil
1942
The Cost
Hampden Scarborough
1920