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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.
Academy Awards
Best Actor
Known For
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Devil
(1921)
Dr. Müller
Disraeli
(1921)
Benjamin Disraeli
The Man Who Played God
(1922)
Montgomery Royle
The Ruling Passion
(1922)
The Green Goddess
(1923)
Rajah of Rukh
Twenty Dollars a Week
(1924)
Disraeli
(1929)
Benjamin Disraeli
The Green Goddess
(1930)
The Raja
Old English
(1930)
Sylvanus Heythorp
The Millionaire
(1931)
James Alden
Alexander Hamilton
(1931)
Alexander Hamilton
Impressions of Disraeli
(1931)
Benjamin Disraeli
The Man Who Played God
(1932)
Montgomery Royle
A Successful Calamity
(1932)
Henry Wilton
The Working Man
(1933)
John Reeves alias John Walton
The King's Vacation
(1933)
Phillip, the King
Voltaire
(1933)
Voltaire
The House of Rothschild
(1934)
Mayer Rothschild
The Last Gentleman
(1934)
Cabot Barr
The Iron Duke
(1934)
Cardinal Richelieu
(1935)
Cardinal Richelieu
The Tunnel
(1935)
Prime Minister of Great Britain
The Guv'nor
(1935)
François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor
His Lordship
(1936)
Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
East Meets West
(1936)
Sultan of Rungay
Doctor Syn
(1937)
Dr Syn
Land of Liberty
(1939)
Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
The Eternal Jew
(1940)
Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
(1940)
Self (archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
(1943)
Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(1984)
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Writing