Biography

Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor and political activist. 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 (1931). Robinson's career saw a decline during the 1950s Red Scare when he was threatened with blacklisting. Experiencing underemployment, he turned towards minor roles in B movies until he eventually returned to the mainstream by playing one of Moses' adversaries Dathan in Cecil B. DeMille's religious epic The Ten Commandments (1956). He was ranked number 24 in the American Film Institute's list of the 25 greatest male stars of Classic American cinema. Never having been nominated for an Academy Award during his 60-year career, he became a posthumous recipient of an Honorary Oscar in 1973, two months after his death. Robinson was Jewish and a staunch critic of fascist and Nazi ideologies that were on the rise in the 1930s. He donating more than $250,000 to 850 political and charitable organizations between 1939 and 1949, hosted a gathering at his home to sign a declaration calling for a boycott of all German-made products, …

Filmography

Title	Character	Year	Rating
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero	Self (archive footage)	2005	7.333
Movie Tough Guys	Self (archive footage)	1991	10.0
Soylent Green	Sol Roth	1973	6.9
Never a Dull Moment	Leo Joseph Smooth	1968	6.25
The Cincinnati Kid	Lancey Howard	1965	6.967
Good Neighbor Sam	Simon Nurdlinger	1964	6.557
Cheyenne Autumn	Secretary of the Interior Carl …	1964	6.685
The Prize	Max Stratman/Walter Stratman	1963	6.73
Sammy Going South	Cocky Wainwright	1963	6.25
A Hole in the Head	Mario Manetta	1959	6.18
The Ten Commandments	Dathan	1956	7.772
Nightmare	Rene Bressard	1956	6.091
A Bullet for Joey	Raoul Leduc	1955	5.839
Black Tuesday	Vincent Canelli	1954	6.161
House of Strangers	Gino Monetti	1949	7.0
Key Largo	Johnny Rocco	1948	7.5
Night Has a Thousand Eyes	John Triton	1948	6.84
The Red House	Pete Morgan	1947	6.322
The Stranger	Federal Agent Wilson	1946	7.219
Double Indemnity	Barton Keyes	1944	8.092
Tales of Manhattan	Larry Browne	1942	6.417
Manpower	Hank McHenry	1941	6.833
The Sea Wolf	'Wolf' Larsen	1941	7.201
Brother Orchid	Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto	1940	6.646
A Slight Case of Murder	Remy Marko	1938	6.402
The Last Gangster	Joe Krozac	1937	6.375
Bullets or Ballots	Johnny Blake	1936	6.58
The Little Giant	James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' …	1933	6.9
Two Seconds	John Allen	1932	6.109
Little Caesar	Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka …	1931	6.872

Known for	Acting
Credits	30
Born	1893
From	Bucharest, Romania

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