George Arliss

English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker (1868–1946)

George Arliss 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 in the Best Actor category for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929) – as well as the earliest-born actor of any category to win the honour. He specialized in successful biopics, such as Disraeli, Voltaire (1933), and Cardinal Richelieu (1935), as well as light comedies, which included The Millionaire (1931) and A Successful Calamity (1932).

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 28 films (1921–1941) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 2 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1941	Land Of Liberty. ▶	Cecil B. DeMille	10 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1939	LAND OF LIBERTY	Cecil B. DeMille			B&W
1939	LAND OF LIBERTY	Teaching Film Custodians, Inc	80min		B&W	Sound
1939	Land of liberty.	Cecil B. DeMille		16mm	B&W
1937	DOCTOR SYN.	Gaumont British Picture Corp. of America	8 reels	16mm	B&W	Sound
1936	EAST MEETS WEST.	Gaumont British Picture Corp. of America	8 reels		B&W
1935	CARDINAL RICHELIEU.	20th Century Pictures	9 reels		B&W
1935	The Guv'nor	Milton Rosmer			B&W
1934	The house of Rothschild	Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor \| Teaching Film Custodians: Distributor	0:44:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1934	THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD.	20th Century Pictures	10 reels		B&W
1934	THE IRON DUKE.	Gaumont British Picture Corporation of America (Gaumont British Picture Corp. Ltd.)	9 reels		B&W
1934	THE LAST GENTLEMAN.	20th Century Pictures	8 reels		B&W
1933	THE KING'S VACATION.	Vitaphone Corp.	7 reels		B&W
1933	THE WORKING MAN.	Vitaphone Corp.	8 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1933	VOLTAIRE.	Vitaphone Corp.	8 reels	16mm	B&W
1932	A SUCCESSFUL CALAMITY.	Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.	8 reels		B&W
1932	The man who played god	John G. Adolfi	80 min		B&W
1932	THE MAN WHO PLAYED GOD.	Vitaphone Corp.	9 reels		B&W
1931	Alexander Hamilton	John G. Adolfi
1931	THE MILLIONAIRE.	Silverstone Films Inc.	30 min.	16mm	B&W	sound
1930	OLD ENGLISH.	Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.	11 reels.		B&W
1930	The Green Goddess	Warner Bros Pictures Inc	1:13:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1929	Disraeli	Warner Bros Pictures Inc	1:27:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1929	Disraeli.	Vitaphone Corp.	1 reel	16mm	B&W	sound
1929	In old arizona.	Fox Film Corp	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1929	THE GREEN GODDESS.	Vitaphone Corp.	1 reel		B&W
1922	THE RULING PASSION.	Distinctive Productions.	7 reels		B&W
1921	Disraeli	Henry Kolker			B&W