Charles Arnt
Acting
Born: 1906-08-20 in Michigan City, Indiana, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
The Shop Around the Corner
Policeman (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mayor
Ball of Fire
McNeary
After the Thin Man
Drunk (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire
Male Dressmaker
Christmas in Connecticut
Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)
Sweet Bird of Youth
Mayor Henricks
Remember the Night
Tom
Lassie
Ralph Trumble
Somewhere in the Night
Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
Mr. Hammond
My Favorite Brunette
Crawford
I Love You Again
Mr. Billings
Hollow Triumph
Coblenz
The Man Who Cheated Himself
Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet)
The Rifleman
Wes Tippert
Hold Back the Dawn
Mr. MacAdams
Sitting Pretty
Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
In Old Oklahoma
Joe, the Train Conductor
The Seventh Cross
Herr Binder (uncredited)
Great Guns
Doctor
Maverick
Charlie Mason
Maverick
Sheriff Charley Peters
Blossoms in the Dust
G. Harrington Hedger
Wild in the Country
Mr. Parsons (uncredited)
High Wall
Sidney X. Hackle
Pot o' Gold
Parks (butler)
Behind Green Lights
Daniel Boone Wintergreen (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
Hal Brennon
Roman Scandals
Caius - the Food Taster (uncredited)
Strange Illusion
Professor Muhlbach
Reunion in France
Honoré
Without Reservations
Salesman
Wedding Present
Once Upon a Time
Fred Stacy (uncredited)
It Happened in Hollywood
Jed Reed
Take a Letter, Darling
Fud Newton
Ladies Should Listen
Albert
Fall Guy
Uncle Jim Grossett
Any Number Can Play
Joe Josephs (uncredited)