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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-08-20 (118 years old)

Place of Birth

Michigan City, Indiana, USA

Charles Arnt

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.

Known For

Acting

1962

Sweet Bird of Youth as Mayor Henricks

1961

Wild in the Country as Mr. Parsons (uncredited)

1960

Harrigan and Son as Sweetzer

1959

Black Saddle as Burnett
Hawaiian Eye as Fleems

1958

Flood Tide as Mr. Appleby
The Rifleman as Wes Tippert
The Ed Wynn Show as Mr. Lagenauer
The Texan as Ed Kingman
The Texan as Old Man Blackston

1957

Sugarfoot as Judge Lawson
Maverick as Charlie Mason
Maverick as Sheriff Charley Peters

1956

The Gale Storm Show as Mr. Sneed

1955

1954

Lassie as Ralph Trumble

1953

1950

The Sun Sets at Dawn as Reporter, Globe Express
The Man Who Cheated Himself as Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet)
He's a Cockeyed Wonder as J.B. Caldwell
Wabash Avenue as Horace Carter

1949

Any Number Can Play as Joe Josephs (uncredited)
Masked Raiders as Dr. Nichols

1948

Hollow Triumph as Coblenz
Big Town Scandal as Amos Peabody
Michael O'Halloran as Doc Douglas Bruce
Sitting Pretty as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)

1947

High Wall as Sidney X. Hackle
Fall Guy as Uncle Jim Grossett
Calendar Girl as Olsen
Big Town After Dark as Amos Peabody
Saddle Pals as William Schooler

1946

Blondie's Lucky Day as Mayor Richard Denby
Big Town as Amos Peabody
Behind Green Lights as Daniel Boone Wintergreen
The Hoodlum Saint as Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary
That Brennan Girl as Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband
Cinderella Jones as Mahoney
Somewhere in the Night as Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)
Just Before Dawn as Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited)
Miss Susie Slagle's as Mr. Johnson

1945

Strange Illusion as Professor Muhlbach
Dangerous Intruder as Max Ducone
Christmas in Connecticut as Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)
She Wouldn't Say Yes as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Pardon My Past as Clothes Salesman
Sudan as Khafra

1944

My Pal, Wolf as Papa Eisdaar
Double Exposure as Sonny Tucker
The Seventh Cross as Herr Binder (uncredited)
Up in Arms as Mr. Higginbotham
Three Little Sisters as Ezra Larkin
Gambler's Choice as Honest John McGrady
The Impatient Years as Marriage Clerk
Once Upon a Time as Fred Stacy (uncredited)
Roaring Guns as Colonel Chris Ferris

1943

Young Ideas as Station Master (uncredited)
Gangway for Tomorrow as Jim Benson
Gildersleeve's Bad Day as Judge Horace Hooker
In Old Oklahoma as Joe, the Train Conductor

1942

The Great Gildersleeve as Judge Horace Hooker
This Gun for Hire as Male Dressmaker
Twin Beds as Manager
Young America as Principal Rice

1941

Pot o' Gold as Parks (butler)
Hold Back the Dawn as Mr. MacAdams
Play Girl as Grady (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust as G. Harrington Hedger
Paris Calling as Lt. Lantz
Mr. District Attorney as Herman Winkle
We Go Fast as Refrigerator Salesman
Dressed to Kill as Hal Brennon
Great Guns as Doctor
Ball of Fire as McNeary

1940

I Love You Again as Mr. Billings
The Shop Around the Corner as Policeman (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare's Crisis as Mr. Stubbins, Man with Pain
Little Men as Drunk in Medicine Show
Buyer Beware as Les Carter (uncredited)
We Who Are Young as Eckman (uncredited)

1937

Swing High, Swing Low as Georgie Herman
Angel's Holiday as Ralph Everett

1936

College Holiday as Ticket Clerk
Rhythm on the Range as Dining Car Steward
And Sudden Death as Archie Sloan
The Witness Chair as Mr. Henshaw
Sinner Take All as Lampier's Secretary (uncredited)

1935

Spring Night as The Father
Stolen Harmony as Clem Walters
She Married Her Boss as Victor Jessup

1934

Here Is My Heart as Higgins
Ready for Love as Sam Gardner
Ladies Should Listen as Albert, the manservant

1933

Roman Scandals as Caius - the Food Taster (uncredited)