Edward G. Robinson

Actor Dec 12 (died age 79) Bucharest, Romania 1916–2022 (106 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor and political activist. Although he played a wide range of characters, he is best remembered for his roles as a gangster, most notably in his star-making film Little Caesar (1931). Robinson's career saw a decline during the 1950s Red Scare when he was threatened with blacklisting. Experiencing underemployment, he turned towards minor roles in B movies until he eventually returned…

Known For

Film

Double Indemnity

Barton Keyes

Film

The Ten Commandments

Dathan

Film

Soylent Green

Sol Roth

Film

Key Largo

Johnny Rocco

Film

The Stranger

Federal Agent Wilson

Film

Scarlet Street

Christopher Cross

Film

The Woman in the Window

Professor Richard Wanley

Film

The Cincinnati Kid

Lancey Howard

Filmography

Acting (152)

Movies (131)

Rat Pack

2022

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

2013

as Self (archive footage)

5.5

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Warner at War

2008

as (archive footage)

7.0

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

2008

as Self (archive footage)

8.5

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

2008

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero

2005

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Pulp Cinema

2001

as Self (archive footage)

Frank Capra's American Dream

1997

as Self (archive footage)

6.3

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Bogart: The Untold Story

1997

as Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991

as Self (archive footage)

5.7

Movie Tough Guys

1991

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

Soylent Green

1973

as Sol Roth

6.9

A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'

1973

as Self

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Neither by Day Nor by Night

1972

as Father

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

Song of Norway

as Krogstad

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

as Emile Pulska

Mackenna's Gold

as Old Adams

Operation Heartbeat

as Dr. Lee Forestman

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

as Professor Samuels

Never a Dull Moment

as Leo Joseph Smooth

It's Your Move

as Sir George McDowell

5.0

Grand Slam

1967

as Prof. James Anders

7.1

Operation San Pietro

1967

as Joe Ventura

5.9

The Blonde from Peking

1967

as CIA Chief Douglas

5.2

Planet of the Apes Test Reel

1966

as Dr. Zaius

The Cincinnati Kid

1965

as Lancey Howard

7.0

Born a Man

1965

as Narrator

The Outrage

as Con Man

Good Neighbor Sam

as Simon Nurdlinger

Cheyenne Autumn

as Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz

6.7

Robin and the 7 Hoods

1964

as Big Jim Stevens (uncredited)

6.1

The Prize

1963

as Max Stratman/Walter Stratman

Sammy Going South

as Cocky Wainwright

My Geisha

as Sam Lewis

Two Weeks in Another Town

1962

as Maurice Kruger

5.9

The Right Man

1960

as Theodore Roosevelt

Seven Thieves

as Theo Wilkins

Pepe

as Edward G. Robinson

A Hole in the Head

as Mario Manetta

The Ten Commandments

as Dathan

Nightmare

as Rene Bressard

The Violent Men

as Lee Wilkison

Illegal

as Victor Scott

Tight Spot

as Lloyd Hallett

A Bullet for Joey

as Raoul Leduc

Hell on Frisco Bay

as Victor Amato

Black Tuesday

as Vincent Canelli

A Star Is Born World Premiere

as Self

The Glass Web

as Henry Hayes

Vice Squad

as Capt. 'Barnie' Barnaby

5.9

Big Leaguer

1953

as John B 'Hans' Lobert

6.8

Actors and Sin

1952

as Maurice Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)

5.2

My Daughter Joy

1950

as George Constantin

House of Strangers

1949

as Gino Monetti

7.0

It's a Great Feeling

1949

as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)

Key Largo

as Johnny Rocco

All My Sons

as Joe Keller

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

as John Triton

The Red House

as Pete Morgan

Blow-Ups of 1947

as Self

The Stranger

as Federal Agent Wilson

Okay for Sound

Scarlet Street

as Christopher Cross

Journey Together

as Dean McWilliams

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

1945

as Martinius Jacobson

7.0

Double Indemnity

1944

as Barton Keyes

8.1

The Woman in the Window

1944

as Professor Richard Wanley

7.4

Tampico

1944

as Capt. Bart Manson

5.5

Mr. Winkle Goes to War

1944

as Wilbert Winkle

6.6

Flesh and Fantasy

1943

as Marshall Tyler (segment 2)

7.0

Destroyer

1943

as Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski

Tales of Manhattan

as Larry Browne

Breakdowns of 1942

as Self

Larceny, Inc.

as 'Pressure' Maxwell

7.0

Moscow Strikes Back

1942

as Narrator (English version) (voice)

The Sea Wolf

as 'Wolf' Larsen

Manpower

as Hank McHenry

Unholy Partners

as Bruce Corey

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.0

Polo with the Stars

1941

as Self - Watching Polo Match

5.0

Brother Orchid

1940

as Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto

6.5

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

1940

as Dr. Paul Ehrlich

6.5

A Dispatch from Reuters

1940

as Paul Julius Reuter

6.1

From the Ends of the Earth

1939

as Self

Breakdowns of 1939

1939

as Self

7.0

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939

as Edward 'Ed' Renard

Blackmail

as John R. Ingram

I Am the Law

as John Lindsay

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

1938

as Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse

7.2

A Slight Case of Murder

as Remy Marko

The Last Gangster

as Joe Krozac

The First Gangster and the Last Gangster

1937

as Himself

Kid Galahad

1937

as Nick 'Nicky' Donati

Thunder in the City

as Dan Armstrong

A Day at Santa Anita

as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)

5.0

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

as Self

Bullets or Ballots

as Johnny Blake

Breakdowns of 1936

as Self

Barbary Coast

1935

as Luis Chamalis

6.4

The Whole Town's Talking

1935

as Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion

6.8

The Man with Two Faces

1934

as Damon Welles / Jules Chautard

Dark Hazard

as Jim 'Buck' Turner

I Loved a Woman

as John Mansfield Hayden

4.5

The Little Giant

1933

as James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn

Two Seconds

as John Allen

Silver Dollar

as Yates Martin

The Hatchet Man

as Wong Low Get

Tiger Shark

as Mike Mascarenhas

Little Caesar

as Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka 'Little Caesar'

6.9

Smart Money

1931

as Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos

6.8

Five Star Final

1931

as Joseph W. Randall

6.5

Round About Hollywood

as Self

The Stolen Jools

as Gangster

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'

1931

as Self - Golfer (uncredited)

6.0

The Widow from Chicago

as Dominic

East Is West

as Charlie Yong

A Lady to Love

as Tony

The Night Ride

as Tony Garotta

Outside the Law

1930

as Cobra Collins

4.7

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

1930

as Self

3.4

Every Woman's Longing

1930

as Tony

The Hole in the Wall

1929

as The Fox

5.2

The Bright Shawl

1923

as Domingo Escobar

Arms and the Woman

1916

as Factory Worker

Television (21)

Night Gallery

as Abraham Goldman

The Silent Force

Bracken's World

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

as Self

6.6

Batman

1966

as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)

The Hollywood Palace

as Self

The Lucy Show

as Edward G. Robinson

The Detectives

as 'Big Jim' Riva

NBC Sunday Showcase

as Daniel Webster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Victor Bers

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

The Steve Allen Show

as Self

Climax!

as Josef Vadassy

The Oscars

as Self

General Electric Theater

as Bert Alquist

This Is Your Life

as Self

The Ford Television Theatre

as John Derwent

What's My Line?

as Self

Lux Video Theatre

as Sir Wilfrid Robarts

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter