George Arliss
- Acting
- April 9, 1868 · London, England, UK
- February 5, 1946
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
Filmography
- Going Hollywood: The '30s · Self
- The Voice That Thrilled the World · Self
- The Eternal Jew · Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards · Self
- Land of Liberty · Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
- Doctor Syn · Dr Syn
- His Lordship · Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
- East Meets West · Sultan of Rungay
- The Tunnel · Prime Minister of Great Britain
- The Guv'nor · François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor
- Cardinal Richelieu · Cardinal Richelieu
- The Iron Duke · Duke of Wellington
- The Last Gentleman · Cabot Barr
- The House of Rothschild · Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild
- Voltaire · Voltaire
- The Working Man · John Reeves alias John Walton
- The King's Vacation · Phillip, the King
- A Successful Calamity · Henry Wilton
- The Man Who Played God · Montgomery Royle
- Alexander Hamilton · Alexander Hamilton, Writer
- Impressions of Disraeli · Benjamin Disraeli
- The Millionaire · James Alden
- Old English · Sylvanus Heythorp
- The Green Goddess · The Raja
- Disraeli · Benjamin Disraeli
- Twenty Dollars a Week · John Reeves
- The Green Goddess · Rajah of Rukh
- The Man Who Played God · Montgomery Royle
- The Ruling Passion · James Alden, Producer
- Disraeli · Benjamin Disraeli
- The Devil · Dr. Müller