Biography
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 Acto...
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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers from some of the biggest movies in history . You'll...

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
2008
as Self (archive footage)
The director's son gives interesting anecdotes about Frank Capra's making of the 1938 hit comedy, "You Can't Take It With You."

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellen...

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist...

That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

Miami Exposé
1956
as Oliver Tubbs
A police detective baits killer gamblers with a mob witness (Patricia Medina) in the Everglades.

The Ambassador's Daughter
1956
as Ambassador William Fisk
While on leave in Paris, a G.I. pursues an ambassador's daughter. Meanwhile she's out to prove to her father that soldiers can be gentlemen, too.

The Houston Story
1956
as Paul Atlas
A Texas oil driller schemes to steal millions of dollars in oil.
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Acade...

Twelve Angry Men
1954
as Juror #10
Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 S...

Living It Up
1954
as The Mayor of New York
Homer Flagg (Lewis) is a railroad worker in the small town of Desert Hole, New Mexico. One day he finds an abandoned automobile at an old atomic provi...

Man of Conflict
1953
as J.R. Compton
Young man comes home to get ready to take over the family company, only to find that his father has been corrupted by power. In addition, he falls for...

City That Never Sleeps
1953
as Penrod Biddel
Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with his stripper girlfriend Angel Face, but keeps getting co...

Ellis in Freedomland
1952
as The Range (voice)
Westinghouse claims its electric appliances "freed women from the drudgery of housework." The first half involves a dream salesman at work; the second...

Belles on Their Toes
1952
as Sam Harper
The "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends meet without her husband's income, while Anne, Martha, ...

Dear Brat
1951
as Senator Wilkins
Mirian Wilkins, the teenage daughter of Senator Wilkins, starts a Society for the Rehabilitation of Criminals and, without the approval or knowledge o...

The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950
as Adm. Homer Thorndyke
A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.

Annie Get Your Gun
1950
as Pawnee Bill
Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

The Yellow Cab Man
1950
as Martin Creavy
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that...

Dear Wife
1949
as Judge Wilkins
In this sequel to Dear Ruth, teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill Seacroft, her brother-in-law, for state senator in oppositio...

Big Jack
1949
as Mahoney
Wallace Beery, in his final film, plays a bandit in this period drama set in Colonial America.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
as Joe Lorgan
The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected "fathead" who intends to take an active i...

John Loves Mary
1949
as Sen. James McKinley
After four long years apart, there are so many things returning World War II soldier John Lawrence wants to tell his sweetheart, Mary McKinley. That h...

Command Decision
1948
as Congressman Arthur Malcolm
High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties ...

Wallflower
1948
as Andrew J. Linnett
Two stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.

Big City
1948
as Judge Martin O. Abercrombie
A young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood men--a minister, a cantor, and a cop.

Three Daring Daughters
1948
as Robert Nelson
Three young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband.

Blow-Ups of 1947
1947
as Self
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947.

The Hucksters
1947
as David 'Dave' Lash
A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.

Dear Ruth
1947
as Judge Harry Wilkins
Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth Wilkins, with whom he has been corresponding. Unknown to b...

My Brother Talks to Horses
1947
as Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horses--and also pick the winners of upcoming races. Wh...

The Mighty McGurk
1947
as Mike Glenson
A retired prizefighter becomes the unlikely guardian of a young orphan boy recently arrived from England to New York's Bowery District.

Blow-Ups of 1946
1946
as Self
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1946.

Three Wise Fools
1946
as Theodore Findley
An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men.

Janie Gets Married
1946
as Charles Conway
Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father's (Edward Arnold) newspaper.

No Leave, No Love
1946
as Hobart Canford Stiles
A soldier returns with his pal from fighting in the Pacific during World War II only to discover his fiancee has married someone else. However, he fal...

Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as Martin Edley
Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for ...

The Hidden Eye
1945
as Capt. Duncan Maclain
A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of murder.

Ziegfeld Follies
1945
as Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

Main Street After Dark
1945
as Lt. Lorrgan
A police detective uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket and her gang.

Mrs. Parkington
1944
as Amory Stilham
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by m...

Kismet
1944
as The Grand Vizier
Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the c...

Janie
1944
as Charles Conway
Teenage Janie falls in love with a private from an Army base opposed by her editor father.

Standing Room Only
1944
as T.J. Todd
During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of the housing shortage, are unable to find hotel rooms....

The Youngest Profession
1943
as Burton V. Lyons
Joan Lyons and her friend Patricia Drew are autograph hounds spending most of their day bumping into, and having tea, with the likes of Greer Garson a...

Eyes in the Night
1942
as Duncan 'Mac' Maclain
Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.

The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
as Elliot Fulton
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishnes...

Inflation
1942
as The Devil
The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.

Johnny Eager
1941
as John Benson Farrell
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

Design for Scandal
1941
as Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair
A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.

Unholy Partners
1941
as Merrill Lambert
A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.

All That Money Can Buy
1941
as Daniel Webster
Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruit...

Nothing But the Truth
1941
as T.T. Ralston
A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twenty-four hours.

The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as James 'Jim' Cork
Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes ...

Meet John Doe
1941
as D.B. Norton
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The p...

The Penalty
1941
as Martin 'Stuff' Nelson
In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his daddy kills an FBI agent and a cabby, the boy see...

Lillian Russell
1940
as Diamond Jim Brady
Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

Johnny Apollo
1940
as Robert Cain Sr.
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's releas...

The Earl of Chicago
1940
as Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.

Slightly Honorable
1939
as Vincent Cushing
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Jim Taylor
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new ...

Man About Town
1939
as Sir John Arlington
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he pick...

Land of Liberty
1939
as Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.

Let Freedom Ring
1939
as Jim Knox
A Harvard man fights a railroad baron with a disguise and the power of the press.

Idiot's Delight
1939
as Achille Weber
A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.

You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Anthony P. Kirby
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish m...

The Crowd Roars
1938
as Jim Cain
A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy do...

Blossoms On Broadway
1937
as Ira Collins
A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.

The Toast of New York
1937
as Jim Fisk
After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he str...

Easy Living
1937
as J.B. Ball
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out ...

John Meade's Woman
1937
as John Meade
"Teddy" Connor, a woman recently orphaned, leaves her uncle's Midwestern farm for Chicago, where she meets "lumber king" John Meade. John takes her in...

Come and Get It
1936
as Barney Glasgow
An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.

Meet Nero Wolfe
1936
as Nero Wolfe
Rex Stout's portly detective prides himself on solving crimes without venturing outside his comfortable home; here he relies on others to do the legwo...

Sutter's Gold
1936
as Johan (John) Sutter
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.

Crime and Punishment
1935
as Inspector Porfiry
A man is haunted by a murder he's committed.

Remember Last Night?
1935
as Danny Harrison
After a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's host has been murdered in his bed.

Diamond Jim
1935
as Diamond Jim
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.

The Glass Key
1935
as Paul Madvig
When Paul Madvig, a successful politician who fights his rivals to seize the city, becomes implicated in a murder, Ed Beaumont, his friend and right-h...

Cardinal Richelieu
1935
as Louis XIII
The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.

Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
as Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak
Everyweek Newsmagazine editor Richard Kurt pursues famous free-spirited portrait artist Marion Forsythe on her return to the states from Europe, seeki...

The President Vanishes
1934
as Secretary of War Wardell
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman a...

Wednesday's Child
1934
as Ray Phillips
A 10-year-old's happy life is shattered when his parents are divorced.

Million Dollar Ransom
1934
as Vincent Shelton
To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.

Hide-Out
1934
as Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy
Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer's daughter who at first is unaware of his cr...

Thirty Day Princess
1934
as Richard M. Gresham
A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly l...

Sadie McKee
1934
as Brennan
A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.

Unknown Blonde
1934
as Frank Rodie
An unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases finds that he's framing his own daughter.

Madame Spy
1934
as Schultz
Maria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian assigned to spy on him. When he is told to uncover a leak...

Roman Scandals
1933
as Emperor Valerius
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olde...

Duck Soup
1933
as Politician (uncredited)
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.

I'm No Angel
1933
as Big Bill Barton
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head ...

Her Bodyguard
1933
as Orson Bitzer
The "sugar daddy" of a Broadway star hires a bodyguard to protect her from thieves out to steal the jewels he's given her and also from the attentions...

Secret of the Blue Room
1933
as Commissioner Forster
According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The thr...

Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Sen. Brander
This turn-of-the-century tragedy chronicles the sorrowful travails of a woman who endures a series of devastating losses.

The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
as Inspector Ennis
Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and womanizer behind the scenes. Intoxicated at a party, he...

The Barbarian
1933
as Achmed Pasha
An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.

The White Sister
1933
as Father Saracinesca
An Italian aristocrat enters a nunnery, thinking her pilot lover has been killed in the war.

Whistling in the Dark
1933
as Dillon
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect murder.

Rasputin and the Empress
1932
as Doctor Remezov
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.

Afraid to Talk
1932
as Jig Skelli
Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.

Three on a Match
1932
as Ace
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery ...

Okay, America!
1932
as Duke Morgan
A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
Murder in the Pullman
1932
Noted team of detective and criminologist solve the murder of a new bride, in her compartment, on the train on which they are travelling.

He Who Gets Slapped
1924
as (uncredited)
After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown w...

The Cost
1920
as Hampden Scarborough
Against her father's wishes, Pauline Gardner marries John Dumont, a young philanderer, on his promise that he will reform.

A Broadway Saint
1919
as Mr. Frewen
Dick Vernon (Montagu Love) lives in New York but hasn't succumbed to the city's vices. When his vacation comes up, he goes to Boonsburg to visit his u...

Phil-for-Short
1919
as Tom Wentworth
A feisty, independent young woman, Damophilia Illington ("Phil" for short, hence the title), the daughter of a progressive university professor, is de...

The Return of Eve
1916
as Seymour Purchwell
Believing that over-civilization was destroying the race, Eli Tapper, an eccentric millionaire, took two unrelated orphan children, a boy and a girl, ...

The Higher Destiny
1916
as John Standing

Sherlock Holmes
1916
as Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap
When a couple of scammers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will to discover the whereabouts of letters whose dissemination could cause a scandal ...
The Despoiler
1916
as Richard Warner

The Misleading Lady
1916
as Sidney Parker
Helen Steele, who has theatrical aspirations, has been told by Sidney Parker that, owing to her lack of stage experience he cannot entertain her propo...