Edward G. Robinson
Date of birth: 1893-12-12
Place of birth: Bucharest, Romania
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Emanuel Goldenberg, E.G. Robinson, Edward Robinson, Эдвард Дж. Робинсон
Biography
Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor. Although he played a wide range of characters, he is best remembered for his roles as a gangster, most notably in his star-making film Little Caesar. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward G. Robinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
The Cincinnati Kid
1965-10-15
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time mast
Double Indemnity
1944-07-06
An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud
Movie Tough Guys
1991-01-01
This compilation of film highlights features many of the biggest box office tough guys of the 1930s,
Good Neighbor Sam
1964-07-22
To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. Th
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
2005-10-23
An examination of "Little Caesar" (1931) by film historians and critics.
The Prize
1963-12-25
A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American nove
House of Strangers
1949-07-01
Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three o
The Stranger
1946-06-02
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who
Key Largo
1948-07-16
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. Th
The Red House
1947-02-04
An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concern
Manpower
1941-08-09
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and
The Ten Commandments
1956-10-05
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of
Soylent Green
1973-04-18
In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to
Never a Dull Moment
1968-06-26
When practicing for a role, actor Jack is mistaken for the killer Ace. He doesn't realize this until
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948-08-20
When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship wit
Black Tuesday
1954-12-31
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the e
Brother Orchid
1940-06-07
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, h
A Hole in the Head
1959-09-15
An impractical widower tries to hang onto his Miami hotel and his 12-year-old son.
A Bullet for Joey
1955-04-15
Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic sc
Two Seconds
1932-05-28
A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sen
Tales of Manhattan
1942-08-05
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by it
The Sea Wolf
1941-03-21
Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
A Slight Case of Murder
1938-02-26
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law
Little Caesar
1931-01-25
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Bullets or Ballots
1936-06-06
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly
The Little Giant
1933-05-20
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a hou
Nightmare
1956-08-20
Clarinetist Stan has a nightmare about killing a man in a mirrored room. But when he wakes up and fi
The Last Gangster
1937-11-12
A crime boss goes searching for his ex-wife and son after a ten-year prison stint. His old gang has
Cheyenne Autumn
1964-10-15
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
Sammy Going South
1963-03-18
After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go
Five Star Final
1931-09-26
Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a se
My Geisha
1962-03-09
Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, L
The Violent Men
1955-01-26
A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but th
The Glass Web
1953-11-11
A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962-08-17
After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old dir
All My Sons
1948-05-01
During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever
A Day at Santa Anita
1937-05-22
Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence
It's a Great Feeling
1949-08-20
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big b
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964-06-24
Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisbor
Seven Thieves
1960-03-11
A discredited professor and a sophisticated thief decide to join together and pick a team to pull of
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971-12-31
A dog tries to become a canine star with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war
Scarlet Street
1945-12-25
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kit
The Woman in the Window
1944-10-25
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938-07-20
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming o
Smart Money
1931-06-11
Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.
Illegal
1955-10-09
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find o
Mackenna's Gold
1969-03-18
A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups
Larceny, Inc.
1942-04-24
Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can d
Breakdowns of 1941
1941-11-14
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.
The Whole Town's Talking
1935-02-22
Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late
Kid Galahad
1937-05-29
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid
The Stolen Jools
1931-04-04
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to ra
Pepe
1960-12-21
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director b
Silver Dollar
1932-12-22
A farmer strikes it rich out West, then leaves his wife for a young beauty.
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955-12-31
A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob racketeer
The Man with Two Faces
1934-08-04
Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Va
Operation San Pietro
1967-12-29
Small time crook Napoleone falls into an unlikely gang made up of a gangster, called The Baron, and
Tampico
1944-04-10
A story of of the captain of an oil tanker during World War II, Captain Bart Manson, who rescues Kat
Vice Squad
1953-07-31
A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbe
Barbary Coast
1935-10-13
Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel o
Tight Spot
1955-03-19
A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangste
The Outrage
1964-10-07
At a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector -- discuss th
Grand Slam
1967-09-28
Professor James Anders is a seemingly mild-mannered teacher, an American working in Rio De Janeiro.
Actors and Sin
1952-06-18
Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a bigge
Unholy Partners
1941-11-01
A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940-02-23
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syph
Thunder in the City
1937-04-22
A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not se
Big Leaguer
1953-08-19
John Lobert runs a training camp in Florida for the New York Giants. Every year, he evaluates the 18
Destroyer
1943-08-19
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944-07-19
Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in the
The Hole in the Wall
1929-04-27
Mrs. Ramsey sent Jean Oliver to prison on a false charge. To get even, Jean (disguised as Madame Mys
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968-01-17
A kidnapped mobster persuades his captors to help him rob platinum ingots from a train.
Dark Hazard
1934-01-31
Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling c
I Loved a Woman
1933-09-23
The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as
I Am the Law
1938-08-25
With the aid of his former law students, a professor-turned-prosecutor battles corruption and organi
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940-10-19
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news age
Blackmail
1939-09-08
A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to t
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939-05-06
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945-09-06
Welcome to Fuller Junction, Wisconsin, a friendly small town settled by Norwegian farmers. Here we
Tiger Shark
1932-09-24
A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.
Outside the Law
1930-09-18
Fingers is planning a half-million-dollar bank robbery in gang boss Cobra Collins' territory. Finger
Flesh and Fantasy
1943-10-29
Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New O
Journey Together
1945-10-01
Two Englishmen train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.
My Daughter Joy
1950-08-21
A financier plots to become the richest man in the world by marrying off his daughter to the son of
The Hatchet Man
1932-02-06
When he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter.
East Is West
1930-10-23
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sa
The Widow from Chicago
1930-11-23
A woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother's death.
The Blonde from Peking
1967-08-25
Spies from several countries try to find out what secrets are hidden in the mind of a young amnesiac
A Lady to Love
1930-02-28
Middle-aged Napa Valley grape-grower Tony posts a marriage proposal to San Francisco waitress Lena e
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973-01-01
This promotional short film for "Soylent Green" (1973) begins by showing clips of films that depicte
Song of Norway
1970-11-04
Like the play from which it derived, the film tells of the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg
The First Gangster and the Last Gangster
1937-01-24
Edward G. Robinson talks to the audience about the history of gangster films and introduces his late
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970-10-13
Emile Pulska is visiting his old friend Abe Stillman. During the visit they are attacked and Emile i
Neither by Day Nor by Night
1972-06-01
An American soldier is wounded in Israel and slowly begins to lose his sight while hospitalized.
It's Your Move
1968-08-10
A criminal plots a bank robbery hinging on doubles of the employees.
The Bright Shawl
1923-04-22
Charles Abbott is implicated in the death of his friend Escobar, brother to the woman he loves.
The Right Man
1960-01-01
Film on presidential campaigns and the right to vote. Used as educational material in American clas
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004-02-03
Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MG
The Night Ride
1930-01-12
Just after newsman Rooker and Ruth Kearns are married he covers a double murder during a bank robber
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013-01-29
Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers f
Arms and the Woman
1916-11-25
Rozika is a Hungarian girl who can sing quite nice. She goes to the place known as the United States
Rat Pack
2022-01-11
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Fran
Operation Heartbeat
1969-04-17
Lawsuits fly when a widow believes a gifted surgeon allowed her husband to die so his heart could be
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930-08-01
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a din
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997-05-12
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17
Breakdowns of 1936
1936-12-30
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966-03-01
A make-up test to determine the feasibility of 'Planet of the Apes' (1968).
Polo with the Stars
1941-09-20
A short in the WB Hollywood Novelty series (production number 7301) about the training of polo ponie
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947.
Pulp Cinema
2001-07-17
Four dozen original coming attractions previews of classic film noir. From A-list biggies to lesser-
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954-09-28
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest wo
Breakdowns of 1939
1939-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent
Round About Hollywood
1931-05-22
This short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as seen f
From the Ends of the Earth
1939-05-28
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Fe
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997-01-05
Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film c
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991-07-15
Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara S
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
1931-09-13
Golf legend Bobby Jones gives his take on trouble shots.
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008-10-21
Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film.
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936-09-11
Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Fr
Okay for Sound
1946-09-07
This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997-01-01
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009-07-02
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and in
Every Woman's Longing
1930-05-17
Tony, a prosperous Italian vineyardist in California, advertises for a young wife, passing off a pho
Born a Man
1965-01-06
An account of the rehabilitation of an electrician who is totally and permanently blinded by an acci
Breakdowns of 1942
1942-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008-05-15
Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and
Moscow Strikes Back
1942-02-23
A Soviet documentary chronicling the Battle of Moscow (October 1941 – January 1942), when Red Army f
Warner at War
2008-11-11
Warner Bros. uses the movies to prepare the US for war and keep up morale on the home front during W