Edward Arnold was born as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider in 1890 on the Lower East Side of New York City the son of German immigrants Elizabeth Ohse and Carl Schneider 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 Actors Guild shortly before his death in 1956
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