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person_profile-Robert Arden

Robert Arden Died at age: 81

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Robert Arden

Date of Birth:

Dec 11, 1922

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Mar 25, 2004

Biography of

Robert Arden

    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.

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Filmography of

Robert Arden

Found 19 Movies in total

Little Shop of Horrors

Network Exec #1 ( Actor )

... 1986

Among Wolves

Général Lee W. Simon ( Actor )

... 1985

Ragtime

Foreman of the Jury ( Actor )

... 1981

Condorman

CIA Chief ( Actor )

... 1981

The Final Conflict

American Ambassador ( Actor )

... 1981

Churchill and the Generals

Harry Hopkins ( Actor )

... 1979

Death Drums Along the River

Jim Hunter ( Actor )

... 1963

... 1960

... 1959

The Depraved

Dave Dillon ( Actor )

... 1957

A King in New York

Liftboy ( Actor )

... 1957

The Counterfeit Plan

Bob Fenton ( Actor )

... 1957

Bermuda Affair

Bill ( Actor )

... 1956

Spin a Dark Web

Buddy ( Actor )

... 1956

Mr. Arkadin

Guy Van Stratten ( Actor )

... 1955

The Hills of Donegal

Daniel ( Actor )

... 1947

A Matter of Life and Death

GI Playing Snout (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Man from Morocco

American Sergeant ( Actor )

... 1945

Two Thousand Women

Dave Kennedy ( Actor )

... 1944