Edward G. Robinson - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography (Read)

Edward J. Robinson - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips, Actor, Writer.
December 12, 1893 - January 12, 1973 - American actor.
In 1903, the family emigrated to New York. In New York, he graduated from high school and then from City College of New York. He then enrolled in the two-year American School of Dramatic Arts, where he changed his name. Edward Robinson's acting career began in 1913, and in 1915 he made his Broadway debut. The first film role was the film "Arms and the Woman" (1916) by George Fitzmaurice, where Edward played a factory worker, but it was insignificant and low paid. The next role was more serious - the film "The Bright Shawl" (1923) directed by John S. Robertson. The next work was 6 years later - a film by Robert Flory "The Hole in the Wall" (1929). After this film, Edward Robinson began to constantly act in films and in the period from 1930 to 1932 starred in fourteen films. The actor received the greatest recognition for the role of the gangster Rico Bandello in the film "Little Caesar" (1931), after which his role was defined as a "tough guy", and Edward Robinson played most of the following roles in crime dramas. Between 1932 and 1950, he starred in over forty films, including five with Humphrey Bogart. In 1950-1952, Edward Robinson was volunteered three times to testify before the Commission of Inquiry on Anti-American Activities, where he was threatened with a "black list" and he named "communist and anti-American propagandists", thereby freeing himself from the threats of the Commission. After that Edward began to offer fewer roles, but still the anti-communist Cecile B. De Mille offered him a role in the film "Ten Commandments" (1956), which won an Oscar for Best Special Effects.
Edward Robinson amassed a sizable collection of art, primarily modern abstract art, but was forced to sell it to a Greek tycoon in 1956 to settle the financial issue of his divorce from his wife Gladys, as his financial condition deteriorated significantly after the anti-communist "Hollywood Witch Hunt" by the Commission to investigate anti-American activities in 1950. In 1956, Edward Robinson returned to Broadway, where he took part in the musical "Middle of the Night" .
After The Ten Commandments, Robinson played his famous roles in The Hole in the Head (1959) alongside Frank Sinatra and The Cincinnati Kid (1965). Edward Robinson was also supposed to star in The Godfather, but despite studio objections, Francis Ford Coppola cast Marlon Brando for the role. Edward Robinson played his last film role in the fantastic film Green Soylent (1973). In total, Edward Robinson has played in one hundred and one films.
Robinson was never nominated for an Academy Award, but in 1973 he received an Honorary Oscar for Film Achievement.

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