Edward G. Robinson
Known for: Acting
Born: December 12, 1893
Died: January 26, 1973
Place of birth: Bucarest, Roumanie
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, frequently appeared at Soviet and American war relief rallies, delivered radio addresses in over six languages to Nazi-occupied European countries, and traveled to Normandy to entertain the troops, becoming the first movie star to go there for the USO. Robin was also an outspoken supporter of the civil rights movement, and regularly campaigned to overcome segregation.
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Filmography
133 movies · 20 TV shows, newest first
NR
Away with Words
2026
9.0
Rat Pack
2022
5.5
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
7.0
Warner at War
2008
6.9
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
8.5
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
7.3
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
20057.0
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
20049.0
Pulp Cinema
2001
6.3
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
7.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
NR
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
6.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
10.0
Movie Tough Guys
1991
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
6.9
Soylent Green
1973
6.5
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973
10.0
Neither by Day Nor by Night
1972
7.2
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
4.8
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
7.8
Night Gallery
1970
5.3
Song of Norway
1970
6.8
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
6.7
The Silent Force
1970
7.5
Bracken's World
1969
8.0
Operation Heartbeat
1969
6.6
Mackenna's Gold
1969
6.3
It's Your Move
1968
6.2
Never a Dull Moment
1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
5.6
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968
6.3
Operation San Pietro
1967
7.1
Grand Slam
1967
5.7
The Blonde from Peking
1967
NR
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966
7.3
Batman
1966
7.0
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
NR
Born a Man
1965
6.7
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
5.8
The Outrage
1964
6.6
Good Neighbor Sam
1964
6.2
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
5.0
The Hollywood Palace
1964
6.7
The Prize
1963
6.3
Sammy Going South
1963
7.0
The Lucy Show
1962
5.9
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
6.5
My Geisha
1962
6.4
Pepe
1960
6.6
Seven Thieves
1960
6.0
The Right Man
1960
NR
Israel
1959
6.7
The Detectives
19595.0
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
6.2
A Hole in the Head
1959
7.8
The Ten Commandments
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
6.1
Nightmare
1956
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
5.3
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955
6.5
Illegal
1955
5.8
A Bullet for Joey
1955
6.5
Tight Spot
1955
6.5
The Violent Men
1955
6.1
Black Tuesday
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
8.0
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
6.3
The Glass Web
1953
7.3
Big Leaguer
1953
6.1
Vice Squad
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
6.5
This Is Your Life
1952
6.3
Actors and Sin
19526.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
9.0
My Daughter Joy
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.0
It's a Great Feeling
1949
7.0
House of Strangers
1949
6.8
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948
7.5
Key Largo
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
6.5
All My Sons
1948
6.3
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947
6.3
The Red House
1947
6.7
Okay for Sound
1946
7.2
The Stranger
1946
7.6
Scarlet Street
1945
6.6
Journey Together
1945
7.2
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945
7.4
The Woman in the Window
1944
7.1
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
8.1
Double Indemnity
1944
6.7
Tampico
1944
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
7.1
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
6.8
Destroyer
1943
6.0
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
6.4
Tales of Manhattan
1942
7.1
Larceny, Inc.
1942
5.6
Moscow Strikes Back
1942
7.0
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
7.6
Unholy Partners
19415.3
Polo with the Stars
1941
6.5
Manpower
1941
7.2
The Sea Wolf
1941
6.3
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
6.6
Brother Orchid
1940
6.5
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
6.5
Breakdowns of 1939
1939
6.9
Blackmail
1939
5.0
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
6.1
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
7.1
I Am the Law
1938
7.0
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
6.4
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
6.4
The Last Gangster
1937
7.1
Kid Galahad
1937
6.0
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
6.0
Thunder in the City
1937NR
The First Gangster and the Last Gangster
1937
NR
Breakdowns of 1936
1936
6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
6.6
Bullets or Ballots
1936
6.4
Barbary Coast
1935
6.9
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
6.8
The Man with Two Faces
1934
5.7
Dark Hazard
1934
4.8
I Loved a Woman
1933
7.0
The Little Giant
1933
6.2
Silver Dollar
1932
6.5
Tiger Shark
1932
6.3
Two Seconds
1932
5.4
The Hatchet Man
1932
6.6
Five Star Final
1931
7.0
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
1931
6.9
Smart Money
1931
6.0
Round About Hollywood
1931
5.6
The Stolen Jools
1931
6.9
Little Caesar
1931
6.4
The Widow from Chicago
1930
5.3
East Is West
1930
5.2
Outside the Law
1930
4.5
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
8.0
Every Woman's Longing
1930
4.4
A Lady to Love
1930
9.0
The Night Ride
1930
5.4
The Hole in the Wall
1929
7.0
The Bright Shawl
1923
NR
Arms and the Woman
1916