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Robert Arden

Robert Arden

Actor · 1922 – 2004 · London, England, UK

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.

Movies22

  • Movie7.0

    Little Shop of Horrors

    1986 · 1.7K votes

  • Movie5.8

    The Final Conflict

    1981 · 670 votes

  • Movie6.7

    A King in New York

    1957 · 242 votes

  • Movie7.7
  • Movie6.8

    Mr. Arkadin

    1955 · 201 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Ragtime

    1981 · 196 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Condorman

    1981 · 145 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Call Me Bwana

    1963 · 10 votes

  • Movie7.3
  • Movie5.3
  • Movie9.0
  • Movie4.4

    Les Loups Entre Eux

    Among Wolves

    1985 · 9 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Reunion at Fairborough

    1985 · 5 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Spin a Dark Web

    1956 · 7 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Story of Ruth

    1982 · 2 votes

  • Movie4.5

    The Depraved

    1957 · 10 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Man from Morocco

    1945 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Counterfeit Plan

    1957 · 3 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Two Thousand Women

    1944 · 11 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Bermuda Affair

    1956 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie7.0

    The Pistol

    1965 · 1 votes

Series22

  • TV7.6

    Silent Witness

    1996 · 113 votes

  • TV6.6

    American Playhouse

    1982 · 8 votes

  • TV6.7

    Tales of the Unexpected

    1979 · 54 votes

  • TV7.4

    The Saint

    1962 · 136 votes

  • TV7.9

    Inspector Morse

    1987 · 146 votes

  • TV5.2

    The Wednesday Play

    1964 · 5 votes

  • TV4.8

    No Hiding Place

    1959 · 4 votes

  • TV8.0

    Mark Saber

    1954 · 2 votes

  • TV7.5

    Studio 4

    1962 · 2 votes

  • TV7.3

    Interpol Calling

    1959 · 4 votes

  • TV
  • TV6.2

    The Paradise Club

    1989 · 5 votes

  • TV7.5
  • TV7.2

    Man of the World

    1962 · 5 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Bourne Identity

    1988 · 102 votes

  • TV6.7

    Oppenheimer

    1980 · 13 votes

  • TV9.0
  • TV
  • TV6.5

    The Old Men at the Zoo

    1983 · 2 votes

  • TV7.1

    Q.E.D.

    1982 · 4 votes

  • TV
  • TV7.7

    Nancy Astor

    1982 · 3 votes