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.

  • Title: George Arliss
  • Popularity: 3.227
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1868-04-09
  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: George Augustus Andrews, Джордж Арлисс
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George Arliss Movies

  • 1937
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    Doctor Syn

    Doctor Syn

    6.6 1937 HD

    A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this British production.

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  • 1929
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    Disraeli

    Disraeli

    5.1 1929 HD

    Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the...

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  • 1934
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    The House of Rothschild

    The House of Rothschild

    6.176 1934 HD

    The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five sons. From humble beginnings the...

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  • 1933
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    The Working Man

    The Working Man

    6.6 1933 HD

    A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected...

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  • 1930
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    The Green Goddess

    The Green Goddess

    4.5 1930 HD

    An airplane carrying three Brits crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh. The Rajah holds them prisoner because the British are about to execute his three...

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  • 1932
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    The Man Who Played God

    The Man Who Played God

    7.4 1932 HD

    While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royale is deafened when a bomb is detonated in an attempt to...

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  • 1932
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    A Successful Calamity

    A Successful Calamity

    5.2 1932 HD

    Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy...

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  • 1933
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    The King's Vacation

    The King's Vacation

    5 1933 HD

    The king of an unnamed European country abdicates and tries to recapture the happiness with the wife he had to give up for the throne.

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  • 1934
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    The Last Gentleman

    The Last Gentleman

    3 1934 HD

    In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate...

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  • 1933
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    Voltaire

    Voltaire

    5.7 1933 HD

    Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingly of the king's disdain for the rights and needs...

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  • 1931
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    The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

    7.5 1931 HD

    A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a gas station and works it on the sly.

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  • 1931
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    Alexander Hamilton

    Alexander Hamilton

    4.5 1931 HD

    The founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson.

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  • 1936
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    His Lordship

    His Lordship

    5.5 1936 HD

    A complicated adventure involving twin brothers and the Foreign Office trying to thwart the ambitions of a hostile sheikh.

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  • 1930
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    Old English

    Old English

    4 1930 HD

    An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.

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  • 1984
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    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    10 1984 HD

    Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...

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  • 1931
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    Impressions of Disraeli

    Impressions of Disraeli

    1 1931 HD

    Celebrity endorsement: Stanley Baldwin introduces George Arliss playing the legendary PM.

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  • 1935
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    Cardinal Richelieu

    Cardinal Richelieu

    7.4 1935 HD

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

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  • 1921
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    The Devil

    The Devil

    6.1 1921 HD

    Dr. Muller, a friend to all, finds pleasure in turning the goodness in people to evil ends. He meets Marie Matin and her fiancée, Georges...

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  • 1939
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    Land of Liberty

    Land of Liberty

    1 1939 HD

    This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.

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  • 1934
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    The Iron Duke

    The Iron Duke

    1 1934 HD

    The life and times of the Duke of Wellington

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  • 1935
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    The Tunnel

    The Tunnel

    5.3 1935 HD

    An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.

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  • 1940
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    The Eternal Jew

    The Eternal Jew

    4.7 1940 HD

    A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland...

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  • 1923
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    The Green Goddess

    The Green Goddess

    5 1923 HD

    The Green Goddess is a 1923 American silent adventure film based on the play The Green Goddess by William Archer. Set during the British Raj, it...

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  • 1935
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    The Guv'nor

    The Guv'nor

    7.3 1935 HD

    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 a series of...

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  • 1936
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    East Meets West

    East Meets West

    1 1936 HD

    The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to break his father's heart by conducting an affair with...

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  • 1921
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    Disraeli

    Disraeli

    1 1921 HD

    The story of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and the purchase by England of the Suez Canal.

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  • 1940
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    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    6.5 1940 HD

    This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...

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  • 1924
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    Twenty Dollars a Week

    Twenty Dollars a Week

    1 1924 HD

    John Reeves, steel magnate, wagers with his son Chester that he can earn twenty dollars a week and live on it. He procures work in the office of...

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  • 1943
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    The Voice That Thrilled the World

    The Voice That Thrilled the World

    5.3 1943 HD

    This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from...

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  • 2014
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    And the Oscar Goes To...

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    6.971 2014 HD

    The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...

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  • 1922
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    The Ruling Passion

    The Ruling Passion

    1 1922 HD

    A millionaire's health deteriorates when his doctor and family prevail upon him to retire.

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  • 1922
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    The Man Who Played God

    The Man Who Played God

    1 1922 HD

    En eminent pianist is made deaf by an anarchist's bomb during a command performance.

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  • 1931
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    Alexander Hamilton

    Alexander Hamilton

    4.5 1931 HD

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