Known for:	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Meet John Doe, You Can't Take It with You
Birth name:	Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider
Birthday:	18 February 1890, New York, New York, USA

Screen, stage, and television actor. Father of actor Edward Arnold Jr. Entered films in 1915 with Essanay. Interred at San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, California, USA, Section D, Lot 132, Grave 9. President of Screen Actors Guild (SAG). [1940-1942] Was an MC on the radio program called "The Chase and Sanborn Hour" starring Nelson Eddy, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, in 1938. One of the first actors to seriously consider running for public office, Arnold ran for Lon Angeles City Alderman in the mid-1940s. He lost, in a close election, and expressed his views afterward that entertainment and politics were incompatible. Of course, he has been proven wrong numerous times since then. Arnold actually played both the Devil and Daniel Webster in succeeding years, playing Webster in The Devil and Daniel Webster and the Devil in the WW2 propaganda short Inflation the following year. The latter film, incidentally, also marked the film debut of Esther Williams. Portrayed a different president each week on ABC Radio's "Mr. President" (1947-1953).

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