George Arliss
Actor
- Born
- April 9, 1868 · London, England, UK
- Died
- February 5, 1946 (age 77)
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George Arliss (10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929), as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour.
Known for
The Eternal Jew
November 28, 1940
Disraeli
November 1, 1929
The Tunnel
October 27, 1935
The House of Rothschild
April 7, 1934
The Green Goddess
February 13, 1930
The Man Who Played God
February 9, 1932
The Working Man
April 20, 1933
The Millionaire
May 1, 1931
Alexander Hamilton
September 12, 1931
A Successful Calamity
September 17, 1932
Doctor Syn
August 25, 1937
Cardinal Richelieu
April 18, 1935
Acting31
- 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s as Self (archive footage)
- 1943The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
- 1940The Eternal Jew as Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)
- 1939Land of Liberty as Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
- 1937Doctor Syn as Dr Syn
- 1936His Lordship as Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
- 1936East Meets West as Sultan of Rungay
- 1935The Tunnel as Prime Minister of Great Britain