Edward G. Robinson Edward G. Robinson Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893January 26, 1973) was an 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
Dewey Robinson film when he played a waiter in George Cukor's "Tarnished Lady", starring Tallulah Bankhead. That performance did not receive screen credit, and this was often the case over Robinson's career, although he was in the billed main cast in "Murder on the Campus" (1934), "Navy Secrets" (1939) and "There Goes Kelly" (1945). Because of his size and physical presence, Robinson worked often during periods when gangster movies were the rage. Notable early roles for Robinson include a polo-playing hood in "Little Giant" (1933) starring Edward G. Robinson, a supervisor of slaves in Eddie Cantor's "Roman Scandals" that same year, and