George Arliss
English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker (1868–1946)
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George Arliss was an English actor, author, playwright, and filmmaker who lived from 1868 to 1946. He was a versatile entertainer who worked across multiple forms of theatrical and film production during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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- Born
- 1868
- Died
- 1946
- Works
- 18
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Arliss (10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929), as well as the earliest-born actor to win the…
Known for
- Going Hollywood: The '30s — Self (archive footage)1984
- The Voice That Thrilled the World — Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)1943
- The Eternal Jew — Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)1940
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards — Self (archive footage)1940
- Land of Liberty — Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
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George Arliss (born Augustus George Andrews; 10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright, and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won in the Best Actor category for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929) – as well as the earliest-born actor of any category to win the honour. He specialized in successful biopics, such as Disraeli, Voltaire (1933), and Cardinal Richelieu (1935), as well as light comedies, which included The Millionaire (1931) and A Successful Calamity (1932).
His career ranged from being a star of the legitimate theatre, then silent films, then sound films.
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1868 births1946 deaths19th-century English male actors20th-century English male actorsBest Actor Academy Award winnersEnglish anti-vivisectionistsEnglish autobiographersEnglish dramatists and playwrightsEnglish expatriate male actors in the United StatesEnglish male film actorsEnglish male silent film actorsEnglish male stage actors