
Robert Arden
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1922-12-11
Deathday 2004-03-25 (81 years old)
Place of Birth London, England, UK
Also Known As Bob Arden, Rob Arden
Robert Arden
Biography
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.
Known For
Actor
as Alex Wein
as Marzocca
as Stevens
as Eddie Poindexter
as Network Exec #1
as Dr. Potter
as Général Lee W. Simon
as Ruth's Father
as Foreman of the Jury
as CIA Chief
as American Ambassador
as Harry Hopkins
as Berners
as Captain Danzinger
as Captain Danziger
as Jim Hunter
as Detective Williams
as Carter
as George Spencer
as Tom Demarest
as Joe
as McNaughton
as James Sandford
as Marston
as Dave Dillon
as Liftboy
as Bob Fenton
as Bill
as Buddy
as Guy Van Stratten
as Daniel
as GI Playing Snout (uncredited)
as American Sergeant
as Dave Kennedy
Producer
as Associate Producer