Edward G. Robinson
Acting
- Born:
- 1893-12-12
- Died:
- 1973-01-26
- Place of birth:
- Bucarest, Roumanie
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 to the mainstream by playing one of Moses' adversaries Dathan in Cecil B. DeMille's religious epic The Ten Commandments (1956). He was ranked number 24 in the American Film Institute's list of the 25 greatest male stars of Classic American cinema. Never having been nominated for an Academy Award during his 60-year career, he became a posthumous recipient of an Honorary Oscar in 1973, two months after his death. Robinson was Jewish and a staunch critic of fascist and Nazi ideologies that were on the rise in the 1930s. He donating more than $250,000 to 850 political and charitable organizations between 1939 and 1949, hosted a gathering at his home to sign a declaration calling for a boycott of all German-made products, frequently appeared at Soviet and American war relief rallies, delivered radio addresses in over six languages to Nazi-occupied European countries, and traveled to Normandy to entertain the troops, becoming the first movie star to go there for the USO. Robin was also an outspoken supporter of the civil rights movement, and regularly campaigned to overcome segregation.
Known For
Filmography
Away with Words
Rat Pack
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Warner at War
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Pulp Cinema
Frank Capra's American Dream
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Bogart: The Untold Story
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie Tough Guys
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Soylent Green
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
Neither by Day Nor by Night
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Night Gallery
Song of Norway
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
The Silent Force
Bracken's World
Operation Heartbeat
Mackenna's Gold
It's Your Move
Never a Dull Moment
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Operation San Pietro
Grand Slam
The Blonde from Peking
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
Batman
The Cincinnati Kid
Born a Man
Cheyenne Autumn
The Outrage
Good Neighbor Sam
Robin and the 7 Hoods
The Hollywood Palace
The Prize
Sammy Going South
The Lucy Show
Two Weeks in Another Town
My Geisha
Pepe
Seven Thieves
The Right Man
Israel
The Detectives
NBC Sunday Showcase
A Hole in the Head
The Ten Commandments
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Nightmare
The Steve Allen Show
Hell on Frisco Bay
Illegal
A Bullet for Joey
Tight Spot
The Violent Men
Black Tuesday
Climax!
A Star Is Born World Premiere
The Glass Web
Big Leaguer
Vice Squad
The Oscars
General Electric Theater
The Ford Television Theatre
This Is Your Life
Actors and Sin
Lux Video Theatre
My Daughter Joy
What's My Line?
It's a Great Feeling
House of Strangers
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Key Largo
The Ed Sullivan Show
All My Sons
Blow-Ups of 1947
The Red House
Okay for Sound
The Stranger
Scarlet Street
Journey Together
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
The Woman in the Window
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Double Indemnity
Tampico
Golden Globe Awards
Flesh and Fantasy
Destroyer
Breakdowns of 1942
Tales of Manhattan
Larceny, Inc.
Moscow Strikes Back
Breakdowns of 1941
Unholy Partners
Polo with the Stars
Manpower
The Sea Wolf
A Dispatch from Reuters
Brother Orchid
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Breakdowns of 1939
Blackmail
From the Ends of the Earth
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
I Am the Law
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
A Slight Case of Murder
The Last Gangster
Kid Galahad
A Day at Santa Anita
Thunder in the City
The First Gangster and the Last Gangster
Breakdowns of 1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Bullets or Ballots
Barbary Coast
The Whole Town's Talking
The Man with Two Faces
Dark Hazard
I Loved a Woman
The Little Giant
Silver Dollar
Tiger Shark
Two Seconds
The Hatchet Man
Five Star Final
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
Smart Money
Round About Hollywood
The Stolen Jools
Little Caesar
The Widow from Chicago
East Is West
Outside the Law
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Every Woman's Longing
A Lady to Love
The Night Ride
The Hole in the Wall
The Bright Shawl
Arms and the Woman