Edward Arnold Biography
Born Gunther Schneider in New York City in 1890, Edward 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 (a role he reprised in
Lillian Russell) and
Come and Get It. Arnold appeared in over 150 films and was President of The Screen Actors Guild shortly before his death in 1956.
Salary
Okay, America! (1932): $900
Trivia

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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