George Arliss

George Arliss

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.

On screen

  • Going Hollywood: The '30s
  • The Voice That Thrilled the World
  • The Eternal Jew
  • Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
  • Land of Liberty
  • Doctor Syn
  • His Lordship
  • East Meets West
  • Cardinal Richelieu
  • The Tunnel
  • The Guv'nor
  • The House of Rothschild
  • The Last Gentleman
  • The Iron Duke
  • The Working Man
  • The King's Vacation
  • Voltaire
  • The Man Who Played God
  • A Successful Calamity
  • The Millionaire
  • Alexander Hamilton
  • Impressions of Disraeli
  • The Green Goddess
  • Old English
  • Disraeli
  • The Green Goddess
  • The Man Who Played God
  • The Ruling Passion
  • The Devil
  • Disraeli

Behind the camera

  • Alexander Hamilton

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