- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 9, 1868
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
- Died
- February 5, 1946
George Arliss
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.
Filmography
movieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Voice That Thrilled the World
1943 · Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
movieThe Eternal Jew
1940 · Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self (archive footage)
movieLand of Liberty
1939 · Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
movieDoctor Syn
1937 · Dr Syn
movieHis Lordship
1936 · Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
movieEast Meets West
1936 · Sultan of Rungay
movieThe Tunnel
1935 · Prime Minister of Great Britain
movieThe Guv'nor
1935 · François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor
movieCardinal Richelieu
1935 · Cardinal Richelieu
movieThe Iron Duke
1934 · Duke of Wellington
movieThe Last Gentleman
1934 · Cabot Barr
movieThe House of Rothschild
1934 · Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild
movieVoltaire
1933 · Voltaire
movieThe Working Man
1933 · John Reeves alias John Walton
movieThe King's Vacation
1933 · Phillip, the King
movieA Successful Calamity
1932 · Henry Wilton
movieThe Man Who Played God
1932 · Montgomery Royle
movieAlexander Hamilton
1931 · Alexander Hamilton, Writer
movieImpressions of Disraeli
1931 · Benjamin Disraeli
movieThe Millionaire
1931 · James Alden
movieOld English
1930 · Sylvanus Heythorp
movieThe Green Goddess
1930 · The Raja
movieDisraeli
1929 · Benjamin Disraeli
Twenty Dollars a Week
movieTwenty Dollars a Week
1924 · John Reeves
movieThe Green Goddess
1923 · Rajah of Rukh
movieThe Man Who Played God
1922 · Montgomery Royle
movieThe Ruling Passion
1922 · , Producer
movieDisraeli
1921 · Benjamin Disraeli
movieThe Devil
1921 · Dr. Müller