Edward G. Robinson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

12/12/1893

Place of Birth

Bucharest, Romania

Also Known As

Emanuel GoldenbergE.G. RobinsonEdward Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

Biography

Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward G. Robinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Career Timeline

2022

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

2008

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

as Self (archive footage)

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

as Self (archive footage)

2005

Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero

as Self (archive footage)

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as Self (archive footage)

2001

Pulp Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

as Self (archive footage)

Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)

Frank Capra's American Dream

as Self (archive footage)

1991

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

as Self (archive footage)

Movie Tough Guys

as Self (archive footage)

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1973

Soylent Green

as Sol Roth

A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'

as Self

1972

Neither by Day Nor by Night

as Father

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1971

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

Role unknown

1970

Night Gallery

as Abraham Goldman

Song of Norway

as Krogstad

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

as Emile Pulska

The Silent Force

Role unknown

1969

Bracken's World

Role unknown

Operation Heartbeat

as Dr. Lee Forestman

Mackenna's Gold

as Old Adams

1968

It's Your Move

as Sir George McDowell

Never a Dull Moment

as Leo Joseph Smooth

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

as Professor Samuels

1967

Operation San Pietro

as Joe Ventura

Grand Slam

as Prof. James Anders

The Blonde from Peking

as CIA Chief Douglas

1966

Planet of the Apes Test Reel

as Dr. Zaius

Batman

as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)

1965

The Cincinnati Kid

as Lancey Howard

Born a Man

as Narrator

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

as Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz

The Outrage

as Con Man

Good Neighbor Sam

as Simon Nurdlinger

Robin and the 7 Hoods

as Big Jim Stevens (uncredited)

The Hollywood Palace

as Self

1963

The Prize

as Max Stratman/Walter Stratman

Sammy Going South

as Cocky Wainwright

1962

The Lucy Show

as Edward G. Robinson

Two Weeks in Another Town

as Maurice Kruger

My Geisha

as Sam Lewis

1960

Pepe

as Edward G. Robinson

Seven Thieves

as Theo Wilkins

The Right Man

as Theodore Roosevelt

1959

The Detectives

as 'Big Jim' Riva

NBC Sunday Showcase

as Daniel Webster

A Hole in the Head

as Mario Manetta

1956

The Ten Commandments

as Dathan

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Victor Bers

Nightmare

as Rene Bressard

The Steve Allen Show

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1955

Hell on Frisco Bay

as Victor Amato

Illegal

as Victor Scott

A Bullet for Joey

as Raoul Leduc

Tight Spot

as Lloyd Hallett

The Violent Men

as Lee Wilkison

1954

Black Tuesday

as Vincent Canelli

Climax!

as Josef Vadassy

A Star Is Born World Premiere

as Self

1953

The Glass Web

as Henry Hayes

Big Leaguer

as John B 'Hans' Lobert

Vice Squad

as Capt. 'Barnie' Barnaby

The Oscars

as Self

General Electric Theater

as Bert Alquist

1952

The Ford Television Theatre

as John Derwent

The Ford Television Theatre

as Baron

This Is Your Life

as Self

Actors and Sin

as Maurice Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)

1950

Lux Video Theatre

as Sir Wilfrid Robarts

My Daughter Joy

as George Constantin

What's My Line?

as Self

1949

It's a Great Feeling

as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)

House of Strangers

as Gino Monetti

1948

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

as John Triton

Key Largo

as Johnny Rocco

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

All My Sons

as Joe Keller

1947

Blow-Ups of 1947

as Self

The Red House

as Pete Morgan

1946

Okay for Sound

Role unknown

The Stranger

as Federal Agent Wilson

1945

Scarlet Street

as Christopher Cross

Journey Together

as Dean McWilliams

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

as Martinius Jacobson

1944

The Woman in the Window

as Professor Richard Wanley

Mr. Winkle Goes to War

as Wilbert Winkle

Double Indemnity

as Barton Keyes

Tampico

as Capt. Bart Manson

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

1943

Flesh and Fantasy

as Marshall Tyler (segment 2)

Destroyer

as Steven 'Boley' Boleslavski

1942

Breakdowns of 1942

as Self

Tales of Manhattan

as Larry Browne

Larceny, Inc.

as 'Pressure' Maxwell

Moscow Strikes Back

as Narrator (English version) (voice)

1941

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Unholy Partners

as Bruce Corey

Polo with the Stars

as Self - Watching Polo Match

Manpower

as Hank McHenry

The Sea Wolf

as 'Wolf' Larsen

1940

A Dispatch from Reuters

as Paul Julius Reuter

Brother Orchid

as Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

as Dr. Paul Ehrlich

1939

Breakdowns of 1939

as Self

Blackmail

as John R. Ingram

From the Ends of the Earth

as Self

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as Edward 'Ed' Renard

1938

I Am the Law

as John Lindsay

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

as Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse

A Slight Case of Murder

as Remy Marko

1937

The Last Gangster

as Joe Krozac

Kid Galahad

as Nick 'Nicky' Donati

A Day at Santa Anita

as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)

Thunder in the City

as Dan Armstrong

The First Gangster and the Last Gangster

as Himself

1936

Breakdowns of 1936

as Self

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

as Self

Bullets or Ballots

as Johnny Blake

1935

Barbary Coast

as Luis Chamalis

The Whole Town's Talking

as Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion

1934

The Man with Two Faces

as Damon Welles / Jules Chautard

Dark Hazard

as Jim 'Buck' Turner

1933

I Loved a Woman

as John Mansfield Hayden

The Little Giant

as James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn

1932

Silver Dollar

as Yates Martin

Tiger Shark

as Mike Mascarenhas

Two Seconds

as John Allen

The Hatchet Man

as Wong Low Get

1931

Five Star Final

as Joseph W. Randall

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'

as Self - Golfer (uncredited)

Smart Money

as Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos

Round About Hollywood

as Self

The Stolen Jools

as Gangster

Little Caesar

as Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka 'Little Caesar'

1930

The Widow from Chicago

as Dominic

East Is West

as Charlie Yong

Outside the Law

as Cobra Collins

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

as Self

Every Woman's Longing

as Tony

A Lady to Love

as Tony

The Night Ride

as Tony Garotta

1929

The Hole in the Wall

as The Fox

1923

The Bright Shawl

as Domingo Escobar

1916

Arms and the Woman

as Factory Worker