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American actor (1906–1990)
Charles Arnt
Born Charles E. Arnt
(1906-08-20 ) August 20, 1906Died August 6, 1990(1990-08-06) (aged 83) Alma mater
Princeton University Occupation Actor Years active 1933–1962 Spouse Patricia Arnt Children 3
Charles E. Arnt (August 20, 1906 – August 6, 1990) was an American film actor from 1933 to 1962. Arnt appeared as a
character actor in more than 200 films.
[1]
Arnt was born in
Michigan City, Indiana , the son of a banker.
[2] He graduated from
Phillips Academy and Princeton University. While at Princeton, he helped to found the University Players[
clarification needed ] and was president of the
Princeton Triangle Club theatrical troupe.
[1] He became a banker after he graduated from college.
[2]
In the early 1930s, Arnt acted with the University Repertory Theater in Maryland.
[2] On Broadway, he appeared in Carry Nation (1932), Three Waltzes (1937), and Knickerbocker Holiday (1938).
[3]
In 1962, Arnt retired from acting and began to import and breed
Charolais cattle on a ranch in Washington state.
[1] Arnt died in
Orcas Island, Washington from
pancreatic and
liver cancer . He was survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
[1]
Selected filmography
Roman Scandals (1933) – Caius, the Food Taster (uncredited)
Ladies Should Listen (1934) – Albert, the manservant
Ready for Love (1934) – Sam Gardner
Here Is My Heart (1934) – Higgins, Paul's Valet
Stolen Harmony (1935) – Clem Walters
Two for Tonight (1935) – Benny
She Married Her Boss (1935) – Victor Jessup
The Witness Chair (1936) – Mr. Henshaw
And Sudden Death (1936) – Archie Sloan
Rhythm on the Range (1936) – Dining Car Steward (uncredited)
Wedding Present (1936) – Reporter (uncredited)
Sinner Take All (1936) – Lampier's Secretary (uncredited)
Mind Your Own Business (1936) – Reporter (uncredited)
College Holiday (1936) – Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
After the Thin Man (1936) – Drunk Greeting Nick and Nora at Party (uncredited)
Swing High, Swing Low (1937) – Georgie
Angel's Holiday (1937) – Ralph Everett
Mountain Music (1937) – Hotel Manager (uncredited)
It Happened in Hollywood (1937) – Jed Reed
Remember the Night (1940) – Tom
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) – Policeman (uncredited)
Grandpa Goes to Town (1940) – Movie Producer (uncredited)
We Who Are Young (1940) – Eckman (uncredited)
I Love You Again (1940) – Billings
Little Men (1940) – Drunk in Medicine Show (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940) – Mr. Stubbins, Man with Pain (uncredited)
Play Girl (1941) – Grady (uncredited)
Back Street (1941) – Mr. Mason (uncredited)
Mr. District Attorney (1941) – Herman Winkle
Pot o' Gold (1941) – Parks
Tight Shoes (1941) – Lawyer Fenwick (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust (1941) – G. Harrington Hedger
Hello, Sucker (1941) – Studson (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill (1941) – Hal Brennon
Hold Back the Dawn (1941) – Mr. John MacAdams
We Go Fast (1941) – Refrigerator Salesman
Great Guns (1941) – Doctor
Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941) – Blodgett
Paris Calling (1941) – Lieutenant Lantz
Ball of Fire (1941) – McNeary
The Lady Has Plans (1942) – Pooly
Young America (1942) – Principal Rice
This Gun for Hire (1942) – Male Dressmaker
My Gal Sal (1942) – Tailor
Twin Beds (1942) – Manager
Take a Letter, Darling (1942) – Fud Newton
The Falcon's Brother (1942) – Pat Moffett (uncredited)
That Other Woman (1942) – Bailey
Pittsburgh (1942) – Building Site Laborer (uncredited)
The Great Gildersleeve (1942) – Judge Horace Hooker
Reunion in France (1942) – Honoré
Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943) – Judge Horace Hooker
Henry Aldrich Swings It (1943) – Boyle
Young Ideas (1943) – Station Master (uncredited)
Gangway for Tomorrow (1943) – Jim Benson
In Old Oklahoma (1943) – Joe, Train Conductor (uncredited)
Up in Arms (1944) – Mr. Higginbotham
Gambler's Choice (1944) – Honest John McGrady
Once Upon a Time (1944) – Fred Stacy, Reporter (uncredited)
The Seventh Cross (1944) – Herr Binder (uncredited)
Three Little Sisters (1944) – Ezra Larkin
The Impatient Years (1944) – Marriage Clerk (uncredited)
My Pal Wolf (1944) – Papa Eisdaar
Greenwich Village (1944) – Author with Letter (uncredited)
Dangerous Passage (1944) – Daniel Bergstrom
Double Exposure (1944) – Sonny Tucker
Together Again (1944) – Clerk (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945) – Butler
Without Love (1945) – Colonel Braden (uncredited)
Strange Illusion (1945) – Professor Muhlbach
Sudan (1945) – Khafra
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) – Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)
Dangerous Intruder (1945) – Max Ducone
The Girl of the Limberlost (1945) – Hodges
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945) – Train Conductor (uncredited)
Pardon My Past (1945) – Clothes Salesman
Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) – Mr. Johnson
Behind Green Lights (1946) – Daniel Boone Wintergreen (uncredited)
Just Before Dawn (1946) – Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited)
Cinderella Jones (1946) – Mahoney
The Hoodlum Saint (1946) – Cy Nolan, O'Neill's Secretary
Blondie's Lucky Day (1946) – Mayor Richard Denby
Without Reservations (1946) – Salesman
Somewhere in the Night (1946) – Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)
Big Town (1946) – Amos Peabody
That Brennan Girl (1946) – Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband
Calendar Girl (1947) – Captain Olsen
That Way with Women (1947) – Harry Miller
Fall Guy (1947) – Uncle Jim Grossett
My Favorite Brunette (1947) – Crawford
Saddle Pals (1947) – William Schooler
Big Town After Dark (1947) – Amos Peabody
High Wall (1947) – Sidney X. Hackle
Sitting Pretty (1948) – Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
Big Town Scandal (1948) – Amos Peabody
Michael O'Halloran (1948) – Doc Douglas Bruce
Hollow Triumph (1948) – Coblenz
The Boy with Green Hair (1948) – Mr. Hammond
That Wonderful Urge (1948) – Mr. Bissell (uncredited)
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949) – Pop Gerard
Any Number Can Play (1949) – Joe Josephs (uncredited)
Masked Raiders (1949) – Dr. W.J. Nichols
Bride for Sale (1949) – Dobbs
Wabash Avenue (1950) – Horace Carter
He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950) – J.B. Caldwell
The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) – Reporter, Globe Express
The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) – Ernest Quimby
The Great Sioux Uprising (1953) – Gist
The Veils of Bagdad (1953) – Zapolya
Flood Tide (1958) – Mr. Appleby, Grocer
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958) – Mr. Simms aka Pop (uncredited)
The Miracle of the Hills (1959) – Fuzzy
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 6 Episode 38: "Ambition") as George the Mayor
Wild in the Country (1961) – Mr. Parsons (uncredited)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) – Mayor Henricks)
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