Charles Arnt
Acting
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.
Born: August 20, 1906
Place of Birth: Michigan City, Indiana, USA
Known For
Miss Susie Slagle's
A student nurse falls in love with a young intern in 1910 Baltimore, but tragedy ensues when he contracts a fatal disease.
The Shop Around the Corner
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
The Thin Man
Nick Charles was a private detective who married the wealthy Nora and decided to settle down and leave the good life. Unfortunately for the couple, Nick's past frequently caught up with him and got the couple involved in mystery after mystery. The series was based on the popular MGM series of movies of the 1930's starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk starred as the televison versions of Nick and Nora which ran on NBC for two seasons from 1957-59.
Ball of Fire
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
After the Thin Man
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.
Remember the Night
Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.
My Pal, Wolf
A lonely child, neglected by her parents, encounters and befriends a German Shepherd, but she's unaware the animal is a military dog being trained for service in WW2.
I Love You Again
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
Sitting Pretty
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn Belvedere. But when she arrives, she turns out to be a man. And not just any man, but a most eccentric, outrageously forthright genius with seemingly a million careers and experiences behind him.
Filmography
as Mayor Henricks
as Mr. Parsons (uncredited)
as Sweetzer
as Fleems
as Fuzzy
as Burnett
as Wes Tippert
as Ed Kingman
as Old Man Blackston
as Mr. Lagenauer
as Mr. Appleby
as Charlie Mason
as Sheriff Charley Peters
as Judge Lawson
as Wes Tippert
as Mayor
as Ralph Trumble
as Zapolya
as Gist
as Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet)
as J.B. Caldwell
as Reporter, Globe Express
as Horace Carter
as Dobbs
as Dr. Nichols
as Joe Josephs (uncredited)
as Pop Gerard
as Mr. Hammond
as Coblenz
as Doc Douglas Bruce
as Amos Peabody
as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
as Sidney X. Hackle
as Amos Peabody
as William Schooler
as Crawford
as Uncle Jim Grossett
as Olsen
as Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband
as Amos Peabody
as Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)
as Salesman
as Mayor Richard Denby
as Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary
as Mahoney
as Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited)
as Mr. Johnson
as Daniel Boone Wintergreen
as Clothes Salesman
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as Hodges
as Max Ducone
as Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)
as Khafra
as Professor Muhlbach
as Butler
as Sonny Tucker
as Daniel
as Author
as Papa Eisdaar
as Marriage Clerk
as Ezra Larkin
as Herr Binder (uncredited)
as Fred Stacy (uncredited)
as Honest John McGrady
as Colonel Chris Ferris
as Mr. Higginbotham
as Joe, the Train Conductor
as Jim Benson
as Station Master (uncredited)
as Boyle
as Judge Horace Hooker
as Honoré
as Judge Horace Hooker
as Bailey
as Fud Newton
as Manager
as Male Dressmaker
as Principal Rice
as Pooly
as Nazi Lt. Lantz
as McNeary
as Doctor
as Mr. MacAdams
as Refrigerator Salesman
as G. Harrington Hedger
as Hal Brennon
as Parks (butler)
as Herman Winkle
as Grady (uncredited)
as Mr. Stubbins, Man with Pain
as Drunk in Medicine Show
as Les Carter (uncredited)
as Mr. Billings
as Eckman (uncredited)
as Tom
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Jed Reed
as Ralph Everett
as Georgie Herman
as Drunk (uncredited)
as Ticket Clerk
as Lampier's Secretary (uncredited)
as Dining Car Steward
as Archie Sloan
as Mr. Henshaw
as The Father
as Victor Jessup
as Benny
as Clem Walters
as Higgins
as Sam Gardner
as Albert, the manservant
as Caius - the Food Taster (uncredited)