George Arliss
Actor
Biography
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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 honour.
Filmography
Disraeli
as Benjamin Disraeli 1929
The Tunnel
as Prime Minister of Great Britain 1935
The House of Rothschild
as Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild 1934
The Green Goddess
as The Raja 1930
The Man Who Played God
as Montgomery Royle 1932
Alexander Hamilton
as Alexander Hamilton 1931
The Working Man
as John Reeves alias John Walton 1933
A Successful Calamity
as Henry Wilton 1932
The Millionaire
as James Alden 1931
Doctor Syn
as Dr Syn 1937
Cardinal Richelieu
as Cardinal Richelieu 1935
The Devil
as Dr. Müller 1921
Voltaire
as Voltaire 1933
The Guv'nor
as François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor 1935
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage) 1940
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage) 1943