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My Take
Edward G. Robinson is one of those actors who absolutely owned a genre without ever being given his proper due during his lifetime — the Academy finally handed him an Honorary Oscar in 1973, and he passed away just days before the ceremony, which feels like the cruelest kind of irony. Born Emanuel Goldenberg in Bucharest and raised in New York, he channeled all of that immigrant grit into roles that crackled with menace and intelligence, most famously Little Caesar, which basically invented the talking-picture gangster as we know him. But he was so much more than Rico Bandello — Double Indemnity, Scarlet Street, Key Largo — the man had genuine dramatic range that his tough-guy image often obscured. Off screen he was a serious art collector with impeccable taste, which somehow makes perfect sense for a guy who understood that the surface rarely tells the whole story.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Edward G. Robinson
- Name (Japanese)
- エドワード・G・ロビンソン
- Reading
- えどわーど・G・ろびんそん
- Born
- December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Snake
- Origin
- Bucharest, Principality of Wallachia
- Height
- 165 cm
- Occupation
- film actor / art collector / character actor / stage actor / television actor
2. Background
- High school
- Townsend Harris High School
- University
- City College of New York
Awards & achievements
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 1973 Academy Honorary Award
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Edward G. Robinson born?
December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973.
Where is Edward G. Robinson from?
Edward G. Robinson is from Bucharest, Principality of Wallachia.
What does Edward G. Robinson do?
Edward G. Robinson works as film actor, art collector, character actor, stage actor, television actor.
How tall is Edward G. Robinson?
Edward G. Robinson is 165 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.