Edward G. Robinson
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.
152 acting credits
Acting · 152
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Batman
1966
Climax!
1954
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Night Gallery
1970
The Lucy Show
1962
What's My Line?
1950
The Oscars
1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Detectives
1959
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Lux Video Theatre
1950
This Is Your Life
1952
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The Ten Commandments
1956
Bracken's World
1969
Soylent Green
1973
The Silent Force
1970
General Electric Theater
1953
Double Indemnity
1944
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
Key Largo
1948
Mackenna's Gold
1969
Scarlet Street
1945
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
The Violent Men
1955
The Stranger
1946
Little Caesar
1931
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
The Woman in the Window
1944
Pepe
1960
Kid Galahad
1937
Manpower
1941
The Outrage
1964
The Red House
1947
Operation San Pietro
1967
Good Neighbor Sam
1964
Vice Squad
1953
The Sea Wolf
1941
The Prize
1963
Illegal
1955
Two Seconds
1932
A Hole in the Head
1959
My Geisha
1962
House of Strangers
1949
Destroyer
1943
Bullets or Ballots
1936
All My Sons
1948
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Seven Thieves
1960
Rat Pack
2022
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
Tales of Manhattan
1942
Barbary Coast
1935
Actors and Sin
1952
Grand Slam
1967
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Smart Money
1931
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
Nightmare
1956
Black Tuesday
1954
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
Tight Spot
1955
Blackmail
1939
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948
It's a Great Feeling
1949
Sammy Going South
1963
Brother Orchid
1940
Larceny, Inc.
1942
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
Song of Norway
1970
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955
Never a Dull Moment
1968
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Journey Together
1945
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Tampico
1944
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
Silver Dollar
1932
The Last Gangster
1937
The Man with Two Faces
1934
Round About Hollywood
1931
A Bullet for Joey
1955
Operation Heartbeat
1969
The Stolen Jools
1931
Five Star Final
1931
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
The Glass Web
1953
The Blonde from Peking
1967
The Little Giant
1933
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
Big Leaguer
1953
East Is West
1930
My Daughter Joy
1950
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
I Am the Law
1938
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945
Dark Hazard
1934
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
The Right Man
1960
Tiger Shark
1932
Breakdowns of 1939
1939
Thunder in the City
1937
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966
Breakdowns of 1936
1936
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
The Hole in the Wall
1929
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
Neither by Day Nor by Night
1972
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
It's Your Move
1968
I Loved a Woman
1933
Moscow Strikes Back
1942
Unholy Partners
1941
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
Polo with the Stars
1941
Outside the Law
1930
Okay for Sound
1946
Warner at War
2008
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
Every Woman's Longing
1930
The Bright Shawl
1923
A Lady to Love
1930
Movie Tough Guys
1991
The Hatchet Man
1932
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
The Widow from Chicago
1930
Arms and the Woman
1916
Pulp Cinema
2001
The Night Ride
1930
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973
The First Gangster and the Last Gangster
1937
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
2005
Born a Man
1965
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
1931
Israel
1959