Charles Arnt

Known for

Acting

Born

August 20, 1906

Birthplace

Michigan City, Indiana, USA

Died

August 6, 1990 (aged 83)

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...

Best known work

The Shop Around the Corner

1940

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Ball of Fire

1941

After the Thin Man

1936

This Gun for Hire

1942

Christmas in Connecticut

1945

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962

Remember the Night

1940

Somewhere in the Night

1946

Lassie

1954

Filmography

1962
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Mayor Henricks
1961
Wild in the Country
as Mr. Parsons (uncredited)
1960
Harrigan and SonTV
as Sweetzer (1 episode)
1959
Hawaiian EyeTV
as Fleems (1 episode)
1959
Bourbon Street BeatTV
as Jeff Marshall (1 episode)
1959
The Miracle of the Hills
as Fuzzy
1959
Black SaddleTV
as Burnett (1 episode)
1958
The RiflemanTV
as Wes Tippert (1 episode)
1958
The TexanTV
as Old Man Blackston (1 episode), as Ed Kingman (1 episode)
1958
The Ed Wynn ShowTV
as Mr. Lagenauer (1 episode)
1958
Flood Tide
as Mr. Appleby
1957
MaverickTV
as Charlie Mason (1 episode), as Sheriff Charley Peters (1 episode)
1957
The Thin ManTV
1957
SugarfootTV
as Judge Lawson (1 episode)
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTV
as Wes Tippert (1 episode)
1956
The Gale Storm ShowTV
as Mr. Sneed (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTV
as Mayor (1 episode)
1954
LassieTV
as Ralph Trumble (1 episode)
1953
The Veils of Bagdad
as Zapolya
1953
The Great Sioux Uprising
as Gist
1950
The Man Who Cheated Himself
as Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet)
1950
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
as J.B. Caldwell
1950
The Sun Sets at Dawn
as Reporter, Globe Express
1950
Wabash Avenue
as Horace Carter
1949
Bride for Sale
as Dobbs