Charles Arnt

Charles Arnt
Arnt in My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Born
Charles E. Arnt

(1906-08-20)August 20, 1906
DiedAugust 6, 1990(1990-08-06) (aged 83)
Alma materPrinceton University
OccupationActor
Years active1933–1962
SpousePatricia Arnt
Children3

Charles E. Arnt (August 20, 1906 – August 6, 1990) was an American film actor from 1933 to 1962. Arnt appeared as a character actor in more than 200 films.[1]

Arnt was born in Michigan City, Indiana, the son of a banker.[2] He graduated from Phillips Academy and Princeton University. While at Princeton, he helped to found the University Players and was president of the Princeton Triangle Club theatrical troupe.[1] He became a banker after he graduated from college.[2]

In the early 1930s, Arnt acted with the University Repertory Theater in Maryland.[2] On Broadway, he appeared in Carry Nation (1932), Three Waltzes (1937), and Knickerbocker Holiday (1938).[3]

In 1962, Arnt retired from acting and began to import and breed Charolais cattle on a ranch in Washington state.[1] Arnt died in Orcas Island, Washington.[1]

Selected filmography

  • Roman Scandals (1933) – Caius, the Food Taster (uncredited)
  • Ladies Should Listen (1934) – Albert, the manservant
  • Ready for Love (1934) – Sam Gardner
  • Here Is My Heart (1934) – Higgins, Paul's Valet
  • Stolen Harmony (1935) – Clem Walters
  • Two for Tonight (1935) – Benny
  • She Married Her Boss (1935) – Victor Jessup
  • The Witness Chair (1936) – Mr. Henshaw
  • And Sudden Death (1936) – Archie Sloan
  • Rhythm on the Range (1936) – Dining Car Steward (uncredited)
  • Wedding Present (1936) – Reporter (uncredited)
  • Sinner Take All (1936) – Lampier's Secretary (uncredited)
  • Mind Your Own Business (1936) – Reporter (uncredited)
  • College Holiday (1936) – Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
  • After the Thin Man (1936) – Drunk Greeting Nick and Nora at Party (uncredited)
  • Swing High, Swing Low (1937) – Georgie
  • Angel's Holiday (1937) – Ralph Everett
  • Mountain Music (1937) – Hotel Manager (uncredited)
  • It Happened in Hollywood (1937) – Jed Reed
  • Remember the Night (1940) – Tom
  • The Shop Around the Corner (1940) – Policeman (uncredited)
  • Grandpa Goes to Town (1940) – Movie Producer (uncredited)
  • We Who Are Young (1940) – Eckman (uncredited)
  • I Love You Again (1940) – Billings
  • Little Men (1940) – Drunk in Medicine Show (uncredited)
  • Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940) – Mr. Stubbins, Man with Pain (uncredited)
  • Play Girl (1941) – Grady (uncredited)
  • Back Street (1941) – Mr. Mason (uncredited)
  • Mr. District Attorney (1941) – Herman Winkle
  • Pot o' Gold (1941) – Parks
  • Tight Shoes (1941) – Lawyer Fenwick (uncredited)
  • Blossoms in the Dust (1941) – G. Harrington Hedger
  • Hello, Sucker (1941) – Studson (uncredited)
  • Dressed to Kill (1941) – Hal Brennon
  • Hold Back the Dawn (1941) – Mr. John MacAdams
  • We Go Fast (1941) – Refrigerator Salesman
  • Great Guns (1941) – Doctor
  • Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941) – Blodgett
  • Paris Calling (1941) – Lieutenant Lantz
  • Ball of Fire (1941) – McNeary
  • The Lady Has Plans (1942) – Pooly
  • Young America (1942) – Principal Rice
  • This Gun for Hire (1942) – Male Dressmaker
  • My Gal Sal (1942) – Tailor
  • Twin Beds (1942) – Manager
  • Take a Letter, Darling (1942) – Fud Newton
  • The Falcon's Brother (1942) – Pat Moffett (uncredited)
  • That Other Woman (1942) – Bailey
  • Pittsburgh (1942) – Building Site Laborer (uncredited)
  • The Great Gildersleeve (1942) – Judge Horace Hooker
  • Reunion in France (1942) – Honoré
  • Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943) – Judge Horace Hooker
  • Henry Aldrich Swings It (1943) – Boyle
  • Young Ideas (1943) – Station Master (uncredited)
  • Gangway for Tomorrow (1943) – Jim Benson
  • In Old Oklahoma (1943) – Joe, Train Conductor (uncredited)
  • Up in Arms (1944) – Mr. Higginbotham
  • Gambler's Choice (1944) – Honest John McGrady
  • Once Upon a Time (1944) – Fred Stacy, Reporter (uncredited)
  • The Seventh Cross (1944) – Herr Binder (uncredited)
  • Three Little Sisters (1944) – Ezra Larkin
  • The Impatient Years (1944) – Marriage Clerk (uncredited)
  • My Pal Wolf (1944) – Papa Eisdaar
  • Greenwich Village (1944) – Author with Letter (uncredited)
  • Dangerous Passage (1944) – Daniel Bergstrom
  • Double Exposure (1944) – Sonny Tucker
  • Together Again (1944) – Clerk (uncredited)
  • The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945) – Butler
  • Without Love (1945) – Colonel Braden (uncredited)
  • Strange Illusion (1945) – Professor Muhlbach
  • Sudan (1945) – Khafra
  • Christmas in Connecticut (1945) – Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)
  • Dangerous Intruder (1945) – Max Ducone
  • The Girl of the Limberlost (1945) – Hodges
  • She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945) – Train Conductor (uncredited)
  • Pardon My Past (1945) – Clothes Salesman
  • Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) – Mr. Johnson
  • Behind Green Lights (1946) – Daniel Boone Wintergreen (uncredited)
  • Just Before Dawn (1946) – Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited)
  • Cinderella Jones (1946) – Mahoney
  • The Hoodlum Saint (1946) – Cy Nolan, O'Neill's Secretary
  • Blondie's Lucky Day (1946) – Mayor Richard Denby
  • Without Reservations (1946) – Salesman
  • Somewhere in the Night (1946) – Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)
  • Big Town (1946) – Amos Peabody
  • That Brennan Girl (1946) – Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband
  • Calendar Girl (1947) – Captain Olsen
  • That Way with Women (1947) – Harry Miller
  • Fall Guy (1947) – Uncle Jim Grossett
  • My Favorite Brunette (1947) – Crawford
  • Saddle Pals (1947) – William Schooler
  • Big Town After Dark (1947) – Amos Peabody
  • High Wall (1947) – Sidney X. Hackle
  • Sitting Pretty (1948) – Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
  • Big Town Scandal (1948) – Amos Peabody
  • Michael O'Halloran (1948) – Doc Douglas Bruce
  • Hollow Triumph (1948) – Coblenz
  • The Boy with Green Hair (1948) – Mr. Hammond
  • That Wonderful Urge (1948) – Mr. Bissell (uncredited)
  • Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949) – Pop Gerard
  • Any Number Can Play (1949) – Joe Josephs (uncredited)
  • Masked Raiders (1949) – Dr. W.J. Nichols
  • Bride for Sale (1949) – Dobbs
  • Wabash Avenue (1950) – Horace Carter
  • He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950) – J.B. Caldwell
  • The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) – Reporter, Globe Express
  • The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) – Ernest Quimby
  • The Great Sioux Uprising (1953) – Gist
  • The Veils of Bagdad (1953) – Zapolya
  • Flood Tide (1958) – Mr. Appleby, Grocer
  • A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958) – Mr. Simms aka Pop (uncredited)
  • The Miracle of the Hills (1959) – Fuzzy
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 6 Episode 38: "Ambition") as George the Mayor
  • Wild in the Country (1961) – Mr. Parsons (uncredited)
  • Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) – Mayor Henricks)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Charles Arnt Is Dead; Film Actor Was 83". The New York Times. September 19, 1990. Archived from the original on March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Actor Began As Banker In Indiana". The Baltimore Sun. Maryland, Baltimore. November 15, 1931. p. 51. Retrieved March 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Charles Arnt". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.