George Arliss

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.

Known For

The Eternal Jew

The Millionaire

The House of Rothschild

Land of Liberty

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

The Iron Duke

A Successful Calamity

The Guv'nor

All Movies (31)

• Going Hollywood: The '30s1984 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Voice That Thrilled the World1943 · as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
• The Eternal Jew1940 · as Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Cavalcade of the Academy Awards1940 · as Self (archive footage)
• Land of Liberty1939 · as Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
• Doctor Syn1937 · as Dr Syn
• His Lordship1936 · as Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
• East Meets West1936 · as Sultan of Rungay
• The Tunnel1935 · as Prime Minister of Great Britain
• The Guv'nor1935 · as François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor
• Cardinal Richelieu1935 · as Cardinal Richelieu
• The Iron Duke1934 · as Duke of Wellington
• The Last Gentleman1934 · as Cabot Barr
• The House of Rothschild1934 · as Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild
• Voltaire1933 · as Voltaire
• The Working Man1933 · as John Reeves alias John Walton
• The King's Vacation1933 · as Phillip, the King
• A Successful Calamity1932 · as Henry Wilton
• The Man Who Played God1932 · as Montgomery Royle
• Alexander Hamilton1931 · as Alexander Hamilton
• Impressions of Disraeli1931 · as Benjamin Disraeli
• The Millionaire1931 · as James Alden
• Old English1930 · as Sylvanus Heythorp
• The Green Goddess1930 · as The Raja
• Disraeli1929 · as Benjamin Disraeli
• Twenty Dollars a Week1924 · as John Reeves
• The Green Goddess1923 · as Rajah of Rukh
• The Man Who Played God1922 · as Montgomery Royle
• The Ruling Passion1922
• Disraeli1921 · as Benjamin Disraeli
• The Devil1921 · as Dr. Müller