Actor info
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Name :
George Arliss
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Born :
April 9, 1868 in London, England, UK (77 years at death)
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Died :
February 5, 1946
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
31 films (1921–1984)
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Also known as :
George Augustus Andrews, Джордж Арлисс
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Biography
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 honour.
Notable films
- The Eternal Jew (1940) as Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Land of Liberty (1939) as Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
- The Guv'nor (1935) as François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor
- The Millionaire (1931) as James Alden
- Disraeli (1929) as Benjamin Disraeli
