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

The Rifleman

Maverick

Maverick

Lassie

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Hawaiian Eye

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Sugarfoot

All Movies (103)

• Sweet Bird of Youth1962 · as Mayor Henricks
• Wild in the Country1961 · as Mr. Parsons (uncredited)
• The Miracle of the Hills1959 · as Fuzzy
• Flood Tide1958 · as Mr. Appleby
• The Veils of Bagdad1953 · as Zapolya
• The Great Sioux Uprising1953 · as Gist
• The Man Who Cheated Himself1950 · as Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet)
• He's a Cockeyed Wonder1950 · as J.B. Caldwell
• The Sun Sets at Dawn1950 · as Reporter, Globe Express
• Wabash Avenue1950 · as Horace Carter
• Bride for Sale1949 · as Dobbs
• Masked Raiders1949 · as Dr. Nichols
• Any Number Can Play1949 · as Joe Josephs (uncredited)
• Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture1949 · as Pop Gerard
• The Boy with Green Hair1948 · as Mr. Hammond
• Hollow Triumph1948 · as Coblenz
• Michael O'Halloran1948 · as Doc Douglas Bruce
• Big Town Scandal1948 · as Amos Peabody
• Sitting Pretty1948 · as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
• High Wall1947 · as Sidney X. Hackle
• Big Town After Dark1947 · as Amos Peabody
• Saddle Pals1947 · as William Schooler
• My Favorite Brunette1947 · as Crawford
• Fall Guy1947 · as Uncle Jim Grossett
• Calendar Girl1947 · as Olsen
• That Brennan Girl1946 · as Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband
• Big Town1946 · as Amos Peabody
• Somewhere in the Night1946 · as Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)
• Without Reservations1946 · as Salesman
• Blondie's Lucky Day1946 · as Mayor Richard Denby
• The Hoodlum Saint1946 · as Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary
• Cinderella Jones1946 · as Mahoney
• Just Before Dawn1946 · as Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited)
• Miss Susie Slagle's1946 · as Mr. Johnson
• Behind Green Lights1946 · as Daniel Boone Wintergreen
• Pardon My Past1945 · as Clothes Salesman
• She Wouldn't Say Yes1945 · as Train Conductor (uncredited)
• The Girl of the Limberlost1945 · as Hodges
• Dangerous Intruder1945 · as Max Ducone
• Christmas in Connecticut1945 · as Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)
• Sudan1945 · as Khafra
• Strange Illusion1945 · as Professor Muhlbach
• The Crime Doctor's Courage1945 · as Butler
• Dangerous Passage1944 · as Daniel
• Double Exposure1944 · as Sonny Tucker
• Greenwich Village1944 · as Author
• My Pal, Wolf1944 · as Papa Eisdaar
• The Impatient Years1944 · as Marriage Clerk
• Three Little Sisters1944 · as Ezra Larkin
• The Seventh Cross1944 · as Herr Binder (uncredited)
• Once Upon a Time1944 · as Fred Stacy (uncredited)
• Gambler's Choice1944 · as Honest John McGrady
• Roaring Guns1944 · as Colonel Chris Ferris
• Up in Arms1944 · as Mr. Higginbotham
• In Old Oklahoma1943 · as Joe, the Train Conductor
• Gangway for Tomorrow1943 · as Jim Benson
• Young Ideas1943 · as Station Master (uncredited)
• Henry Aldrich Swings It1943 · as Boyle
• Gildersleeve's Bad Day1943 · as Judge Horace Hooker
• Reunion in France1942 · as Honoré
• The Great Gildersleeve1942 · as Judge Horace Hooker
• That Other Woman1942 · as Bailey
• Take a Letter, Darling1942 · as Fud Newton
• Twin Beds1942 · as Manager
• This Gun for Hire1942 · as Male Dressmaker
• Young America1942 · as Principal Rice
• The Lady Has Plans1942 · as Pooly
• Paris Calling1941 · as Nazi Lt. Lantz
• Ball of Fire1941 · as McNeary
• Marry the Boss's Daughter1941 · as Blodgett
• Great Guns1941 · as Doctor
• Hold Back the Dawn1941 · as Mr. MacAdams
• We Go Fast1941 · as Refrigerator Salesman
• Blossoms in the Dust1941 · as G. Harrington Hedger
• Dressed to Kill1941 · as Hal Brennon
• Pot o' Gold1941 · as Parks (butler)
• Mr. District Attorney1941 · as Herman Winkle
• Play Girl1941 · as Grady (uncredited)
• Dr. Kildare's Crisis1940 · as Mr. Stubbins, Man with Pain
• Little Men1940 · as Drunk in Medicine Show
• Buyer Beware1940 · as Les Carter (uncredited)
• I Love You Again1940 · as Mr. Billings
• We Who Are Young1940 · as Eckman (uncredited)
• Remember the Night1940 · as Tom
• The Shop Around the Corner1940 · as Policeman (uncredited)
• It Happened in Hollywood1937 · as Jed Reed
• Angel's Holiday1937 · as Ralph Everett
• Swing High, Swing Low1937 · as Georgie Herman
• After the Thin Man1936 · as Drunk (uncredited)
• College Holiday1936 · as Ticket Clerk
• Sinner Take All1936 · as Lampier's Secretary (uncredited)
• Wedding Present1936
• Rhythm on the Range1936 · as Dining Car Steward
• And Sudden Death1936 · as Archie Sloan
• The Witness Chair1936 · as Mr. Henshaw
• Spring Night1935 · as The Father
• She Married Her Boss1935 · as Victor Jessup
• Two for Tonight1935 · as Benny
• Stolen Harmony1935 · as Clem Walters
• Here Is My Heart1934 · as Higgins
• Ready for Love1934 · as Sam Gardner
• Ladies Should Listen1934 · as Albert, the manservant
• Roman Scandals1933 · as Caius - the Food Taster (uncredited)

All TV Shows (16)

• Harrigan and Son1960 · as Sweetzer
• Hawaiian Eye1959 · as Fleems
• Bourbon Street Beat1959 · as Jeff Marshall
• Black Saddle1959 · as Burnett
• The Rifleman1958 · as Wes Tippert
• The Texan1958 · as Ed Kingman
• The Texan1958 · as Old Man Blackston
• The Ed Wynn Show1958 · as Mr. Lagenauer
• Maverick1957 · as Charlie Mason
• Maverick1957 · as Sheriff Charley Peters
• The Thin Man1957
• Sugarfoot1957 · as Judge Lawson
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Wes Tippert
• The Gale Storm Show1956 · as Mr. Sneed
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Mayor
• Lassie1954 · as Ralph Trumble