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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Doctor Syn
as Dr Syn
1937
Disraeli
as Benjamin Disraeli
1929
The House of Rothschild
as Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild
1934
The Working Man
as John Reeves alias John Walton
1933
The Green Goddess
as The Raja
1930
The Man Who Played God
as Montgomery Royle
1932
A Successful Calamity
as Henry Wilton
1932
The King's Vacation
as Phillip, the King
1933
The Last Gentleman
as Cabot Barr
1934
Voltaire
as Voltaire
1933
The Millionaire
as James Alden
1931
Alexander Hamilton
as Alexander Hamilton
1931
His Lordship
as Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
1936
Old English
as Sylvanus Heythorp
1930
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as Self (archive footage)
1984
Impressions of Disraeli
as Benjamin Disraeli
1931
Cardinal Richelieu
as Cardinal Richelieu
1935
The Devil
as Dr. Müller
1921
Land of Liberty
as Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
1939
The Iron Duke
as Duke of Wellington
1934