EDWARD ARNOLD BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Edward Arnold was born on February 18th, 1890 in New York City, New York with the birth name Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider. His first stage appearance was at the age of twelve in, "The Merchant of Venice". This was followed by his first professional stage debut in 1907.
In 1915, Edward entered the film industry with a role on, "Essanay" as an extra with World Studio's. His first real significant role was in 1916 on the film, "The Misleading Lady" and then chose for a while to put his film career on hold and return back to working as a stage actor.
When the silent film era ended and talkies came about, he chose to return back to films in 1932 with a role in, "Okay America!" followed by re creating one of the roles he played on stage in the film, "Whistling in the Dark" (1933). Finally, he reached star level status when he worked on the film, "Diamond Jim" (1935).
Some of his best known roles were in films such as, "Come and Get It" (1936), "Sutter's Gold" (1936), "The Toast of New York" (1937), "You Can't Take it With You" (1938) and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) among many others. In all he appeared in over 150 films.
Alongside his already successful stage and film career, Arnold also worked as an MC on the radio program called, "The Chase and Sanborn Hour" in 1938. He also worked on an ABC Radio show called, "Mr. President" from 1947 through 1953 playing a different president each week which was ironic considering during his career and was also highly involved in politics.
As his career entered the 1940's he continued to work on films such as, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1941) and "Inflation" (1942). As he began to get older and put on some weight gain, he chose to portray a different type of character instead of try to attempt to lose the weight. He began to notice the more weight he gained, the better the roles were that were being offered to him.
Edward Arnold married three times throughout his life. First to Harriet Marshall from 1917 through 1927 and they had three children, Elizabeth, Jane and William. His second marriage was to Olive Emerson from 1929 to 1948. His third and final marriage was to Cleo Arnold from 1951 through 1956 when he passed way at the age of sixty six on April 26th, 1956 in Encino, California from cerebral hemorrhage. He is buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, California.
Edward was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and he also served as president for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Edward was also the cofounder of the, I Am American Foundation.
Filmography
1956 Strange Stories
1956 Miami Expose
1956 Ethel Barrymore Theater
1956 The Ambassador's Daughter
1956 Celebrity Playhouse
1956 Kraft Theatre
1956 The Houston Story
1952-1955 The Ford Television Theatre
1955 The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater
1955 Climax!
1955 Hallmark Hall of Fame
1954 Studio One in Hollywood
1954 Living It Up
1954 G.E. True Theater
1953 Man of Conflict
1953 Schlitz Playhouse
1953 City That Never Sleeps
1952 Hollywood Opening Night
1952 Belles on Their Toes
1951 Dear Brat
1950 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1950 The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950 Annie Get Your Gun
1950 The Yellow Cab Man
1949 Dear Wife
1949 Big Jack
1949 Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949 John Loves Mary
1948 Command Decision
1948 Wallflower
1948 Big City
1948 Three Daring Daughters
1947 The Hucksters
1947 Dear Ruth
1947 My Brother Talks to Horses
1947 The Mighty McGurk
1946 No Leave, No Love
1946 Janie Gets Married
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 The Hidden Eye
1945 Ziegfeld Follies
1945 Main Street After Dark
1944 Mrs. Parkington
1944 Kismet
1944 Janie
1944 Standing Room Only
1943 The Youngest Profession
1942 Eyes in the Night
1942 The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942 Inflation
1941 Design for Scandal
1941 Johnny Eager
1941 Unholy Partners
1941 The Devil and Daniel Webster
1941 Nothing But the Truth
1941 Meet John Doe
1941 The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 The Penalty
1940 Lillian Russell
1940 Johnny Apollo
1940 The Earl of Chicago
1939 Slightly Honorable
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 Man About Town
1939 Let Freedom Ring
1939 Idiot's Delight
1938 You Can't Take It with You
1938 The Crowd Roars
1937 Blossoms on Broadway
1937 The Toast of New York
1937 Easy Living
1937 John Meade's Woman
1936 Come and Get It
1936 Meet Nero Wolfe
1936 Sutter's Gold
1935 ICrime and Punishment
1935 Remember Last Night?
1935 Diamond Jim
1935 The Glass Key
1935 Cardinal Richelieu
1935 Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1934 The President Vanishes
1934 Wednesday's Child
1934 Million Dollar Ransom
1934 Hide-Out
1934 Thirty Day Princess
1934 Sadie McKee
1934 Unknown Blonde
1934 Madame Spy
1933 Roman Scandals
1933 Duck Soup
1933 I'm No Angel
1933 Her Bodyguard
1933 Secret of the Blue Room
1933 Jennie Gerhardt
1933 The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933 The Barbarian
1933 The White Sister
1933 Whistling in the Dark
1932 Rasputin and the Empress
1932 Merry-Go-Round
1932 Three on a Match
1932 Okay, America!
1932 Murder in the Pullman
1932 Free to Talk
1924 He Who Gets Slapped
1920 The Cost
1919 A Broadway Saint
1919 Phil-for-Short
1917 The Slacker's Heart
1917 Be My Best Man
1917 Pass the Hash, Ann
1917 Meddling with Marriage
1917 The Wifeless Husband
1917 The Pallid Dawn
1917 The Pulse of Madness
1917 The Vanishing Woman
1917 The Extravagant Bride
1917 Ashes on the Hearthstone
1917 Desertion and Non-Support
1917 Shifting Shadows
1917 The Magic Mirror
1917 The Sinful Marriage
1917 The Wide, Wrong Way
1917 When the Man Speaks
1917 The Lighted Lamp
1916 Wife in Sunshine
1916 Dancing with Folly
1916 The Burning Band
1916 The Border Line
1916 His Moral Code
1916 The Heart of Virginia Keep
1916 Marooned
1916 The Return of Eve
1916 The Greater Obligation
1916 The Higher Destiny
1916 A Traitor to Art
1916 A Return to Youth and Trouble
1916 The Danger Line
1916 The Last Adventure
1916 I Will Repay
1916 The Despoiler
1916 Vultures of Society
1916 The Primitive Strain
1916 The Strange Case of Mary Page
1916 The White Alley
1916 The Misleading Lady
