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
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
as Big Jim Stevens (uncredited)
The Stranger (1946)
as Federal Agent Wilson
Mackenna's Gold (1969)
as Old Adams
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
as Lancey Howard
The Prize (1963)
as Max Stratman/Walter Stratman
Big Leaguer (1953)
as John B 'Hans' Lobert
Key Largo (1948)
as Johnny Rocco
Scarlet Street (1945)
as Christopher Cross
Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
as Simon Nurdlinger
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
as Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz
My Geisha (1962)
as Sam Lewis
The Red House (1947)
as Pete Morgan
The Woman in the Window (1944)
as Professor Richard Wanley
Operation San Pietro (1967)
as Joe Ventura
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
as Marshall Tyler (segment 2)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
House of Strangers (1949)
as Gino Monetti
I Am the Law (1938)
as John Lindsay
Little Caesar (1931)
as Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka 'Little Caesar'
Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
as Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
The Outrage (1964)
as Con Man
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
as Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
as Remy Marko
Warner at War (2008)
as (archive footage)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
as Victor Amato
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
as John Triton
The Sea Wolf (1941)
as 'Wolf' Larsen
The Last Gangster (1937)
as Joe Krozac
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
as Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse
The Violent Men (1955)
as Lee Wilkison
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
as Johnny Blake
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
as Edward 'Ed' Renard
Pepe (1960)
as Edward G. Robinson
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
as Maurice Kruger
A Hole in the Head (1959)
as Mario Manetta
All My Sons (1948)
as Joe Keller
Never a Dull Moment (1968)
as Leo Joseph Smooth
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
as Martinius Jacobson
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970)
as Emile Pulska
Kid Galahad (1937)
as Nick 'Nicky' Donati
Okay for Sound (1946)
Actor
Illegal (1955)
as Victor Scott
It's Your Move (1968)
as Sir George McDowell
A Bullet for Joey (1955)
as Raoul Leduc
Barbary Coast (1935)
as Luis Chamalis
Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
as Dr. Paul Ehrlich
Five Star Final (1931)
as Joseph W. Randall
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
The Bright Shawl (1923)
as Domingo Escobar
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)
Actor
Israel (1959)
as Self - Narrator
The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
as Professor Samuels
Vice Squad (1953)
as Capt. 'Barnie' Barnaby
Manpower (1941)
as Hank McHenry
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
as Larry Browne
The Night Ride (1930)
as Tony Garotta
Tight Spot (1955)
as Lloyd Hallett
Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
as Wilbert Winkle
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Smart Money (1931)
as Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos
Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
A Lady to Love (1930)
as Tony
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930)
as Self
Grand Slam (1967)
as Prof. James Anders
My Daughter Joy (1950)
as George Constantin
The Blonde from Peking (1967)
as CIA Chief Douglas
Seven Thieves (1960)
as Theo Wilkins
The Little Giant (1933)
as James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn
Black Tuesday (1954)
as Vincent Canelli
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Thunder in the City (1937)
as Dan Armstrong
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Brother Orchid (1940)
as Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto
Nightmare (1956)
as Rene Bressard
Destroyer (1943)
as Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
as Self
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
as 'Pressure' Maxwell
Round About Hollywood (1931)
as Self
Journey Together (1945)
as Dean McWilliams
Actors and Sin (1952)
as Maurice Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)
Operation Heartbeat (1969)
as Dr. Lee Forestman
I Loved a Woman (1933)
as John Mansfield Hayden
Neither by Day Nor by Night (1972)
as Father
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
as Paul Julius Reuter
Planet of the Apes Test Reel (1966)
as Dr. Zaius
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
as Self
The Widow from Chicago (1930)
as Dominic
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green' (1973)
as Self
Sammy Going South (1963)
as Cocky Wainwright
Dark Hazard (1934)
as Jim 'Buck' Turner
The Man with Two Faces (1934)
as Damon Welles / Jules Chautard
Two Seconds (1932)
as John Allen
The Hole in the Wall (1929)
as The Fox
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Blackmail (1939)
as John R. Ingram
Song of Norway (1970)
as Krogstad
The Glass Web (1953)
as Henry Hayes
Tiger Shark (1932)
as Mike Mascarenhas
Pulp Cinema (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1936 (1936)
as Self
Every Woman's Longing (1930)
as Tony
East Is West (1930)
as Charlie Yong
Polo with the Stars (1941)
as Self - Watching Polo Match
The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Gangster
The Hatchet Man (1932)
as Wong Low Get
Tampico (1944)
as Capt. Bart Manson
A Day at Santa Anita (1937)
as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)
Blow-Ups of 1947 (1947)
as Self
Silver Dollar (1932)
as Yates Martin
Unholy Partners (1941)
as Bruce Corey
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' (1931)
as Self - Golfer (uncredited)
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Outside the Law (1930)
as Cobra Collins
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)
as Self
Arms and the Woman (1916)
as Factory Worker
Breakdowns of 1939 (1939)
as Self
Away with Words (2026)
as Edward G. Robinson
Moscow Strikes Back (1942)
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
Movie Tough Guys (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
Born a Man (1965)
as Narrator
The Right Man (1960)
as Theodore Roosevelt
The First Gangster and the Last Gangster (1937)
as Himself