George Arliss - Actor Profile

George Arliss

31Movies
10.0 Best Rating

Biography

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.

Top Rated Movies

★10.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984) movie poster
★10.0

Going Hollywood: The '30s — Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depres

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984•Documentary
★7.5
The Millionaire (1931) movie poster
★7.5

The Millionaire — A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a gas stati

The Millionaire

1931•Comedy
★7.4
Cardinal Richelieu (1935) movie poster
★7.4

Cardinal Richelieu — The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.

Cardinal Richelieu

1935•History
★7.3
The Guv'nor (1935) movie poster
★7.3

The Guv'nor — The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss as a tramp who rides

The Guv'nor

1935•Comedy
★7.2
The Man Who Played God (1932) movie poster
★7.2

The Man Who Played God — While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royle is deafened when a bomb is d

The Man Who Played God

1932•Romance

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s Self (archive footage) ★ 10.0 Super Hit
1943 The Voice That Thrilled the World Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage) ★ 5.3 Flop
1940 The Eternal Jew Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited) ★ 4.5 Flop
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Self (archive footage) ★ 6.5 Hit
1939 Land of Liberty Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton') ★ 0.0 Flop
1937 Doctor Syn Dr Syn ★ 6.6 Hit
1936 His Lordship Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster ★ 5.5 Average
1936 East Meets West Sultan of Rungay ★ 0.0 Flop
1935 The Tunnel Prime Minister of Great Britain ★ 5.3 Flop
1935 The Guv'nor François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor ★ 7.3 Hit
1935 Cardinal Richelieu Cardinal Richelieu ★ 7.4 Hit
1934 The Iron Duke Duke of Wellington ★ 0.0 Flop
1934 The Last Gentleman Cabot Barr ★ 3.0 Flop
1934 The House of Rothschild Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild ★ 6.2 Average
1933 Voltaire Voltaire ★ 5.7 Average
1933 The Working Man John Reeves alias John Walton ★ 6.6 Hit
1933 The King's Vacation Phillip, the King ★ 5.0 Flop
1932 A Successful Calamity Henry Wilton ★ 5.2 Flop
1932 The Man Who Played God Montgomery Royle ★ 7.2 Hit
1931 Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton ★ 4.0 Flop
1931 Impressions of Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli ★ 0.0 Flop
1931 The Millionaire James Alden ★ 7.5 Super Hit
1930 Old English Sylvanus Heythorp ★ 4.0 Flop
1930 The Green Goddess The Raja ★ 4.5 Flop
1929 Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli ★ 5.0 Flop
1924 Twenty Dollars a Week John Reeves ★ 0.0 Flop
1923 The Green Goddess Rajah of Rukh ★ 5.0 Flop
1922 The Man Who Played God Montgomery Royle ★ 0.0 Flop
1922 The Ruling Passion - ★ 0.0 Flop
1921 Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli ★ 0.0 Flop
1921 The Devil Dr. Müller ★ 6.3 Average