Actor
· Acting
Charles Arnt
Born 1906-08-20
Died 1990-08-06
📍 Michigan City, Indiana, USA
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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 retired from acting and began to import and breed Charolais cattle on a ranch in Washington state.
Arnt died in Orcas Island, Washington from pancreatic and liver cancer. He was survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
Filmography 117
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Mayor Henricks
1962
Wild in the Country
as Mr. Parsons (uncredited)
1961
Harrigan and Son
as Sweetzer
1960
Hawaiian Eye
as Fleems
1959
Bourbon Street Beat
as Jeff Marshall
1959
The Miracle of the Hills
as Fuzzy
1959
Black Saddle
as Burnett
1959
The Rifleman
as Wes Tippert
1958
The Texan
as Old Man Blackston
1958
The Texan
as Ed Kingman
1958
The Ed Wynn Show
as Mr. Lagenauer
1958
Flood Tide
as Mr. Appleby
1958
Maverick
as Charlie Mason
1957
Maverick
as Sheriff Charley Peters
1957
The Thin Man
1957
Sugarfoot
as Judge Lawson
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Wes Tippert
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mayor
1955
Lassie
as Ralph Trumble
1954
The Veils of Bagdad
as Zapolya
1953
The Great Sioux Uprising
as Gist
1953
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
1950
Bride for Sale
as Dobbs
1949
Masked Raiders
as Dr. Nichols
1949
Any Number Can Play
as Joe Josephs (uncredited)
1949
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Pop Gerard
1949
The Boy with Green Hair
as Mr. Hammond
1948
Hollow Triumph
as Coblenz
1948
Michael O'Halloran
as Doc Douglas Bruce
1948
Big Town Scandal
as Amos Peabody
1948
Sitting Pretty
as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
1948
High Wall
as Sidney X. Hackle
1947
Big Town After Dark
as Amos Peabody
1947
Saddle Pals
as William Schooler
1947
My Favorite Brunette
as Crawford
1947
Fall Guy
as Uncle Jim Grossett
1947
Calendar Girl
as Olsen
1947
That Brennan Girl
as Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband
1946
Big Town
as Amos Peabody
1946
Somewhere in the Night
as Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)
1946
Without Reservations
as Salesman
1946
Blondie's Lucky Day
as Mayor Richard Denby
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
as Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary
1946
Cinderella Jones
as Mahoney
1946
Just Before Dawn
as Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited)
1946
Miss Susie Slagle's
as Mr. Johnson
1946
Behind Green Lights
as Daniel Boone Wintergreen
1946
Pardon My Past
as Clothes Salesman
1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1945
The Girl of the Limberlost
as Hodges
1945
Dangerous Intruder
as Max Ducone
1945
Christmas in Connecticut
as Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)
1945
Sudan
as Khafra
1945
Strange Illusion
as Professor Muhlbach
1945
The Crime Doctor's Courage
as Butler
1945
Dangerous Passage
as Daniel
1944
Double Exposure
as Sonny Tucker
1944
Greenwich Village
as Author
1944
My Pal, Wolf
as Papa Eisdaar
1944
The Impatient Years
as Marriage Clerk
1944
Three Little Sisters
as Ezra Larkin
1944
The Seventh Cross
as Herr Binder (uncredited)
1944
Once Upon a Time
as Fred Stacy (uncredited)
1944
Gambler's Choice
as Honest John McGrady
1944
Roaring Guns
as Colonel Chris Ferris
1944
Up in Arms
as Mr. Higginbotham
1944
In Old Oklahoma
as Joe, the Train Conductor
1943
Gangway for Tomorrow
as Jim Benson
1943
Young Ideas
as Station Master (uncredited)
1943
Henry Aldrich Swings It
as Boyle
1943
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Judge Horace Hooker
1943
Reunion in France
as Honoré
1942
The Great Gildersleeve
as Judge Horace Hooker
1942
That Other Woman
as Bailey
1942
Take a Letter, Darling
as Fud Newton
1942
Twin Beds
as Manager
1942
This Gun for Hire
as Male Dressmaker
1942
Young America
as Principal Rice
1942
The Lady Has Plans
as Pooly
1942
Paris Calling
as Nazi Lt. Lantz
1941
Ball of Fire
as McNeary
1941
Great Guns
as Doctor
1941
Hold Back the Dawn
as Mr. MacAdams
1941
We Go Fast
as Refrigerator Salesman
1941
Blossoms in the Dust
as G. Harrington Hedger
1941
Dressed to Kill
as Hal Brennon
1941
Pot o' Gold
as Parks (butler)
1941
Mr. District Attorney
as Herman Winkle
1941
Play Girl
as Grady (uncredited)
1941
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Mr. Stubbins, Man with Pain
1940
Little Men
as Drunk in Medicine Show
1940
Buyer Beware
as Les Carter (uncredited)
1940
I Love You Again
as Mr. Billings
1940
We Who Are Young
as Eckman (uncredited)
1940
Remember the Night
as Tom
1940
The Shop Around the Corner
as Policeman (uncredited)
1940
It Happened in Hollywood
as Jed Reed
1937
Angel's Holiday
as Ralph Everett
1937
Swing High, Swing Low
as Georgie Herman
1937
After the Thin Man
as Drunk (uncredited)
1936
College Holiday
as Ticket Clerk
1936
Sinner Take All
as Lampier's Secretary (uncredited)
1936
Wedding Present
1936
Rhythm on the Range
as Dining Car Steward
1936
And Sudden Death
as Archie Sloan
1936
The Witness Chair
as Mr. Henshaw
1936
Spring Night
as The Father
1935
She Married Her Boss
as Victor Jessup
1935
Two for Tonight
as Benny
1935
Stolen Harmony
as Clem Walters
1935
Here Is My Heart
as Higgins
1934
Ready for Love
as Sam Gardner
1934
Ladies Should Listen
as Albert, the manservant
1934
Roman Scandals
as Caius - the Food Taster (uncredited)
1933