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Edward G. Robinson
Bucarest, Roumanie
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 ch…
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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.
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2026
Away with Words
Movie Edward G. Robinson
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2022
Rat Pack
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2008
Warner at War
Movie (archive footage)
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2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2001
Pulp Cinema
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1997
Bogart: The Untold Story
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1991
Movie Tough Guys
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1973
Soylent Green
Movie Sol Roth
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1973
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
Movie Self
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1972
Neither by Day Nor by Night
Movie Father
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1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1971
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Movie
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1970
Night Gallery
TV show Abraham Goldman
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1970
Song of Norway
Movie Krogstad
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1970
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Movie Emile Pulska
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1970
The Silent Force
TV show
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1969
Bracken's World
TV show
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1969
Operation Heartbeat
Movie Dr. Lee Forestman
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1969
Mackenna's Gold
Movie Old Adams
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1968
It's Your Move
Movie Sir George McDowell
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1968
Never a Dull Moment
Movie Leo Joseph Smooth
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1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV show Self
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1968
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Movie Professor Samuels
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1967
Operation San Pietro
Movie Joe Ventura
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1967
Grand Slam
Movie Prof. James Anders
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1967
The Blonde from Peking
Movie CIA Chief Douglas
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1966
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
Movie Dr. Zaius
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1966
Batman
TV show Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)
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1965
The Cincinnati Kid
Movie Lancey Howard
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1965
Born a Man
Movie Narrator
