George Arliss
Biography
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George Arliss (10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929), as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour.
Filmography
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as Self (archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
The Eternal Jew
1940
as Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Land of Liberty
1939
as Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
Doctor Syn
1937
as Dr Syn
His Lordship
1936
as Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
East Meets West
1936
as Sultan of Rungay
The Tunnel
1935
as Prime Minister of Great Britain
The Guv'nor
1935
as François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor
Cardinal Richelieu
1935
as Cardinal Richelieu
The Iron Duke
1934
as Duke of Wellington
The Last Gentleman
1934
as Cabot Barr
The House of Rothschild
1934
as Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild
Voltaire
1933
as Voltaire
The Working Man
1933
as John Reeves alias John Walton
The King's Vacation
1933
as Phillip, the King
A Successful Calamity
1932
as Henry Wilton
The Man Who Played God
1932
as Montgomery Royle
Alexander Hamilton
1931
as Alexander Hamilton
Impressions of Disraeli
1931
as Benjamin Disraeli
The Millionaire
1931
as James Alden
Old English
1930
as Sylvanus Heythorp
The Green Goddess
1930
as The Raja