Charles Arnt
Actor
Biography
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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.
Filmography
Ball of Fire
as McNeary 1941
After the Thin Man
as Drunk (uncredited) 1936
This Gun for Hire
as Male Dressmaker 1942
Christmas in Connecticut
as Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited) 1945
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Mayor Henricks 1962
Remember the Night
as Tom 1940
Somewhere in the Night
as Little Man with Glasses (uncredited) 1946
The Boy with Green Hair
as Mr. Hammond 1948
My Favorite Brunette
as Crawford 1947
I Love You Again
as Mr. Billings 1940
Hollow Triumph
as Coblenz 1948
Hold Back the Dawn
as Mr. MacAdams 1941
Sitting Pretty
as Mr. Taylor (uncredited) 1948
The Man Who Cheated Himself
as Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet) 1950
In Old Oklahoma
as Joe, the Train Conductor 1943
The Seventh Cross
as Herr Binder (uncredited) 1944