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Robert Arden

Robert Arden

Actor

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Arden (11 December 1922 – 25 March 2004) was an American film, television and radio actor born in London who worked and lived mostly in the United Kingdom. Arden was born from an American father and an English mother. His father had a successful career as a professional boxer after World War I. He attended "a combination of English and American schools." Arden's most famous film appearance was as lead character Guy Van Stratten in Mr. Arkadin (1955), written and directed by Orson Welles. Welles had worked with Arden on the Harry Lime radio series, produced in London, and later cast the little-known actor in Mr. Arkadin, in the central role of the investigator who uncovers Arkadin's past. Reportedly, Arden was shocked that Welles might consider him for the part and initially thought that the director's phone inquiry was a crank call. Arden's performance in Mr. Arkadin was panned by some critics : The New York Times called it "hopelessly inadequate". Film historian Jonathan Rosenbaum has defended Arden's performance, locating the problem not in the actor's work but in "the unsavoriness and obnoxiousness of the character", who was intended by Welles to be unattractive even though he occupied in the film "the space normally reserved for charismatic heroes". The credits of one the film's Spanish versions misspelled Arden's name as "Bob Harden". Another Spanish print actually credited him as "Mark Sharpe". Mr. Arkadin did poorly at the box-office. Afterwards, Arden played a few other lead roles, in films such as The Depraved (1957) or The Child and the Killer (1959), but he worked mostly as a character actor, appearing in film, television and stage productions. he worked mostly as a character actor, appearing in film, television and stage productions.

Born: December 11, 1922 in London, England, UK

Died: March 25, 2004 (Age 81)

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Robert Arden  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7.1
ActorLiftboy1957
Movie
5.9
ActorCIA Chief1981
Movie
4.9
ActorGénéral Lee W. Simon1985
Movie
5.3
ActorAmerican Ambassador1981
Movie
7.4
ActorForeman of the Jury1981
Movie
7
ActorGuy Van Stratten1955
Movie
7.2
ActorTom Demarest1960
Movie
6.3
ActorDave Kennedy1944
Movie
5.1
ActorDave Dillon1957
Movie
5.9
ActorBuddy1956
Movie
5.8
ActorBob Fenton1957
Movie
5.7
ActorAmerican Sergeant1945
Movie
4.3
ActorJoe1959
Movie
4.8
ActorJim Hunter1963
Movie
5.5
ActorBill1956
Movie
8.1
ActorGI Playing Snout (uncredited)1946
Movie
7.3
ActorNetwork Exec #11986
Movie
ActorRuth's Father
TV Show
7.4
ActorBerners
1 Episode
1979-1988
TV Show
7.2
ActorGeorge Spencer
1 Episode
1962-1962
TV Show
7.5
ActorCarter
1 Episode
1962-1963
TV Show
7.4
ActorJames Sandford
1 Episode
1959-1967
TV Show
7.1
ActorMarston
1 Episode
1959
TV Show
7.7
ActorAlex Wein
1 Episode
1996
TV Show
8
ActorEddie Poindexter
1 Episode
1987-2000
TV Show
7.3
ActorDetective Williams
1 Episode
1962-1969
TV Show
6.9
ActorMcNaughton
2 Episodes
1959-1961
TV Show
7.1
ActorMarzocca
1 Episode
1989-1990
TV Show
7.2
ActorCaptain Danziger
1 Episode
1964-1970
Movie
7.5
ActorHarry Hopkins1979
Limited Series
6.6
ActorStevens
2 Episodes
1988-1988
Movie
7.2
ProductionAssociate Producer1968
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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