Charles Arnt

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Charles Arnt (born August 20, 1906 in Michigan City , Indiana , † August 6, 1990 on Orcas Island , Washington ) was an American actor .

life and career

Charles Arnt studied civil engineering at Princeton University and was temporarily president of the Princeton Triangle Club . While studying at Princeton, he starred in plays alongside James Stewart , Henry Fonda and Joshua Logan . In the 1930s, Arnt continued his acting career with appearances on Broadway , including in 1938 in the world premiere of Knickerbocker Holiday with music by Kurt Weill .

From 1933 he also took on his first smaller film roles, making his debut here in Roman Scandals alongside Eddie Cantor . In total, Arnt played in around 120 feature films up to 1962, with the 1940s being his busiest period. He has appeared as a versatile supporting actor in films such as Rendezvous after the store closes (1940), The Strange Taming of the Gangster Bride Sugarpuss (1941), Liebling, zum Dictat (1942) and The Man With the Scar (1948). At the Poverty Row Studio Producers Releasing Corporation , he received 1946 as an obsessive art dealer in the C-Movie Dangerous Intruder . With the beginning of the 1950s, the film offers decreased, instead Arnt worked increasingly on US television.

Arnt took on his last role in 1962 as mayor in Süßer Vogel Jugend at the side of Paul Newman . He then retired from acting and moved to Orcas Island , where he set up a farm and raised Charolais cattle. He died of cancer in 1990 at the age of 83 and was survived by his wife Patricia, three children and four grandchildren.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Broadway League: Charles Arnt - Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .
  2. ^ Charles Arnt | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .
  3. ^ Charles Arnt Is Dead; Film Actor Was 83 . In: The New York Times . September 19, 1990, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed November 4, 2017]).
  4. ^ Charles Arnt Is Dead; Film Actor Was 83 . In: The New York Times . September 19, 1990, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed November 4, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Arnt, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Michigan City , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1990
Place of death on Orcas Island , Washington