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Acting

Edward G. Robinson

Career: Active from 1916 to 2026, with a break from 1974 to 2007, busiest in 1930 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 78
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Double Indemnity
90/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Academy Awards · Academy Honorary Award
1973 · Won · 45th Academy Awards
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award
1969 · Won
Source: Wikidata

Characters

2

The characters Edward G. Robinson played, best-known titles first.

Edward G. Robinson as Sol Roth

Edward G. Robinson as Max Stratman/Walter Stratman

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 70 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Edward G. Robinson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.4, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.4, average 3.0
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7
Pop Culture
1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 10
Moral Ambiguity 8
Social Commentary 8
Film Noir 7
Historical Setting 6
Character Study 6
Character-Driven 5
Witty Dialogue 4
Classic Cinema 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Ensemble Cast 4
Underdog Story 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

112

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

Away with Words

as Edward G. Robinson

2000s

1 title

Warner at War

as (archive footage)

1970s

6 titles · average score 67

Soylent Green

69

as Sol Roth

Neither by Day Nor by Night

as Father

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

65

as Emile Pulska

Night Gallery

85

TV show · as Abraham Goldman

Song of Norway

48

as Krogstad

The Silent Force

TV show

1960s

25 titles · average score 57

Operation Heartbeat

as Dr. Lee Forestman

Never a Dull Moment

57

as Leo Joseph Smooth

The Blonde from Peking

54

as CIA Chief Douglas

Batman

73

TV show · as Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)

Planet of the Apes Test Reel

as Dr. Zaius

The Cincinnati Kid

75

as Lancey Howard

The Outrage

37

as Con Man

The Prize

55

as Max Stratman/Walter Stratman

Sammy Going South

69

as Cocky Wainwright

Two Weeks in Another Town

75

as Maurice Kruger

My Geisha

63

as Sam Lewis

Seven Thieves

54

as Theo Wilkins

1950s

21 titles · average score 64

A Hole in the Head

66

as Mario Manetta

The Ten Commandments

81

as Dathan

Nightmare

62

as Rene Bressard

The Violent Men

67

as Lee Wilkison

A Bullet for Joey

51

as Raoul Leduc

Illegal

64

as Victor Scott

Tight Spot

64

as Lloyd Hallett

Hell on Frisco Bay

53

as Victor Amato

Black Tuesday

69

as Vincent Canelli

Vice Squad

64

as Capt. 'Barnie' Barnaby

Big Leaguer

64

as John B 'Hans' Lobert

The Glass Web

64

as Henry Hayes

1940s

25 titles · average score 72

House of Strangers

71

as Gino Monetti

Key Largo

81

as Johnny Rocco

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

76

as John Triton

All My Sons

69

as Joe Keller

The Red House

74

as Pete Morgan

The Stranger

80

as Federal Agent Wilson

Scarlet Street

89

as Christopher Cross

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

72

as Martinius Jacobson

Double Indemnity

90

as Barton Keyes

The Woman in the Window

79

as Professor Richard Wanley

Flesh and Fantasy

73

as Marshall Tyler (segment 2)

The Sea Wolf

78

as 'Wolf' Larsen

1930s

30 titles · average score 64

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

77

as Edward 'Ed' Renard

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

67

as Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse

A Slight Case of Murder

68

as Remy Marko

I Am the Law

68

as John Lindsay

Kid Galahad

69

as Nick 'Nicky' Donati

The Last Gangster

64

as Joe Krozac

Bullets or Ballots

67

as Johnny Blake

The Whole Town's Talking

86

as Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion

Barbary Coast

76

as Luis Chamalis

I Loved a Woman

48

as John Mansfield Hayden

Little Caesar

83

as Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka 'Little Caesar'

Five Star Final

82

as Joseph W. Randall

1920s

2 titles · average score 54

The Hole in the Wall

54

as The Fox

The Bright Shawl

as Domingo Escobar

1910s

1 title

Arms and the Woman

as Factory Worker