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