Name
Charles Arnt
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-08-20
Deathday
1990-08-06 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Michigan City, Indiana, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Arnt (August 20, 1906 – August 6, 1990) was an American film actor from 1933 to 1962.
Arnt was born in Michigan City, Indiana, the son of a banker. He graduated from Phillips Academy and Princeton University. While at Princeton, he helped to found the University Playes and was president of the Princeton Triangle Club theatrical troupe. He became a banker after he graduated from college.
In the early 1930s, Arnt acted with the University Repertory Theater in Maryland. On Broadway, he appeared in Carry Nation (1932), Three Waltzes (1937), and Knickerbocker Holiday (1938).
Arnt appeared as a character actor in more than 200 films.
In 1962, Arnt retired from acting and began to import and breed Charolais cattle on a ranch in Washington state.
Arnt died in Orcas Island, Washington from pancreatic and liver cancer. He was survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
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- 1946 Blondie's Lucky Day as Mayor Richard Denby
- 1940 I Love You Again as Mr. Billings
- 1948 Hollow Triumph as Coblenz
- 1946 Big Town as Amos Peabody
- 1947 High Wall as Sidney X. Hackle
- 1945 Strange Illusion as Professor Muhlbach
- 1940 Remember the Night as Tom
- 1950 The Sun Sets at Dawn as Reporter, Globe Express
- 1946 Behind Green Lights as Daniel Boone Wintergreen (uncredited)
- 1947 Fall Guy as Uncle Jim Grossett
- 1950 The Man Who Cheated Himself as Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet)
- 1945 Dangerous Intruder as Max Ducone
- 1947 My Favorite Brunette as Crawford
- 1941 Pot o' Gold as Parks (butler)
- 1949 Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture as Pop Gerard
- 1936 Wedding Present
- 1941 Hold Back the Dawn as Mr. MacAdams
- 1946 The Hoodlum Saint as Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary
- 1949 Any Number Can Play as Joe Josephs (uncredited)
- 1945 Christmas in Connecticut as Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)
- 1941 Play Girl as Grady (uncredited)
- 1941 Blossoms in the Dust as G. Harrington Hedger
- 1943 Young Ideas as Station Master (uncredited)
- 1943 Gangway for Tomorrow as Jim Benson
- 1942 The Lady Has Plans as Pooly
- 1941 Paris Calling as Lantz
- 1937 Swing High, Swing Low as Georgie
- 1942 Take a Letter, Darling as Fud Newton
- 1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1942 The Great Gildersleeve as Judge Horace Hooker
- 1947 Calendar Girl as Olsen
- 1941 Mr. District Attorney as Herman Winkle
- 1950 He's a Cockeyed Wonder as J.B. Caldwell
- 1943 Gildersleeve's Bad Day as Judge Horace Hooker
- 1947 Big Town After Dark as Amos Peabody
- 1948 Big Town Scandal as Amos Peabody
- 1944 Dangerous Passage as Daniel
- 1934 Here Is My Heart as Higgins
- 1948 Michael O'Halloran as Doc Douglas Bruce
- 1945 Pardon My Past as Clothes Salesman
- 1935 Spring Night as The Father
- 1935 Two for Tonight as Benny
- 1944 My Pal, Wolf as Papa Eisdaar
- 1946 That Brennan Girl as Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband
- 1941 We Go Fast as Refrigerator Salesman
- 1944 Double Exposure as Sonny Tucker
- 1944 The Seventh Cross as Herr Binder (uncredited)
- 1958 Flood Tide as Mr. Appleby
- 1942 That Other Woman as Bailey
- 1944 Up in Arms as Mr. Higginbotham
- 1937 It Happened in Hollywood as Jed Reed
- 1941 Marry the Boss's Daughter as Blodgett
- 1936 College Holiday as Ticket Clerk
- 1944 Greenwich Village as Author
- 1935 Stolen Harmony as Clem Walters
- 1946 Cinderella Jones as Mahoney
- 1943 Henry Aldrich Swings It as Boyle
- 1948 Sitting Pretty as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
- 1934 Ready for Love as Sam Gardner
- 1949 Masked Raiders as Dr. Nichols
- 1935 She Married Her Boss as Victor Jessup
- 1944 Three Little Sisters as Ezra Larkin
- 1944 Gambler's Choice as Honest John McGrady
- 1941 Dressed to Kill as Hal Brennon
- 1946 Somewhere in the Night as Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)
- 1941 Great Guns as Doctor
- 1941 Ball of Fire as McNeary
- 1940 The Shop Around the Corner as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1945 The Crime Doctor's Courage as Butler
- 1942 This Gun for Hire as Male Dressmaker
- 1946 Just Before Dawn as Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited)
- 1933 Roman Scandals as Caius - the Food Taster (uncredited)
- 1953 The Veils of Bagdad as Zapolya
- 1940 Dr. Kildare's Crisis as Mr. Stubbins, Man with Pain
- 1940 Little Men as Drunk in Medicine Show
- 1936 Rhythm on the Range as Dining Car Steward
- 1934 Ladies Should Listen as Albert
- 1936 And Sudden Death as Archie Sloan
- 1940 Buyer Beware as Les Carter (uncredited)
- 1936 The Witness Chair as Mr. Henshaw
- 1936 Sinner Take All as Lampier's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1947 Saddle Pals as William Schooler
- 1953 The Great Sioux Uprising as Gist
- 1962 Sweet Bird of Youth as Mayor Henricks
- 1959 The Miracle of the Hills as Fuzzy
- 1942 Twin Beds as Manager
- 1937 Angel's Holiday as Ralph Everett
- 1944 The Impatient Years as Marriage Clerk
- 1950 Wabash Avenue as Horace Carter
- 1949 Bride for Sale as Dobbs
- 1945 The Girl of the Limberlost as Hodges
- 1945 Sudan as Khafra
- 1944 Once Upon a Time as Fred Stacy (uncredited)
- 1943 In Old Oklahoma as Joe, the Train Conductor
- 1942 Young America as Principal Rice
- 1944 Roaring Guns as Colonel Chris Ferris
- 1946 Miss Susie Slagle's as Mr. Johnson
- 1940 We Who Are Young as Eckman (uncredited)
- 1942 Reunion in France as Honoré
- 1946 Without Reservations as Salesman
- 1948 The Boy with Green Hair as Mr. Hammond
- 1961 Wild in the Country as Mr. Parsons (uncredited)
- 1936 After the Thin Man as Drunk (uncredited)
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Mayor
- 1957 The Thin Man ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Black Saddle ( 1 episode ) as Burnett
- 1958 The Rifleman ( 1 episode ) as Wes Tippert
- 1957 Sugarfoot ( 1 episode ) as Judge Lawson
- 1960 Harrigan and Son ( 1 episode ) as Sweetzer
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode ) as Charlie Mason
- 1959 Hawaiian Eye ( 1 episode ) as Fleems
- 1958 The Ed Wynn Show ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Lagenauer
- 1954 Lassie ( 1 episode ) as Ralph Trumble
- 1958 The Texan ( 1 episode ) as Old Man Blackston
- 1958 The Texan ( 1 episode ) as Ed Kingman
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Charley Peters
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Wes Tippert
- 1956 The Gale Storm Show ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Sneed
- 1959 Bourbon Street Beat ( 1 episode ) as Jeff Marshall
