George Arliss(1868-1946)

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A king finds himself with no purpose in his reign, abdicates his throne to return to the wife and child he left many years ago when he was called to duty to be the king of his country.

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The King's Vacation (1933)

One of the oldest actors on the screen in the 1920s and 1930s, George Arliss starred on the London stage from an early age. He came to the United States and starred in several films, but it was his role as British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929) that brought him his greatest success.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 17 wins & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Disraeli

6.1

Disraeli

1929

La Déesse rouge

5.4

The Raja

1930

Alexander Hamilton

5.8

Alexander Hamilton

1931

The House of Rothschild

6.5

Mayer Rothschild
Nathan Rothschild

1934

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Doctor Syn
6.2
- Dr. Syn
- 1937
His Lordship
6.0
- Richard Fraser
- Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
- 1936
East Meets West
6.1
- Sultan of Rungay
- 1936
Transatlantic
6.0
- Prime Minister of Great Britain (as Mr. George Arliss)
- 1935
Un des Rotschild
7.3
- The Guv'nor
- 1935
Cardinal Richelieu
6.3
- Cardinal Richelieu
- 1935
The Iron Duke
5.9
- Duke of Wellington
- 1934
The Last Gentleman
7.0
- Cabot Barr
- 1934
The House of Rothschild
6.5
- Mayer Rothschild
- Nathan Rothschild
- 1934
Voltaire
6.4
- Voltaire
- 1933
Le roi de la chaussure
7.2
- John Reeves
- John Walton
- 1933
The King's Vacation
6.9
- King Phillip
- 1933
A Successful Calamity
6.9
- Henry Wilton (as Mr. George Arliss)
- 1932
The Man Who Played God
6.8
- Montgomery Royle (as Mr. George Arliss)
- 1932
Impressions of Disraeli
5.2
Short
- Benjamin Disraeli
- 1931

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Alternative name
- Mr. George Arliss
Height
- 1.70 m
Born
- April 10, 1868
- London, England, UK
Died
- February 5, 1946
- London, England, UK(bronchial ailment)
Spouse
- Florence ArlissSeptember 14, 1899 - February 5, 1946 (his death)
Other works
Stage: Appeared (Broadway debut) in "Magda: on Broadway (revival; played in repertory with "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray", "Beyond Human Power", "The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith", "Mariana", "The Happy Hypocrite"). Written by Hermann Sudermann. Translated by Louis N. Parker. Theatre Republic. Cast: Miss A. Artery, Adeline Bourne, Charles E. Bryant, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, John Keppel, Lillian Lisle, Daniel McCarthy, Lucy Milner, Florence Arliss (credited as Florence Montgomery; Broadway debut), George S. Titheradge, Gilbert Trent, Herbert Waring, Mrs. Theodore Wright. Produced by Liebler & Co. and George C. Tyler.
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Trivia
Discovered and promoted Bette Davis.

Quotes
[from his autobiography] Harry M. Warner told me that when he decided to do Disraeli (1929) he did not expect it to pay but he was using me as an expensive bait to hook people into the cinema who had never gone before.