Born 1893 in Bucharest as Emanuel Goldenberg, Romanian-American actor Edward G. Robinson was popular during the Hollywood’s Golden Age. He appeared in 30 Broadway plays and more than 100 films during a 50-year career and is best remembered for his tough-guy roles as gangsters in such films as Little Caesar and Key Largo.
During his career, Robinson received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in House of Strangers. His roles included an insurance investigator in the film noir Double Indemnity, Dathan (the adversary of Moses) in The Ten Commandments, and his final performance in the science-fiction story Soylent Green.
Robinson received an Academy Honorary Award for his work in the film industry, which was awarded two months after he died in 1973. He is ranked number 24 in the American Film Institute’s list of the 25 greatest male stars of Classic American cinema. Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited him as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
Take a look at these vintage photos to see portraits of Edward G. Robinson in the 1930s and 1940s.
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