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.
Okay, America! (1932): $900

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).