Edward G. Robinson
Actor
Born December 12, 1893 in Bucarest, Roumanie
Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor and political activist. Although he played a wide range of characters, he is best remembered for his roles as a gangster, most notably in his star-making film Little Caesar (1931). Robinson's career saw a decline during the 1950s Red Scare when he was threatened with blacklisting. Experiencing underemployment, he turned towards minor roles in B movies until he eventually returned to the mainstream by playing one of Moses' adversaries Dathan in Cecil B. DeMille's religious epic The Ten Commandments (1956). He was ranked number 24 in the American Film Institute's list of the 25 greatest male stars of Classic American cinema. Never having been nominated for an Academy Award during his 60-year career, he became a posthumous recipient of an Honorary Oscar in 1973, two months after his death. Robinson was Jewish and a staunch critic of fascist and Nazi ideologies that were on the rise in the 1930s. He donating more than $250,000 to 850 political and charitable organizations between 1939 and 1949, hosted a gathering at his home to sign a declaration calling for a boycott of all German-made products, frequently appeared at Soviet and American war relief rallies, delivered radio addresses in over six languages to Nazi-occupied European countries, and traveled to Normandy to entertain the troops, becoming the first movie star to go there for the USO. Robin was also an outspoken supporter of the civil rights movement, and regularly campaigned to overcome segregation.
Filmography
Away with Words
Edward G. Robinson
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Warner at War
(archive footage)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self (archive footage)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self (archive footage)
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Soylent Green
Sol Roth
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
Self
Neither by Day Nor by Night
Father
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Night Gallery
Abraham Goldman
Song of Norway
Krogstad
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Emile Pulska
The Silent Force
Bracken's World
Operation Heartbeat
Dr. Lee Forestman
Mackenna's Gold
Old Adams
It's Your Move
Sir George McDowell
Never a Dull Moment
Leo Joseph Smooth
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Professor Samuels
Operation San Pietro
Joe Ventura
Grand Slam
Prof. James Anders
The Blonde from Peking
CIA Chief Douglas
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
Dr. Zaius
Batman
Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)
The Cincinnati Kid
Lancey Howard
Born a Man
Narrator
Cheyenne Autumn
Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz
The Outrage
Con Man
Good Neighbor Sam
Simon Nurdlinger
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Big Jim Stevens (uncredited)
The Hollywood Palace
Self
The Prize
Max Stratman/Walter Stratman
Sammy Going South
Cocky Wainwright
The Lucy Show
Edward G. Robinson
Two Weeks in Another Town
Maurice Kruger
My Geisha
Sam Lewis
Pepe
Edward G. Robinson
Seven Thieves
Theo Wilkins
The Right Man
Theodore Roosevelt
Israel
Self - Narrator
The Detectives
'Big Jim' Riva
A Hole in the Head
Mario Manetta
The Ten Commandments
Dathan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Victor Bers
Nightmare
Rene Bressard
The Steve Allen Show
Self
Hell on Frisco Bay
Victor Amato
Illegal
Victor Scott
A Bullet for Joey
Raoul Leduc
Tight Spot
Lloyd Hallett
The Violent Men
Lee Wilkison
Black Tuesday
Vincent Canelli
Climax!
Josef Vadassy
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
The Glass Web
Henry Hayes
Big Leaguer
John B 'Hans' Lobert
Vice Squad
Capt. 'Barnie' Barnaby
The Oscars
Self
General Electric Theater
Bert Alquist
The Ford Television Theatre
John Derwent
This Is Your Life
Self
Actors and Sin
Maurice Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)
My Daughter Joy
George Constantin
What's My Line?
Self
It's a Great Feeling
Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)
House of Strangers
Gino Monetti
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
John Triton
Key Largo
Johnny Rocco
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
All My Sons
Joe Keller
Blow-Ups of 1947
Self
The Red House
Pete Morgan
Okay for Sound
The Stranger
Federal Agent Wilson
Scarlet Street
Christopher Cross
Journey Together
Dean McWilliams
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Martinius Jacobson
The Woman in the Window
Professor Richard Wanley
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Wilbert Winkle
Double Indemnity
Barton Keyes
Tampico
Capt. Bart Manson
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Flesh and Fantasy
Marshall Tyler (segment 2)
Destroyer
Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
Tales of Manhattan
Larry Browne
Larceny, Inc.
'Pressure' Maxwell
Moscow Strikes Back
Narrator (English version) (voice)
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Unholy Partners
Bruce Corey
Manpower
Hank McHenry
The Sea Wolf
'Wolf' Larsen
A Dispatch from Reuters
Paul Julius Reuter
Brother Orchid
Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Dr. Paul Ehrlich
Breakdowns of 1939
Self
Blackmail
John R. Ingram
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Edward 'Ed' Renard
I Am the Law
John Lindsay
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse
A Slight Case of Murder
Remy Marko
The Last Gangster
Joe Krozac
Kid Galahad
Nick 'Nicky' Donati
A Day at Santa Anita
Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)
Thunder in the City
Dan Armstrong
Breakdowns of 1936
Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
Bullets or Ballots
Johnny Blake
Barbary Coast
Luis Chamalis
The Whole Town's Talking
Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion
The Man with Two Faces
Damon Welles / Jules Chautard
Dark Hazard
Jim 'Buck' Turner
I Loved a Woman
John Mansfield Hayden
The Little Giant
James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn
Silver Dollar
Yates Martin
Tiger Shark
Mike Mascarenhas
Two Seconds
John Allen
The Hatchet Man
Wong Low Get
Five Star Final
Joseph W. Randall
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
Self - Golfer (uncredited)
Smart Money
Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos
Round About Hollywood
Self
The Stolen Jools
Gangster
Little Caesar
Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka 'Little Caesar'
The Widow from Chicago
Dominic
East Is West
Charlie Yong
Outside the Law
Cobra Collins
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
Every Woman's Longing
Tony
A Lady to Love
Tony
The Night Ride
Tony Garotta
The Hole in the Wall
The Fox
The Bright Shawl
Domingo Escobar
Arms and the Woman
Factory Worker