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