Edward G. Robinson

Acting

Born Dec 12, 1893

From Bucharest, Romania

Died Jan 26, 1973

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.

Edward G. Robinson

Known For

The Ten Commandments

Soylent Green

Double Indemnity

A Slight Case of Murder

Mackenna's Gold

The Outrage

Key Largo

Cheyenne Autumn

Scarlet Street

The Prize

Filmography — Acting

The Ten Commandments

Soylent Green

Double Indemnity

A Slight Case of Murder

Mackenna's Gold

The Outrage

Key Largo

Cheyenne Autumn

Scarlet Street

The Prize

The Stranger

Vice Squad

The Woman in the Window

East Is West

Illegal

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Little Caesar

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Pepe

Kid Galahad

The Cincinnati Kid

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Nightmare

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

House of Strangers

The Violent Men

Rat Pack

Black Tuesday

Frank Capra's American Dream

Brother Orchid

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

My Geisha

Two Weeks in Another Town

Good Neighbor Sam

A Bullet for Joey

Tight Spot

Destroyer

The Sea Wolf

All My Sons

It's a Great Feeling

Bullets or Ballots

The Last Gangster

The Red House

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

A Hole in the Head

Smart Money

Tales of Manhattan

From the Ends of the Earth

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

The Stolen Jools

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Two Seconds

Five Star Final

Grand Slam

Bogart: The Untold Story

A Star Is Born World Premiere

Breakdowns of 1942

I Loved a Woman

A Dispatch from Reuters

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

A Lady to Love

Manpower

Never a Dull Moment

Larceny, Inc.

The Man with Two Faces

Journey Together