George Arliss

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Arliss (10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929), as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour.

Known For

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

The Eternal Jew

as Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Tunnel

as Prime Minister of Great Britain

Disraeli

as Benjamin Disraeli

The House of Rothschild

as Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild

The Green Goddess

as The Raja

The Man Who Played God

as Montgomery Royle

The Working Man

as John Reeves alias John Walton

A Successful Calamity

as Henry Wilton

The Millionaire

as James Alden