Günther Edward Arnold Schneider (February 18, 1890 â€" April 26,
1956) was an American actor.Arnold was born on February 18, 1890, in
Lower East Side of New York City, the son of German immigrants
Elizabeth (Ohse) and Carl Schneider. His schooling came at the East
Side Settlement House.Arnold was married three times: Harriet Marshall
(1917â€"1927), with whom he had three children: Elizabeth, Jane and
William (who had a short movie career as Edward Arnold Jr.); Olive
Emerson (1929â€"1948) and Cleo McLain (1951 until his
death).Interested in acting since his youth (he made his first stage
appearance at the age of 12 as Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice),
Arnold made his professional stage debut in 1907. He found work as an
extra for Essanay Studios and World Studios, before landing his first
significant role in 1916's The Misleading Lady. In 1919, he left film
for a return to the stage, and did not appear again in movies until he
made his talkie debut in Okay America! (1932). He recreated one of his
stage roles in one of his early films, Whistling in the Dark (1933).
His role in the 1935 film Diamond Jim boosted him to stardom. He
reprised the role of Diamond Jim Brady in the 1940 film Lillian
Russell. He also played a similar role in The Toast of New York
(1937), another fictionalized version of real-life business chicanery,
for which he was billed above Cary Grant in the posters with his name
in much larger letters.
1956) was an American actor.Arnold was born on February 18, 1890, in
Lower East Side of New York City, the son of German immigrants
Elizabeth (Ohse) and Carl Schneider. His schooling came at the East
Side Settlement House.Arnold was married three times: Harriet Marshall
(1917â€"1927), with whom he had three children: Elizabeth, Jane and
William (who had a short movie career as Edward Arnold Jr.); Olive
Emerson (1929â€"1948) and Cleo McLain (1951 until his
death).Interested in acting since his youth (he made his first stage
appearance at the age of 12 as Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice),
Arnold made his professional stage debut in 1907. He found work as an
extra for Essanay Studios and World Studios, before landing his first
significant role in 1916's The Misleading Lady. In 1919, he left film
for a return to the stage, and did not appear again in movies until he
made his talkie debut in Okay America! (1932). He recreated one of his
stage roles in one of his early films, Whistling in the Dark (1933).
His role in the 1935 film Diamond Jim boosted him to stardom. He
reprised the role of Diamond Jim Brady in the 1940 film Lillian
Russell. He also played a similar role in The Toast of New York
(1937), another fictionalized version of real-life business chicanery,
for which he was billed above Cary Grant in the posters with his name
in much larger letters.
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