Charles Arnt
- Acting
- August 20, 1906 · Michigan City, Indiana, USA
- August 6, 1990
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Arnt (August 20, 1906 – August 6, 1990) was an American film actor from 1933 to 1962. Arnt was born in Michigan City, Indiana, the son of a banker. He graduated from Phillips Academy and Princeton University. While at Princeton, he helped to found the University Playes and was president of the Princeton Triangle Club theatrical troupe. He became a banker after he graduated from college. In the early 1930s, Arnt acted with the University Repertory Theater in Maryland. On Broadway, he appeared in Carry Nation (1932), Three Waltzes (1937), and Knickerbocker Holiday (1938). Arnt appeared as a character actor in more than 200 films. In 1962, Arnt retired from acting and began to import and breed Charolais cattle on a ranch in Washington state. Arnt died in Orcas Island, Washington from pancreatic and liver cancer. He was survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
Known for
Filmography
- Sweet Bird of Youth · Mayor Henricks
- Wild in the Country · Mr. Parsons (uncredited)
- Harrigan and Son · Sweetzer
- Hawaiian Eye · Fleems
- Bourbon Street Beat · Jeff Marshall
- The Miracle of the Hills · Fuzzy
- Black Saddle · Burnett
- The Rifleman · Wes Tippert
- The Texan · Old Man Blackston, Ed Kingman
- The Ed Wynn Show · Mr. Lagenauer
- Flood Tide · Mr. Appleby
- Maverick · Charlie Mason, Sheriff Charley Peters
- The Thin Man
- Sugarfoot · Judge Lawson
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · Wes Tippert
- The Gale Storm Show · Mr. Sneed
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents · Mayor
- Lassie · Ralph Trumble
- The Veils of Bagdad · Zapolya
- The Great Sioux Uprising · Gist
- The Man Who Cheated Himself · Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet)
- He's a Cockeyed Wonder · J.B. Caldwell
- The Sun Sets at Dawn · Reporter, Globe Express
- Wabash Avenue · Horace Carter
- Bride for Sale · Dobbs
- Masked Raiders · Dr. Nichols
- Any Number Can Play · Joe Josephs (uncredited)
- Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture · Pop Gerard
- The Boy with Green Hair · Mr. Hammond
- Hollow Triumph · Coblenz
- Michael O'Halloran · Doc Douglas Bruce
- Big Town Scandal · Amos Peabody
- Sitting Pretty · Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
- High Wall · Sidney X. Hackle
- Big Town After Dark · Amos Peabody
- Saddle Pals · William Schooler
- My Favorite Brunette · Crawford
- Fall Guy · Uncle Jim Grossett
- Calendar Girl · Olsen
- That Brennan Girl · Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband
- Big Town · Amos Peabody
- Somewhere in the Night · Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)
- Without Reservations · Salesman
- Blondie's Lucky Day · Mayor Richard Denby
- The Hoodlum Saint · Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary
- Cinderella Jones · Mahoney
- Just Before Dawn · Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited)
- Miss Susie Slagle's · Mr. Johnson
- Behind Green Lights · Daniel Boone Wintergreen (uncredited)
- Pardon My Past · Clothes Salesman
- She Wouldn't Say Yes · Train Conductor (uncredited)
- The Girl of the Limberlost · Hodges
- Dangerous Intruder · Max Ducone
- Christmas in Connecticut · Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)
- Sudan · Khafra
- Strange Illusion · Professor Muhlbach
- The Crime Doctor's Courage · Butler
- Dangerous Passage · Daniel
- Double Exposure · Sonny Tucker
- Greenwich Village · Author
- My Pal, Wolf · Papa Eisdaar
- The Impatient Years · Marriage Clerk
- Three Little Sisters · Ezra Larkin
- The Seventh Cross · Herr Binder (uncredited)
- Once Upon a Time · Fred Stacy (uncredited)
- Gambler's Choice · Honest John McGrady
- Roaring Guns · Colonel Chris Ferris
- Up in Arms · Mr. Higginbotham
- In Old Oklahoma · Joe, the Train Conductor
- Gangway for Tomorrow · Jim Benson
- Young Ideas · Station Master (uncredited)
- Henry Aldrich Swings It · Boyle
- Gildersleeve's Bad Day · Judge Horace Hooker
- Reunion in France · Honoré
- The Great Gildersleeve · Judge Horace Hooker
- That Other Woman · Bailey
- Take a Letter, Darling · Fud Newton
- Twin Beds · Manager
- This Gun for Hire · Male Dressmaker
- Young America · Principal Rice