Edward G. Robinson
Biography
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.
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Movies (43)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2013
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Warner at War
as (archive footage)
2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self (archive footage)
2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Pulp Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Soylent Green
as Sol Roth
1973
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
as Self
1973
Neither by Day Nor by Night
as Father
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
Song of Norway
as Krogstad
1970
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Emile Pulska
1970
Operation Heartbeat
as Dr. Lee Forestman
1969
Mackenna's Gold
as Old Adams
1969
It's Your Move
as Sir George McDowell
1968
Never a Dull Moment
as Leo Joseph Smooth
1968
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
as Professor Samuels
1968
Operation San Pietro
as Joe Ventura
1967
Grand Slam
as Prof. James Anders
1967
The Blonde from Peking
as CIA Chief Douglas
1967
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
as Dr. Zaius
1966
The Cincinnati Kid
as Lancey Howard
1965
Born a Man
as Narrator
1965
Cheyenne Autumn
as Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz
1964
The Outrage
as Con Man
1964
Good Neighbor Sam
as Simon Nurdlinger
1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Big Jim Stevens (uncredited)
1964
The Prize
as Max Stratman/Walter Stratman
1963
Sammy Going South
as Cocky Wainwright
1963
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Maurice Kruger
1962
My Geisha
as Sam Lewis
1962
Pepe
as Edward G. Robinson
1960
