9.5x7 signed 1930's Warner Bros & Vitaphone vintage photograph from the collection of George Poussad jounalist on the " Miami Herald " & also worked at Warner Bros for 30 years Date of Birth
10 April 1868, London, England, UK
Date of Death
5 February 1946, London, England, UK
Birth Name
George Augustus Andrews
One of the oldest actors on the screen in the 1920s and 1930s, George Arliss starred on the London stage from an early age. He came to the United States and starred in several films, but it was his role as British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929) that brought him his greatest success
Once, during a court appearance, Arliss described himself as The world's greatest living actor. "You see, I am on oath", he explained.
Was the first British actor to win an Academy Award.
Often erroneously listed as father of Leslie Arliss. In truth he had no children.
Discovered and promoted Bette Davis.
The first actor to win an Academy Award for playing a real person, as British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929).
The first actor to win an Oscar for a reprise role. Arliss originally played Benjamin Disraeli in the silent movie, Disraeli (1921). He won the Oscar for his reprisal of the role in the talkie remake, Disraeli (1929).
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