Edward G. Robinson
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Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor and political activist. Although he played a wide range of characters, he is best remembered for his roles as a gangster, most notably in his star-making film Little Caesar (1931). Robinson's career saw a decline during the 1950s Red Scare when he was threatened with blacklisting. Experiencing underemployment, he turned towards minor roles in B movies until he eventually returned to the mainstream by playing one of Moses' adversaries Dathan in Cecil B. DeMille's religious epic The Ten Commandments (1956). He was ranked number 24 in the American Film Institute's list of the 25 greatest male stars of Classic American cinema. Never having been nominated for an Academy Award during his 60-year career, he became a posthumous recipient of an Honorary Oscar in 1973, two months after his death. Robinson was Jewish and a staunch critic of fascist and Nazi ideologies that were on the rise in the 1930s. He donating more than $250,000 to 850 political and charitable organizations between 1939 and 1949, hosted a gathering at his home to sign a declaration calling for a boycott of all German-made products, frequently appeared at Soviet and American war relief rallies, delivered radio addresses in over six languages to Nazi-occupied European countries, and traveled to Normandy to entertain the troops, becoming the first movie star to go there for the USO. Robin was also an outspoken supporter of the civil rights movement, and regularly campaigned to overcome segregation.
Known for
Credits
The Ten Commandments (1956)
as Dathan
Soylent Green (1973)
as Sol Roth
Double Indemnity (1944)
as Barton Keyes
Mackenna's Gold (1969)
as Old Adams
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
as Big Jim Stevens (uncredited)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
as Lancey Howard
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
as Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz
Scarlet Street (1945)
as Christopher Cross
Key Largo (1948)
as Johnny Rocco
The Woman in the Window (1944)
as Professor Richard Wanley
Little Caesar (1931)
as Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka 'Little Caesar'
The Night Ride (1930)
as Tony Garotta
The Stranger (1946)
as Federal Agent Wilson
The Prize (1963)
as Max Stratman/Walter Stratman
The Red House (1947)
as Pete Morgan
The Violent Men (1955)
as Lee Wilkison
Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
as Simon Nurdlinger
The Outrage (1964)
as Con Man
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
as Maurice Kruger
My Geisha (1962)
as Sam Lewis
The Sea Wolf (1941)
as 'Wolf' Larsen
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Seven Thieves (1960)
as Theo Wilkins
Kid Galahad (1937)
as Nick 'Nicky' Donati
All My Sons (1948)
as Joe Keller
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
as Victor Amato
House of Strangers (1949)
as Gino Monetti
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
as Johnny Blake
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
as Marshall Tyler (segment 2)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
as John Triton
Big Leaguer (1953)
as John B 'Hans' Lobert
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Black Tuesday (1954)
as Vincent Canelli
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
as Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse
A Hole in the Head (1959)
as Mario Manetta
The Last Gangster (1937)
as Joe Krozac
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
as Remy Marko
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
as Edward 'Ed' Renard
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
as Larry Browne
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Illegal (1955)
as Victor Scott
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Grand Slam (1967)
as Prof. James Anders
Operation San Pietro (1967)
as Joe Ventura
Barbary Coast (1935)
as Luis Chamalis
Brother Orchid (1940)
as Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vice Squad (1953)
as Capt. 'Barnie' Barnaby
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
as Dr. Paul Ehrlich
Smart Money (1931)
as Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos
Destroyer (1943)
as Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski
Pepe (1960)
as Edward G. Robinson
A Bullet for Joey (1955)
as Raoul Leduc
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
as Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
as 'Pressure' Maxwell
The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
as Professor Samuels
Tight Spot (1955)
as Lloyd Hallett
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Manpower (1941)
as Hank McHenry
Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
as Wilbert Winkle
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
as Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Gangster
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
Neither by Day Nor by Night (1972)
as Father
Never a Dull Moment (1968)
as Leo Joseph Smooth
Warner at War (2008)
as (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Five Star Final (1931)
as Joseph W. Randall
Two Seconds (1932)
as John Allen
Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sammy Going South (1963)
as Cocky Wainwright
Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)
Actor
Journey Together (1945)
as Dean McWilliams
Nightmare (1956)
as Rene Bressard
I Am the Law (1938)
as John Lindsay
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
as Paul Julius Reuter
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
as Self
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970)
as Emile Pulska
Pulp Cinema (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Bright Shawl (1923)
as Domingo Escobar
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
as Martinius Jacobson
The Widow from Chicago (1930)
as Dominic
Thunder in the City (1937)
as Dan Armstrong
A Lady to Love (1930)
as Tony
The Glass Web (1953)
as Henry Hayes
Tiger Shark (1932)
as Mike Mascarenhas
The Hatchet Man (1932)
as Wong Low Get
The Little Giant (1933)
as James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn
Actors and Sin (1952)
as Maurice Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)
Operation Heartbeat (1969)
as Dr. Lee Forestman
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)
as Self
Blackmail (1939)
as John R. Ingram
Silver Dollar (1932)
as Yates Martin
Israel (1959)
as Self - Narrator
The Blonde from Peking (1967)
as CIA Chief Douglas
Away with Words (2026)
as Edward G. Robinson
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
as Self
Blow-Ups of 1947 (1947)
as Self
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
The Right Man (1960)
as Theodore Roosevelt
I Loved a Woman (1933)
as John Mansfield Hayden
Breakdowns of 1936 (1936)
as Self
A Day at Santa Anita (1937)
as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)
My Daughter Joy (1950)
as George Constantin
Okay for Sound (1946)
Actor
Tampico (1944)
as Capt. Bart Manson
Planet of the Apes Test Reel (1966)
as Dr. Zaius
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green' (1973)
as Self
Movie Tough Guys (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
The Man with Two Faces (1934)
as Damon Welles / Jules Chautard
Round About Hollywood (1931)
as Self
Unholy Partners (1941)
as Bruce Corey
The Hole in the Wall (1929)
as The Fox
Breakdowns of 1939 (1939)
as Self
Song of Norway (1970)
as Krogstad
Moscow Strikes Back (1942)
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
Every Woman's Longing (1930)
as Tony
Outside the Law (1930)
as Cobra Collins
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Dark Hazard (1934)
as Jim 'Buck' Turner
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' (1931)
as Self - Golfer (uncredited)
It's Your Move (1968)
as Sir George McDowell
Arms and the Woman (1916)
as Factory Worker
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930)
as Self
Polo with the Stars (1941)
as Self - Watching Polo Match
East Is West (1930)
as Charlie Yong
Born a Man (1965)
as Narrator
The First Gangster and the Last Gangster (1937)
as Himself