George Arliss

Personal Info

Birthday

April 9, 1868

Day of Death

1946-02-05

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

George Augustus Andrews

Джордж Арлисс

George Arliss

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 Millionaire

The House of Rothschild

The Man Who Played God

The Working Man

The Eternal Jew

Cardinal Richelieu

A Successful Calamity

The Devil

Filmography

2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as Self (archive footage)
1943
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
1940
The Eternal Jew
as Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1939
Land of Liberty
as Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
1937
Doctor Syn
as Dr Syn
1936
His Lordship
as Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
East Meets West
as Sultan of Rungay
1935
The Tunnel
as Prime Minister of Great Britain
The Guv'nor
as François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor
Cardinal Richelieu
as Cardinal Richelieu
1934
The Iron Duke
as Duke of Wellington
The Last Gentleman
as Cabot Barr
The House of Rothschild
as Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild
1933
Voltaire
as Voltaire
The Working Man
as John Reeves alias John Walton
The King's Vacation
as Phillip, the King
1932
A Successful Calamity
as Henry Wilton
The Man Who Played God
as Montgomery Royle
1931
Alexander Hamilton
as Alexander Hamilton
Impressions of Disraeli
as Benjamin Disraeli
The Millionaire
as James Alden
1930
Old English
as Sylvanus Heythorp
The Green Goddess
as The Raja
1929
Disraeli
as Benjamin Disraeli
1924
Twenty Dollars a Week
as John Reeves
1921
The Devil
as Dr. Müller