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Edward G. Robinson was a Romanian American actor of stage and screen during Hollywood's Golden Age. He appeared in 40 Broadway plays and more than 100 films during a 50-year career and is best remembered for his tough-guy roles as gangsters in such films as Little Caesar and Key Largo.
Birth Name
Emmanuel Goldenberg
Born
Tuesday, 12 December 1893
Died
Friday, 26 January 1973
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Million Dollar American Princesses | Self | 2015 |
| Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Mr. Wilson | 2014 |
| Discovering Film | Various | 2014 |
| And the Oscar Goes to... | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Ninja the Mission Force | Greg | 2012 |
| Sing Your Song | Self | 2012 |
| A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! | (archive footage) | 2011 |
| Beatles Stories | Self | 2011 |
| 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | Self (archive footage) | 2008 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Million Dollar American Princesses | Self | 2015 |
| Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Mr. Wilson | 2014 |
| Discovering Film | Various | 2014 |
| And the Oscar Goes to... | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Ninja the Mission Force | Greg | 2012 |
| Sing Your Song | Self | 2012 |
| A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! | (archive footage) | 2011 |
| Beatles Stories | Self | 2011 |
| 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | Self (archive footage) | 2008 |
| Empire State Building Murders | Brassi | 2008 |
| Shadows of Suspense | Self (archive footage) | 2006 |
| Bullets Over Hollywood | (archive footage) | 2005 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Dathan | 2005 |
| Filmmakers vs. Tycoons | (archive footage) | 2005 |
| Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Pulp Cinema | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2001 |
| Behind the Planet of the Apes | Dr. Zaius | 1998 |
| Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | Self | 1998 |
| Bogart: The Untold Story | 1997 | |
| Frank Capra's American Dream | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1997 |
| Beatles Diary | Self | 1996 |
| 100 Years at the Movies | Self | 1994 |
| Barbra: The Concert | Self | 1994 |
| The Our Gang Story | Gangster | 1994 |
| Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 1991 |
| Movie Tough Guys | Self | 1991 |
| Bloopers Galore | Self | 1989 |
| Biography | Self / Barton Keyes | 1987 |
| Bloopermania | Self | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Muppet Babies | (archive footage) | 1984 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| America at the Movies | Caesar Enrico Bandetto | 1976 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Soylent Green | Sol Roth | 1973 |
| Neither by Day Nor by Night | Father | 1972 |
| Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1972 |
| Mooch | Edward G. Robinson - Party Guest | 1971 |
| The Movie Crazy Years | Self | 1971 |
| Song of Norway | Krogstad | 1970 |
| The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Emile Pulska | 1970 |
| The Silent Force | Jerry | 1970 |
| Happy Days | Self - Interview | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | Abraham Goldman (segment "The Messiah on Mott Street") | 1969 |
| Bracken's World | Edward G. Robinson / Elstyn Draper | 1969 |
| Mackenna's Gold | Old Adams | 1969 |
| This Is Tom Jones | Self | 1969 |
| It's Your Move | Sir George McDowell | 1968 |
| Never a Dull Moment | Leo Joseph Smooth | 1968 |
| The Rosey Grier Show | Self | 1968 |
| The Biggest Bundle of Them All | Professor Samuels | 1968 |
| Operazione San Pietro | Joe Ventura | 1967 |
| Grand Slam | Prof. James Anders | 1967 |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest Performer | 1967 |
| Off to See the Wizard | Self - Host / Narrator | 1967 |
| The Blonde from Peking | Douglas - le chef de la C.I.A. / Douglas - chef C.I.A. | 1967 |
| Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! | Self | 1967 |
| Eye on Art | Self - Narrator | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| Batman | Edward G. Robinson | 1966 |
| The Cincinnati Kid | Lancey Howard | 1965 |
| Who Has Seen the Wind? | Captain | 1965 |
| Cheyenne Autumn | Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz / the Secretary of the Interior | 1964 |
| The Outrage | Con Man | 1964 |
| Good Neighbor Sam | Simon Nurdlinger | 1964 |
| Robin and the 7 Hoods | Big Jim Stevens | 1964 |
| The Hollywood Palace | Self - Dramatic Reader / Self | 1964 |
| The Prize | Dr. Max Stratman / Max Stratman/Walter Stratman | 1963 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self / Joseph W. Randall / Nick Donati | 1963 |
| A Boy Ten Feet Tall | Cocky Wainwright | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | Johnny Rocco | 1963 |
| The Lucy Show | Himself | 1962 |
| The Jack Paar Program | Self | 1962 |
| Two Weeks in Another Town | Maurice Kruger | 1962 |
| My Geisha | Sam Lewis | 1962 |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | Narrator / Self | 1961 |
| Pepe | Edward G. Robinson | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Seven Thieves | Theo Wilkins | 1960 |
| Israel | Narrator | 1960 |
| The Right Man | Theodore Roosevelt | 1960 |
| The Detectives | 'Big Jim' Riva | 1959 |
| Sunday Showcase | Daniel Webster | 1959 |
| Premier Khrushchev in the USA | Self | 1959 |
| A Hole in the Head | Mario Manetta | 1959 |
| Frontier Justice | Victor Bers | 1958 |
| The Twentieth Century | Self | 1957 |
| Goodyear Theatre | Harry Harper | 1957 |
| America After Dark | Self - Guest | 1957 |
| The Ten Commandments | Dathan | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Victor Bers | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Oscar Bromek | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self | 1956 |
| Nightmare | Rene Bressard | 1956 |
| Hell on Frisco Bay | Victor Amato | 1955 |
| Illegal | Victor Scott | 1955 |
| Celebrity Playhouse | Matthew Considine | 1955 |
| A Bullet for Joey | Inspector Raoul Leduc / Raoul Leduc | 1955 |
| Tight Spot | Lloyd Hallett | 1955 |
| The Violent Men | Lew Wilkison / Lee Wilkison | 1955 |
| Black Tuesday | Vincent Canelli | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Leo Joseph Smooth | 1954 |
| Climax! | Josef Vadassy | 1954 |
| The Tonight Show | Self | 1954 |
| The Martha Raye Show | Self | 1954 |
| The Glass Web | Henry Hayes | 1953 |
| Big Leaguer | John B. 'Hans' Lobert / John B 'Hans' Lobert | 1953 |
| Vice Squad | Capt. 'Barnie' Barnaby | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Bert Alquist | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Baron / John Derwent | 1952 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Actors and Sin | Maurice Tillayou (segment "Actor's Blood") / Maurice Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood) | 1952 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Sir Wilfrid Robarts | 1950 |
| Operation X | George Constantin | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| It's a Great Feeling | Edward G. Robinson | 1949 |
| House of Strangers | Gino Monetti | 1949 |
| Night Has a Thousand Eyes | John Triton / 'The Mental Wizard' | 1948 |
| Key Largo | Johnny Rocco | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actor | 1948 |
| All My Sons | Joe Keller | 1948 |
| The Red House | Pete Morgan | 1947 |
| Blow Ups of 1947 | Himself / Self | 1947 |
| The Stranger | Mr. Wilson / Federal Agent Wilson | 1946 |
| Scarlet Street | Christopher Cross | 1945 |
| Journey Together | Dean McWilliams | 1945 |
| Our Vines Have Tender Grapes | Martinius Jacobson | 1945 |
| The Woman in the Window | Professor Richard Wanley / Prof. Richard Wanley | 1944 |
| Mr. Winkle Goes to War | Wilbert Winkle | 1944 |
| Double Indemnity | Barton Keyes | 1944 |
| Tampico | Captain Bart Manson / Capt. Bart Manson | 1944 |
| Flesh and Fantasy | Marshall Tyler (Episode 2) / Marshall Tyler (segment 2) | 1943 |
| Destroyer | Steve Boleslavski | 1943 |
| Tales of Manhattan | Avery L. 'Larry' Browne | 1942 |
| Larceny, Inc | 'Pressure' Maxwell | 1942 |
| Moscow Strikes Back | Narrator | 1942 |
| Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942 |
| Breakdowns of 1941 | Self | 1941 |
| Unholy Partners | Bruce Corey | 1941 |
| Manpower | Hank McHenry | 1941 |
| The Sea Wolf | 'Wolf' Larsen | 1941 |
| A Dispatch from Reuters | Baron Julius Reuter / Paul Julius Reuter | 1940 |
| Brother Orchid | Little John Sarto / Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto | 1940 |
| Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Dr. Paul Ehrlich | 1940 |
| Blackmail | John R. Ingram | 1939 |
| From the Ends of the Earth | Self | 1939 |
| Confessions of a Nazi Spy | Edward Renard / Edward 'Ed' Renard | 1939 |
| I Am the Law | Prof. John Lindsay / John Lindsay | 1938 |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Dr. Clitterhouse / Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse | 1938 |
| A Slight Case of Murder | Remy Marco / Remy Marko | 1938 |
| The First Gangster and the Last Gangster | Himself / Self | 1937 |
| The Last Gangster | Joe Krozac | 1937 |
| Kid Galahad | Nick Donati / Nick 'Nicky' Donati | 1937 |
| A Day at Santa Anita | Edward G. Robinson | 1937 |
| Thunder in the City | Dan Armstrong | 1937 |
| Breakdowns of 1936 | Himself / Self | 1936 |
| Bullets or Ballots | Johnny Blake | 1936 |
| Barbary Coast | Luis Chamalis | 1935 |
| The Whole Town's Talking | Arthur Ferguson Jones / Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion | 1935 |
| The Man with Two Faces | Jules Chautard / Damon Welles | 1934 |
| Dark Hazard | Jim 'Buck' Turner | 1934 |
| I Loved a Woman | John Mansfield Hayden | 1933 |
| The Little Giant | James Francis 'Bugs' Ahearn / James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn | 1933 |
| Silver Dollar | Yates Martin | 1932 |
| Tiger Shark | Mike Mascarenhas | 1932 |
| Two Seconds | John Allen | 1932 |
| The Hatchet Man | Wong Low Get | 1932 |
| How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' | Self - Golfer | 1931 |
| Five Star Final | Joseph W. Randall | 1931 |
| Smart Money | Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos | 1931 |
| Round About Hollywood | Self | 1931 |
| The Stolen Jools | Gangster | 1931 |
| Little Caesar | Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello / 'Little Caesar' / Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka 'Little Caesar' | 1931 |
| The Widow from Chicago | Dominic | 1930 |
| East Is West | Charlie Yong | 1930 |
| Outside the Law | Cobra Collins | 1930 |
| A Lady to Love | Tony | 1930 |
| The Night Ride | Tony Garotta | 1930 |
| The Hole in the Wall | The Fox | 1929 |
| The Bright Shawl | Domingo Escobar | 1923 |
| Arms and the Woman | Factory Worker | 1916 |
