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Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg ; 1893 – 1973) was a Romanian American actor of stage and screen during Hollywood’s Golden Age. He appeared in 40 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 the 1930s and 1940s, he was an outspoken public critic of fascism and Nazism, which were growing in strength in Europe leading up to World War II. His activism included contributing over $250,000 to more than 850 organizations involved in war relief, along with cultural, educational and religious groups. Robinson’s roles included an insurance investigator in the film noir Double Indemnity , Dathan (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.
"Things got so bad that when I went shopping for a house, some people would refuse to open the door if they saw it was me standing there. And drunks would always want to challenge me."
"I didn’t play at collecting. No cigar anywhere was safe from me."
"In those days I would go for an interview and find myself competing with this other chap who would always be younger and taller, and much handsomer than I."
"I know I’m not much on face value, but when it comes to stage value, I’ll deliver for you."
"I had the advantage of reading the book, and when the script was first submitted to me, it was always just another gangster story – the east side taking over the west side and all that."
"My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector’s zeal." (cigars)
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- - - - - - -"I didn’t play at collecting. No cigar anywhere was safe from me."
"In those days I would go for an interview and find myself competing with this other chap who would always be younger and taller, and much handsomer than I."
"I know I’m not much on face value, but when it comes to stage value, I’ll deliver for you."
"I had the advantage of reading the book, and when the script was first submitted to me, it was always just another gangster story – the east side taking over the west side and all that."
"My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector’s zeal." (cigars)