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Robert Arden
London, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Arden (11 December 1922 – 25 March 2004) was an American film, television and radio actor born in London who worked and lived mostly…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Arden (11 December 1922 – 25 March 2004) was an American film, television and radio actor born in London who worked and lived mostly in the United Kingdom. Arden was born from an American father and an English mother. His father had a successful career as a professional boxer after World War I. He attended "a combination of English and American schools." Arden's most famous film appearance was as lead character Guy Van Stratten in Mr. Arkadin (1955), written and directed by Orson Welles. Welles had worked with Arden on the Harry Lime radio series, produced in London, and later cast the little-known actor in Mr. Arkadin, in the central role of the investigator who uncovers Arkadin's past. Reportedly, Arden was shocked that Welles might consider him for the part and initially thought that the director's phone inquiry was a crank call. Arden's performance in Mr. Arkadin was panned by some critics : The New York Times called it "hopelessly inadequate". Film historian Jonathan Rosenbaum has defended Arden's performance, locating the problem not in the actor's work but in "the unsavoriness and obnoxiousness of the character", who was intended by Welles to be unattractive even though he occupied in the film "the space normally reserved for charismatic heroes". The credits of one the film's Spanish versions misspelled Arden's name as "Bob Harden". Another Spanish print actually credited him as "Mark Sharpe". Mr. Arkadin did poorly at the box-office. Afterwards, Arden played a few other lead roles, in films such as The Depraved (1957) or The Child and the Killer (1959), but he worked mostly as a character actor, appearing in film, television and stage productions. he worked mostly as a character actor, appearing in film, television and stage productions.
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1996
Silent Witness
TV show Alex Wein
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1989
The Paradise Club
TV show Marzocca
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1988
The Bourne Identity
TV show Stevens
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1987
Inspector Morse
TV show Eddie Poindexter
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1986
Little Shop of Horrors
Movie Network Exec #1
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1986
Strong Medicine
TV show Dr. Potter
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1985
Among Wolves
Movie Général Lee W. Simon
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1985
Reunion at Fairborough
Movie
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1983
The Old Men at the Zoo
TV show Albert Hancock
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1982
The Story of Ruth
Movie Ruth's Father
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1982
Q.E.D.
TV show University President
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1982
Nancy Astor
TV show Quincy Shaw
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1982
American Playhouse
TV show John McCloy
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1981
Ragtime
Movie Foreman of the Jury
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1981
Condorman
Movie CIA Chief
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1981
The Final Conflict
Movie American Ambassador
More credits
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1980
Oppenheimer
TV show John McCloy
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1979
Churchill and the Generals
Movie Harry Hopkins
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1979
Tales of the Unexpected
TV show Berners
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1968
A Hatful of Rain
Movie Associate Producer
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1965
The Pistol
Movie Captain Danzinger
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1964
The Wednesday Play
TV show Maj. Max Baker
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1963
Death Drums Along the River
Movie Jim Hunter
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1963
Call Me Bwana
Movie 1st C.I.A. Man
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1962
The Saint
TV show Detective Williams
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1962
Man of the World
TV show Carter
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1962
Studio 4
TV show George Spencer
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1961
Drama 61-67
TV show Detective Froelich
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1960
Theatre '70
TV show Freddy
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1960
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Movie Tom Demarest
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1959
International Detective
TV show McNaughton
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1959
No Hiding Place
TV show James Sandford
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1959
Interpol Calling
TV show Marston
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1959
The Child and the Killer
Movie Joe
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1957
The Depraved
Movie Dave Dillon
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1957
A King in New York
Movie Liftboy
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1957
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
TV show Hal Lehrman
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1957
The Counterfeit Plan
Movie Bob Fenton
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1956
Bermuda Affair
Movie Bill
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1956
Spin a Dark Web
Movie Buddy
