Edward G. Robinson
Romanian-American actor (1893-1973) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 79
Edward Goldenberg Robinson was an American actor who was popular during Hollywood's Golden Age. After making his stage debut in 1913, he rose to stardom with his performance as the title character in Little Caesar (1931) and became well known for his portrayals of gangsters.
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Soylent GreenFilm, 1973Sol Roth1970
Night GallerySeries, Abraham Goldman1969
Bracken's WorldSeries1967
Grand SlamFilm, Prof. James Anders1966
BatmanSeries, Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)1964
The Hollywood PalaceSeries
Cheyenne AutumnFilm, 1964Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz1962
Two Weeks in Another TownFilm, Maurice Kruger1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1959NBC Sunday ShowcaseSeries, Daniel Webster
A Hole in the HeadFilm, 1959Mario Manetta1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Victor Bers1955
IllegalFilm, Victor Scott1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Bert Alquist1952
The Ford Television TheatreSeries, John Derwent1949
House of StrangersFilm, Gino Monetti1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1947
The Red HouseFilm, Pete Morgan1945
Scarlet StreetFilm, Christopher Cross1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1942
Tales of ManhattanFilm, Larry Browne1940
Brother OrchidFilm, Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto1938
A Slight Case of MurderFilm, Remy Marko1936
Bullets or BallotsFilm, Johnny Blake1931
Five Star FinalFilm, Joseph W. Randall1893Born12 December 1893Known for
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Double Indemnity 1944
The Ten Commandments 1956
Scarlet Street 1945
Key Largo 1948
The Woman in the Window 1944
People around Edward
Hal B. Wallis Produced Little Caesar and Kid Galahad
Mervyn LeRoy Directed Little Caesar and Five Star Final
Alfred Edward Green Directed Smart Money and Silver Dollar
Jack L. Warner Produced Kid Galahad and The Sea Wolf
Lloyd Bacon Directed Brother Orchid (1940)
Samuel Bischoff Produced Kid Galahad and A Bullet for Joey
Humphrey Bogart Also in Key Largo and Kid Galahad
George E. Stone Also in Five Star Final and Little Caesar
Henry O'Neill Also in The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Michael Curtiz Directed Kid Galahad and The Sea Wolf- Henry Blanke Produced A Dispatch from Reuter's (1940)
John Ford Directed Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
Fritz Lang Directed Scarlet Street (1945)
Howard Hawks Directed Barbary Coast and Tiger Shark
Anatole Litvak Directed Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Julien Duvivier Directed Tales of Manhattan (1942)
William Dieterle Directed Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
Sam Spiegel Produced The Stranger and Tales of Manhattan
John S. Robertson Directed The Bright Shawl and Night Ride
Lewis Allen Directed A Bullet for Joey and Illegal
Joseph Crehan Edward directed Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Mark Hellinger Produced Manpower and Brother Orchid- Lewis J. Rachmil Produced The Violent Men and Tight Spot
Louis F. Edelman Produced Bullets or Ballots and Destroyer
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George MacQuarrie, Robinson, Claudette Colbert, and David Newell in The Hole in the Wall (1929), Robinson's first sound film.
Robinson co-wrote and starred in The Kibitzer (1929), one of his Broadway successes.
Robinson in his breakout role, Little Caesar (1931), with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Robinson and Miriam Hopkins in Barbary Coast (1935).
Robinson and Humphrey Bogart in Brother Orchid (1940).
Robinson in Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity (1944).
Robinson as Dathan in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956).Awards
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He starred in a variety of films, including the biopics Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet and A Dispatch from Reuters and the film noirs Double Indemnity and The Woman in the Window.
