Edward Arnold was born as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider in 1890, on the Lower East Side of New York City, the son of German immigrants, Elizabeth (Ohse) and Carl Schneider. Arnold began his acting career on the New York stage and became a film actor in 1916. A burly man with a commanding style and superb baritone voice, he was a popular screen personality for decades, and was the star of such film classics as Diamond Jim (1935) (a role he reprised in Le roman de Lillian Russell (1940)) Arnold appeared in over 150 films and was President of The Screen Actors Guild shortly before his death in 1956.

Edward Arnold, nascut Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider (Nova York, 18 de febrer de 1890 − Encino, Califòrnia, 26 d'abril de 1956), va ser un actor estatunidenc. Arnold va treballar en unes 150 pel·lícules.

爱德华·阿诺德（Edward Arnold）于1890年出生于纽约市下东区，原名冈瑟·爱德华·阿诺德·施耐德（Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider），是德国移民伊丽莎白（Ohse）和卡尔·施耐德（Carl Schneider）的儿子。阿诺德在纽约舞台上开始了他的演艺生涯，并于 1916 年成为一名电影演员。