Edward G. Robinson Biography

Fast Facts

• Emigrated from Romania with his family in 1903 and settled on New York's Lower East Side
• Made his Broadway debut in 1915 in the play Under Fire and his (uncredited) film debut a year later in Arms and the Woman
• Achieved stardom as a "tough guy" in the 1931 gangster drama Little Caesar
• Made five films with Humphrey Bogart, most notably Key Largo
• Significant films include Dr
• Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940), Double Indemnity (1944) and The Ten Commandments (1956) Threatened with blacklisting during the McCarthy era, he cooperated with the House Un-American Activities Committee and was cleared of any ties to Communist organizations
• Awarded an honorary Oscar in 1973, but died two months before the ceremonies
• Finished his final film, Soylent Green, less than two weeks before his death from cancer
• Pictured on a 33-cent U
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• Postal Service's "Legends of Hollywood" series