George Arliss
April 9, 1868 (156 years old) in London, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 · Going Hollywood: The '30s as Self (archive footage)
- 1943 · The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
- 1940 · The Eternal Jew as Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1940 · Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)
- 1939 · Land of Liberty as Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
- 1937 · Doctor Syn as Dr Syn
- 1936 · His Lordship as Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
- 1936 · East Meets West as Sultan of Rungay
- 1935 · The Tunnel as Prime Minister of Great Britain
- 1935 · The Guv'nor as François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor
- 1935 · Cardinal Richelieu as Cardinal Richelieu
- 1934 · The Iron Duke as
- 1934 · The Last Gentleman as Cabot Barr
- 1934 · The House of Rothschild as Mayer Rothschild
- 1933 · Voltaire as Voltaire
- 1933 · The Working Man as John Reeves alias John Walton
- 1933 · The King's Vacation as Phillip, the King
- 1932 · A Successful Calamity as Henry Wilton
- 1932 · The Man Who Played God as Montgomery Royle
- 1931 · Alexander Hamilton as Alexander Hamilton
- 1931 · Impressions of Disraeli as Benjamin Disraeli
- 1931 · The Millionaire as James Alden
- 1930 · Old English as Sylvanus Heythorp
- 1930 · The Green Goddess as The Raja
- 1929 · Disraeli as Benjamin Disraeli
- 1924 · Twenty Dollars a Week as John Reeves
- 1923 · The Green Goddess as Rajah of Rukh
- 1922 · The Man Who Played God as Montgomery Royle
- 1922 · The Ruling Passion as
- 1921 · Disraeli as Benjamin Disraeli
- 1921 · The Devil as Dr. Müller