President" (1947-1953).Īrnold actually played both the Devil and Daniel Webster in succeeding years, playing Webster in The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) and the Devil in the WWII propaganda short Inflation (1942) the following year. Portrayed a different president each week on ABC Radio's "Mr. Arnold was a star character actor during the 1930's and 40's, with MGM (1933-34, 1941-50), Paramount (1937) and Universal (1939-41), specialising in roles as corrupt politicians and blustering tycoons.Ī lifelong conservative Republican and staunch anti-Communist, he was nonetheless an early and ardent opponent of the studio blacklisting of suspected Communists. He appeared in films with Essanay from 1915. The son of German immigrants, he worked as a butcher's assistant, bellhop and stoker before first acting on stage in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the age of seventeen. In 1916 after a year with Essanay Studios, "Moving Picture World" hailed him as promising "to be one of the most popular leading men on the screen.". He played Diamond Jim Brady in both Diamond Jim (1935) and Lillian Russell (1940). Father: Charles Schneider Mother: Elizabeth Ohse.Ĭhildren with Harriet Marshall: Elizabeth, Jane, William.
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