Edward Arnold

Biography

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 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

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Jim Taylor

Duck Soup

as Politician (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You

as Anthony P. Kirby

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)

Meet John Doe

as D.B. Norton

He Who Gets Slapped

as (uncredited)

All That Money Can Buy

as Daniel Webster

Annie Get Your Gun

as Pawnee Bill

Three on a Match

as Ace

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)