Acting · London, England, UK · Born April 9, 1868
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Arliss (10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929), as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour.
MovieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
MovieThe Eternal Jew
1940
as Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLand of Liberty
1939
as Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
MovieDoctor Syn
1937
as Dr Syn
MovieHis Lordship
1936
as Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
MovieEast Meets West
1936
as Sultan of Rungay
MovieThe Tunnel
1935
as Prime Minister of Great Britain
MovieThe Guv'nor
1935
as François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor
MovieCardinal Richelieu
1935
as Cardinal Richelieu
MovieThe Iron Duke
1934
as Duke of Wellington
MovieThe Last Gentleman
1934
as Cabot Barr
MovieThe House of Rothschild
1934
as Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild
MovieVoltaire
1933
as Voltaire
MovieThe Working Man
1933
as John Reeves alias John Walton
MovieThe King's Vacation
1933
as Phillip, the King
MovieA Successful Calamity
1932
as Henry Wilton
MovieThe Man Who Played God
1932
as Montgomery Royle
MovieAlexander Hamilton
1931
as Alexander Hamilton
MovieImpressions of Disraeli
1931
as Benjamin Disraeli
MovieThe Millionaire
1931
as James Alden
MovieOld English
1930
as Sylvanus Heythorp
MovieThe Green Goddess
1930
as The Raja
MovieDisraeli
1929
as Benjamin Disraeli
Twenty Dollars a Week
1924
as John Reeves
MovieThe Green Goddess
1923
as Rajah of Rukh
MovieThe Man Who Played God
1922
as Montgomery Royle
MovieThe Ruling Passion
1922
MovieDisraeli
1921
as Benjamin Disraeli
MovieThe Devil
1921
as Dr. Müller
