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Edward G. Robinson 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. During the 1950s, he was called to testify at the House Un-American Activities Committee during the Red Scare, but was cleared of any Communist involvement.

Robinson's roles included an insurance investigator in the film noir Double Indemnity, Dathan in The Ten Commandments, and his final performance in the science-fiction story Soylent Green. Robinson received an Honorary Academy 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. Wikipedia  

✵ 12. December 1893 – 26. January 1973
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“The sitting around on the set is awful. But I always figure that's what they pay me for. The acting I do for free.”

Edward G. Robinson

Source: Edward G. Robinson | IMDB biography http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000064/bio

“It's the word I dislike, not the food. Give me a piece of bread and butter and I'll enjoy it. Now tell me it's margarine and I'll throw up.”

Edward G. Robinson

Source: Op. cit., p. 280

“I hated every minute of it and couldn't stop crying.”

Edward G. Robinson

Source: On Love Story (1970); op. cit.

“I always keep four or five books on my bed table, and each night I read a little of each; I guess I can't concentrate on any one at a time. But I always finish them.”

Edward G. Robinson

Source: Op. cit., p. 278

“You know, I've always figured the waiting is what I get paid for. The acting I do free.”

Edward G. Robinson

Source: On the set of Soylent Green (1973), in response to a fellow cast member's complaints; as quoted in In the Arena : An Autobiography (1995) by Charlton Heston, p. 477 https://archive.org/details/inarenaautobiogr0000hest_l8c1/page/476/mode/2up

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