Charles Arnt (August 20, 1906 – August 6, 1990) was an American film actor from 1933 to 1962. Arnt appeared as a character actor in more than 200 films.
Arnt was born in Michigan City, Indiana, the son of a banker. He graduated from Phillips Academy and Princeton University. While at Princeton, he helped to found the University Players[clarification needed] and was president of the Princeton Triangle Club theatrical troupe. He became a banker after he graduated from college.
In the early 1930s, Arnt acted with the University Repertory Theater in Maryland. On Broadway, he appeared in Carry Nation (1932), Three Waltzes (1937), and Knickerbocker Holiday (1938).
In 1962, Arnt retired from acting and began to import and breed Charolais cattle on a ranch in Washington state. Arnt died in Orcas Island, Washington from pancreatic and liver cancer. He was survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
Selected filmography
Roman Scandals (1933) – Caius – the Food Taster (uncredited)
Ladies Should Listen (1934) – Albert, the manservant
Ready for Love (1934) – Sam Gardner
Here Is My Heart (1934) – Higgins – Paul’s Valet
Stolen Harmony (1935) – Clem Walters
Two for Tonight (1935) – Benny
She Married Her Boss (1935) – Victor Jessup
The Witness Chair (1936) – Mr. Henshaw
And Sudden Death (1936) – Archie Sloan
Rhythm on the Range (1936) – Dining Car Steward (uncredited)
Wedding Present (1936) – Reporter (uncredited)
Sinner Take All (1936) – Lampier’s Secretary (uncredited)
Mind Your Own Business (1936) – Reporter (uncredited)
College Holiday (1936) – Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
After the Thin Man (1936) – Drunk Greeting Nick and Nora at Party (uncredited)
Swing High, Swing Low (1937) – Georgie
Angel’s Holiday (1937) – Ralph Everett
Mountain Music (1937) – Hotel Manager (uncredited)
It Happened in Hollywood (1937) – Jed Reed
Remember the Night (1940) – Tom
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) – Policeman (uncredited)
Grandpa Goes to Town (1940) – Movie Producer (uncredited)
We Who Are Young (1940) – Eckman (uncredited)
I Love You Again (1940) – Billings
Little Men (1940) – Drunk in Medicine Show (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare’s Crisis (1940) – Mr. Stubbins, Man with Pain (uncredited)
Play Girl (1941) – Grady (uncredited)
Back Street (1941) – Mr. Mason (uncredited)
Mr. District Attorney (1941) – Herman Winkle
Pot o’ Gold (1941) – Parks
Tight Shoes (1941) – Lawyer Fenwick (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust (1941) – G. Harrington Hedger
Hello, Sucker (1941) – Studson (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill (1941) – Hal Brennon
Hold Back the Dawn (1941) – Mr. John MacAdams
We Go Fast (1941) – Refrigerator Salesman
Great Guns (1941) – Doctor
Marry the Boss’s Daughter (1941) – Blodgett
Paris Calling (1941) – Lt. Lantz
Ball of Fire (1941) – McNeary
The Lady Has Plans (1942) – Pooly
Young America (1942) – Principal Rice
This Gun for Hire (1942) – Male Dressmaker
My Gal Sal (1942) – Tailor
Twin Beds (1942) – Manager
Take a Letter, Darling (1942) – Fud Newton
The Falcon’s Brother (1942) – Pat Moffett (uncredited)
That Other Woman (1942) – Bailey
Pittsburgh (1942) – Building Site Laborer (uncredited)
The Great Gildersleeve (1942) – Judge Horace Hooker
Reunion in France (1942) – Honoré
Gildersleeve’s Bad Day (1943) – Judge Horace Hooker
Henry Aldrich Swings It (1943) – Boyle
Young Ideas (1943) – Station Master (uncredited)
Gangway for Tomorrow (1943) – Jim Benson
In Old Oklahoma (1943) – Joe – Train Conductor (uncredited)
Up in Arms (1944) – Mr. Higginbotham
Gambler’s Choice (1944) – Honest John McGrady
Once Upon a Time (1944) – Fred Stacy – Reporter (uncredited)
The Seventh Cross (1944) – Herr Binder (uncredited)
Three Little Sisters (1944) – Ezra Larkin
The Impatient Years (1944) – Marriage Clerk (uncredited)
My Pal Wolf (1944) – Papa Eisdaar
Greenwich Village (1944) – Author with Letter (uncredited)
Dangerous Passage (1944) – Daniel Bergstrom
Double Exposure (1944) – Sonny Tucker
Together Again (1944) – Clerk (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945) – Butler
Without Love (1945) – Col. Braden (uncredited)
Strange Illusion (1945) – Professor Muhlbach
Sudan (1945) – Khafra
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) – Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)
Dangerous Intruder (1945) – Max Ducone
The Girl of the Limberlost (1945) – Hodges
She Wouldn’t Say Yes (1945) – Train Conductor (uncredited)
Pardon My Past (1945) – Clothes Salesman
Miss Susie Slagle’s (1946) – Mr. Johnson
Behind Green Lights (1946) – Daniel Boone Wintergreen (uncredited)
Just Before Dawn (1946) – Attorney Allen S. Tobin (uncredited)
Cinderella Jones (1946) – Mahoney
The Hoodlum Saint (1946) – Cy Nolan – O’Neill’s Secretary
Blondie’s Lucky Day (1946) – Mayor Richard Denby
Without Reservations (1946) – Salesman
Somewhere in the Night (1946) – Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)
Big Town (1946) – Amos Peabody
That Brennan Girl (1946) – Fred, Natalie’s 2nd Husband
Calendar Girl (1947) – Capt. Olsen
That Way with Women (1947) – Harry Miller
Fall Guy (1947) – Uncle Jim Grossett
My Favorite Brunette (1947) – Crawford
Saddle Pals (1947) – William Schooler
Big Town After Dark (1947) – Amos Peabody
High Wall (1947) – Sidney X. Hackle
Sitting Pretty (1948) – Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
Big Town Scandal (1948) – Amos Peabody
Michael O’Halloran (1948) – Doc Douglas Bruce
Hollow Triumph (1948) – Coblenz
The Boy with Green Hair (1948) – Mr. Hammond
That Wonderful Urge (1948) – Mr. Bissell (uncredited)
Boston Blackie’s Chinese Venture (1949) – Pop Gerard
Any Number Can Play (1949) – Joe Josephs (uncredited)
Masked Raiders (1949) – Dr. W.J. Nichols
Bride for Sale (1949) – Dobbs
Wabash Avenue (1950) – Horace Carter
He’s a Cockeyed Wonder (1950) – J.B. Caldwell
The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) – Reporter, Globe Express
The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) – Ernest Quimby
The Great Sioux Uprising (1953) – Gist
The Veils of Bagdad (1953) – Zapolya
Flood Tide (1958) – Mr. Appleby – Grocer
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958) – Mr. Simms aka Pop (uncredited)
The Miracle of the Hills (1959) – Fuzzy
Wild in the Country (1961) – Mr. Parsons (uncredited)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) – Mayor Henricks)
External Links
Actor Charles Arnt – Wikipedia
