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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.

Away with Words
as Edward G. Robinson

Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)

Warner at War
as (archive footage)

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self (archive footage)

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self (archive footage)

Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
as Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
Pulp Cinema
as Self (archive footage)

Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)

Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)

Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)

Soylent Green
as Sol Roth

A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
as Self

Neither by Day Nor by Night
as Father

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

Night Gallery
as Abraham Goldman

Song of Norway
as Krogstad

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Emile Pulska

The Silent Force

Bracken's World

Operation Heartbeat
as Dr. Lee Forestman

Mackenna's Gold
as Old Adams

It's Your Move
as Sir George McDowell

Never a Dull Moment
as Leo Joseph Smooth

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self

The Biggest Bundle of Them All
as Professor Samuels

Operation San Pietro
as Joe Ventura

Grand Slam
as Prof. James Anders

The Blonde from Peking
as CIA Chief Douglas

Planet of the Apes Test Reel
as Dr. Zaius

Batman
as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)

The Cincinnati Kid
as Lancey Howard

Born a Man
as Narrator

Cheyenne Autumn
as Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz

The Outrage
as Con Man

Good Neighbor Sam
as Simon Nurdlinger

Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Big Jim Stevens (uncredited)

The Hollywood Palace
as Self

The Prize
as Max Stratman/Walter Stratman

Sammy Going South
as Cocky Wainwright

The Lucy Show
as Edward G. Robinson

Two Weeks in Another Town
as Maurice Kruger

My Geisha
as Sam Lewis

Pepe
as Edward G. Robinson

Seven Thieves
as Theo Wilkins

The Right Man
as Theodore Roosevelt

Israel
as Self - Narrator

The Detectives
as 'Big Jim' Riva
NBC Sunday Showcase
as Daniel Webster

A Hole in the Head
as Mario Manetta

The Ten Commandments
as Dathan

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Victor Bers

Nightmare
as Rene Bressard