Charles Arnt
Date of birth: 1906-08-20
Place of birth: Michigan City, Indiana, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Charles Arndt, Charlie Arnst, Charles E. Arnt, Charlie Arnt
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Arnt (August 20, 1906 – August 6, 1990) was an American film actor from 1933 to 1962. Arnt was born in Michigan City, Indiana, the son of a banker. He graduated from Phillips Academy and Princeton University. While at Princeton, he helped to found the University Playes and was president of the Princeton Triangle Club theatrical troupe. He became a banker after he graduated from college. In the early 1930s, Arnt acted with the University Repertory Theater in Maryland. On Broadway, he appeared in Carry Nation (1932), Three Waltzes (1937), and Knickerbocker Holiday (1938). Arnt appeared as a character actor in more than 200 films. In 1962, Arnt retired from acting and began to import and breed Charolais cattle on a ranch in Washington state. Arnt died in Orcas Island, Washington from pancreatic and liver cancer. He was survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
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Blondie's Lucky Day
1946-04-04
Not only must Blondie put on a brave face when her husband Dagwood is fired for the umpteenth time b
I Love You Again
1940-08-09
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and love
Hollow Triumph
1948-08-18
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate resul
Big Town
1946-08-23
A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.
High Wall
1947-12-17
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having co
Strange Illusion
1945-03-31
An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.
Remember the Night
1940-01-19
Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter
The Sun Sets at Dawn
1950-11-01
A reporter investigates the story of a young man who may have been wrongly convicted and sentenced t
Behind Green Lights
1946-02-15
An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the le
Fall Guy
1947-03-15
A drugged man covered in blood is picked up by police. Before the cops can get answers the man escap
The Man Who Cheated Himself
1950-12-26
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his in
Dangerous Intruder
1945-08-21
A female hitchiker is taken in by a family after a horrible car accident. While she recovers, she be
My Favorite Brunette
1947-03-19
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective.
Pot o' Gold
1941-04-03
Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. B
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949-03-02
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track dow
Wedding Present
1936-10-09
Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involve
Hold Back the Dawn
1941-09-26
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota sys
The Hoodlum Saint
1946-04-04
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's m
Any Number Can Play
1949-07-15
When illegal casino owner Charley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to spend mo
Christmas in Connecticut
1945-07-27
While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewi
Play Girl
1941-01-29
When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her
Blossoms in the Dust
1941-08-15
Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very y
Young Ideas
1943-08-02
A widow's grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor.
Gangway for Tomorrow
1943-11-03
Five defense workers on their way to the munitions factory tell their stories: a refugee from the Fr
The Lady Has Plans
1942-01-20
Some dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattoo them on the back of a woman so
Paris Calling
1941-12-04
Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government offici
Swing High, Swing Low
1937-03-12
In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees
Take a Letter, Darling
1942-05-06
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945-11-29
Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her prac
The Great Gildersleeve
1942-12-17
A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nep
Calendar Girl
1947-01-31
Around the turn of the century, two young men, Johnnie Bennett, a composer and Steve Adams, an artis
Mr. District Attorney
1941-03-27
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
1950-12-02
An orange packer (Mickey Rooney) foils robbers with magic and wins the boss's (William Demarest) dau
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943-05-10
Gildersleeve has jury duty.
Big Town After Dark
1947-12-12
A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.
Big Town Scandal
1948-05-27
A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out
Dangerous Passage
1944-12-18
Joe Beck leaves Central America so that he can return to Texas and collect a large inheritance, but
Here Is My Heart
1934-12-28
A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a Eur
Michael O'Halloran
1948-08-08
A young crippled girl and her love for a teenage newsboy despite her over-protective and alcoholic m
Pardon My Past
1945-12-24
Eddie York is mistaken for playboy Francis Pemberton and gets into trouble.
Spring Night
1935-09-27
A short ballet with a young woman who sneaks away from a party and finds a statue of the Roman god P
Two for Tonight
1935-09-12
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
My Pal, Wolf
1944-09-25
A lonely child, neglected by her parents, encounters and befriends a German Shepherd, but she's unaw
That Brennan Girl
1946-12-23
Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hus
We Go Fast
1941-09-19
A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcyc
Double Exposure
1944-12-18
In New York City, a newly hired photographer becomes embroiled in a scandal when her photo is mistak
The Seventh Cross
1944-07-24
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven
Flood Tide
1958-02-01
When the testimony of a crippled child sends a murder suspect to prison, a friend of the accused set
That Other Woman
1942-11-13
A secretary by the name of Emily Borden comes up with a convoluted plan to get her boss to marry her
Up in Arms
1944-02-17
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted and accidentally smuggles his girlfriend aboard his Pacific-b
It Happened in Hollywood
1937-09-07
A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941-11-28
Young man from Kansas goes to New York to work for his tycoon-hero. His superiors won't listen to hi
College Holiday
1936-12-19
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
Greenwich Village
1944-09-27
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
Stolen Harmony
1935-04-20
Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to
Cinderella Jones
1946-03-09
Judy Jones can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius.
Henry Aldrich Swings It
1943-06-23
Teenager Henry Aldrich decides to take matters into his own hands when his high school principal for
Sitting Pretty
1948-03-10
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey
Ready for Love
1934-11-30
In this fluffy romance, a young woman fights against the narrow-minded residents of her small town.
Masked Raiders
1949-08-14
Texas Rangers Tim Holt and Richard Martin are dispatched to halt a gang of masked outlaws terrorizin
She Married Her Boss
1935-09-19
A super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out that
Three Little Sisters
1944-07-31
The three Scott sisters, Susie, Hallie and Lily, live in the small town of Riverdale with their fath
Gambler's Choice
1944-04-27
The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New
Dressed to Kill
1941-08-08
A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.
Somewhere in the Night
1946-06-12
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down h
Great Guns
1941-10-10
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nel
Ball of Fire
1941-12-02
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. Whe
The Shop Around the Corner
1940-01-12
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling i
The Crime Doctor's Courage
1945-02-27
A criminal psychiatrist investigates the murder of a two-time widower.
This Gun for Hire
1942-04-24
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bill
Just Before Dawn
1946-03-07
In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summon
Roman Scandals
1933-11-27
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asl
The Veils of Bagdad
1953-10-06
Antar is sent by Suleiman, head of the Ottoman Empire, to Bagdad to prevent Hammam, Pasha of Bagdad,
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940-11-29
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiance
Little Men
1940-11-29
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tou
Rhythm on the Range
1936-07-01
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as
Ladies Should Listen
1934-08-10
The switchboard operator in an apartment building falls in love with a businessman who lives in the
And Sudden Death
1936-06-16
An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the tw
Buyer Beware
1940-08-17
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.
The Witness Chair
1936-04-23
Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker
Sinner Take All
1936-12-18
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing f
Saddle Pals
1947-06-05
Autry is drawn into the plot when he's given power of attorney in a property settlement involving hi
The Great Sioux Uprising
1953-07-17
During the Civil War, in Wyoming, horse dealers Joan Britton and Stephen Cook are competing to suppl
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962-03-21
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alex
The Miracle of the Hills
1959-07-29
A minister arrives at a run-down mining town to take over the church there. He finds he has his work
Twin Beds
1942-04-30
Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany fr
Angel's Holiday
1937-06-07
Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes invo
The Impatient Years
1944-09-10
Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to di
Wabash Avenue
1950-03-31
Andy Clark discovers he was cheated out of a half interest in partner Mike's business, now a thrivin
Bride for Sale
1949-11-12
Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she
The Girl of the Limberlost
1945-10-11
Elnora Comstock lives on the edge of a great swamp and collects butterflies to sell in order to go t
Sudan
1945-04-18
A desert pickpocket, his sidekick, and an escaped slave help an incognito queen in danger.
Once Upon a Time
1944-06-29
Broadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a set o
In Old Oklahoma
1943-12-06
Cowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim "Hunk" Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in Oklah
Young America
1942-02-06
Young America is a 1942 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Samuel G. Engel. T
Roaring Guns
1944-02-19
Farmers take up arms against miners whose high water pressure mining operations are destroying their
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946-03-04
A student nurse falls in love with a young intern in 1910 Baltimore, but tragedy ensues when he cont
We Who Are Young
1940-07-19
A man violates company policy by getting married.
Reunion in France
1942-12-25
Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed
Without Reservations
1946-05-13
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train
The Boy with Green Hair
1948-11-26
Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while doing
Wild in the Country
1961-06-15
A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pu
After the Thin Man
1936-12-25
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, an