Edward G. Robinson
Acting
Born: December 12, 1893 · Bucarest, Roumanie
Died: January 26, 1973 (aged 79)
Highest Rated
Biography
Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor and political activist. Although he played a wide range of characters, he is best remembered for his roles as a gangster, most notably in his star-making film Little Caesar (1931). Robinson's career saw a decline during the 1950s Red Scare when he was threatened with blacklisting. Experiencing underemployment, he turned towards minor roles in B movies until he eventually returned to the mainstream by playing one of Moses' adversaries Dathan in Cecil B. DeMille's religious epic The Ten Commandments (1956). He was ranked number 24 in the American Film Institute's list of the 25 greatest male stars of Classic American cinema. Never having been nominated for an Academy Award during his 60-year career, he became a posthumous recipient of an Honorary Oscar in 1973, two months after his death. Robinson was Jewish and a staunch critic of fascist and Nazi ideologies that were on the rise in the 1930s. He donating more than $250,000 to 850 political and charitable organizations between 1939 and 1949, hosted a gathering at his home to sign a declaration calling for a boycott of all German-made products, frequently appeared at Soviet and American war relief rallies, delivered radio addresses in over six languages to Nazi-occupied European countries, and traveled to Normandy to entertain the troops, becoming the first movie star to go there for the USO. Robin was also an outspoken supporter of the civil rights movement, and regularly campaigned to overcome segregation.
Known for
Double Indemnity
1944
The Ten Commandments
1956
Soylent Green
1973
The Stranger
1946
Batman
1966
Key Largo
1948
Scarlet Street
1945
The Woman in the Window
1944
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
Little Caesar
1931
Mackenna's Gold
1969
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
Photos (8)
Movies (102)
The Ten Commandments
Dathan
Soylent Green
Sol Roth
Double Indemnity
Barton Keyes
Mackenna's Gold
Old Adams
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Big Jim Stevens (uncredited)
The Cincinnati Kid
Lancey Howard
Key Largo
Johnny Rocco
Scarlet Street
Christopher Cross
Cheyenne Autumn
Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz
The Night Ride
Tony Garotta
Little Caesar
Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka 'Little Caesar'
The Stranger
Federal Agent Wilson
The Violent Men
Lee Wilkison
The Prize
Max Stratman/Walter Stratman
The Woman in the Window
Professor Richard Wanley
My Geisha
Sam Lewis
The Red House
Pete Morgan
Good Neighbor Sam
Simon Nurdlinger
Hell on Frisco Bay
Victor Amato
The Outrage
Con Man
The Sea Wolf
'Wolf' Larsen
Two Weeks in Another Town
Maurice Kruger
House of Strangers
Gino Monetti
Flesh and Fantasy
Marshall Tyler (segment 2)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
John Triton
Seven Thieves
Theo Wilkins
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse
Vice Squad
Capt. 'Barnie' Barnaby
The Last Gangster
Joe Krozac
All My Sons
Joe Keller
A Hole in the Head
Mario Manetta
Black Tuesday
Vincent Canelli
Bullets or Ballots
Johnny Blake
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Edward 'Ed' Renard
Kid Galahad
Nick 'Nicky' Donati
Big Leaguer
John B 'Hans' Lobert
Pepe
Edward G. Robinson
The Whole Town's Talking
Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion
Tight Spot
Lloyd Hallett
Operation San Pietro
Joe Ventura
Brother Orchid
Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto
The Stolen Jools
Gangster
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Professor Samuels
Manpower
Hank McHenry
The Widow from Chicago
Dominic
Grand Slam
Prof. James Anders
Illegal
Victor Scott
A Slight Case of Murder
Remy Marko
Nightmare
Rene Bressard
Journey Together
Dean McWilliams
Barbary Coast
Luis Chamalis
Tales of Manhattan
Larry Browne
Smart Money
Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos
I Am the Law
John Lindsay
Two Seconds
John Allen
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Dr. Paul Ehrlich
Warner at War
(archive footage)
Neither by Day Nor by Night
Father
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
Destroyer
Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski
A Bullet for Joey
Raoul Leduc
It's a Great Feeling
Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)
Five Star Final
Joseph W. Randall
Larceny, Inc.
'Pressure' Maxwell
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Wilbert Winkle
The Right Man
Theodore Roosevelt
The Bright Shawl
Domingo Escobar
Never a Dull Moment
Leo Joseph Smooth
Away with Words
Edward G. Robinson
Tiger Shark
Mike Mascarenhas
A Dispatch from Reuters
Paul Julius Reuter
The Little Giant
James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn
Sammy Going South
Cocky Wainwright
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Emile Pulska
The Man with Two Faces
Damon Welles / Jules Chautard
A Lady to Love
Tony
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Martinius Jacobson
The Blonde from Peking
CIA Chief Douglas
My Daughter Joy
George Constantin
Outside the Law
Cobra Collins
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
Dr. Zaius
Actors and Sin
Maurice Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)
Dark Hazard
Jim 'Buck' Turner
Thunder in the City
Dan Armstrong
Okay for Sound
1946
The Hatchet Man
Wong Low Get
Blackmail
John R. Ingram
Silver Dollar
Yates Martin
Operation Heartbeat
Dr. Lee Forestman
The Glass Web
Henry Hayes
Song of Norway
Krogstad
The Hole in the Wall
The Fox
Moscow Strikes Back
Narrator (English version) (voice)
Tampico
Capt. Bart Manson
Arms and the Woman
Factory Worker
It's Your Move
Sir George McDowell
A Day at Santa Anita
Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)
Unholy Partners
Bruce Corey
East Is West
Charlie Yong
Every Woman's Longing
Tony
I Loved a Woman
John Mansfield Hayden
Born a Man
Narrator
TV Shows (11)
The Lucy Show
Edward G. Robinson · 1 eps
Batman
Edward G. Robinson (uncredited) · 1 eps
Climax!
Josef Vadassy · 1 eps
Night Gallery
Abraham Goldman · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Victor Bers · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
John Derwent · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Baron · 1 eps
The Detectives
'Big Jim' Riva · 1 eps
Bracken's World
1 eps
General Electric Theater
Bert Alquist · 1 eps
The Silent Force
1 eps
Self / Appearances (36)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 5 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 2 eps
The Steve Allen Show
Self · 1 eps
This Is Your Life
Self · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Hollywood Palace
Self · 3 eps
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
Israel
Self - Narrator
Blow-Ups of 1947
Self
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1936
Self
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
Round About Hollywood
Self
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
Self
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
Breakdowns of 1939
Self
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
Self (archive footage)
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
Self - Golfer (uncredited)