George Arliss
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
The House of Rothschild
1934
as Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild
The Eternal Jew
1940
as Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
The Tunnel
1935
as Prime Minister of Great Britain
Voltaire
1933
as Voltaire
Disraeli
1929
as Benjamin Disraeli
The Working Man
1933
as John Reeves alias John Walton
Land of Liberty
1939
as Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
The Guv'nor
1935
as François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor
His Lordship
1936
as Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
Cardinal Richelieu
1935
as Cardinal Richelieu
The Millionaire
1931
as James Alden
A Successful Calamity
1932
as Henry Wilton
The Man Who Played God
1932
as Montgomery Royle
Doctor Syn
1937
as Dr Syn
The King's Vacation
1933
as Phillip, the King
The Last Gentleman
1934
as Cabot Barr
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
East Meets West
1936
as Sultan of Rungay