Trivia of Edward G Robinson
Trivia of Edward G Robinson (12 December 1893 - 26 January 1973)
*Robinson made his Broadway debut in "Under Fire (1915)" and film debut in Arms and the Woman (1916).
*He hated guns. During production of Little Caesar (1931), his eyelids had to be taped open so he wouldn't flinch when he fired his weapon.
*Edward G. Robinson said Cecil B. DeMille saved his career by hiring him for movie The Ten Commandments (1956). Robinson had been almost blacklisted for his left-wing political activism, and offers of work had dried up as a result. DeMille hiring Robinson for this movie undermined the Hollywood blacklist.He received a special award from the Maryland State Council of the American Jewish Congress for his performance as Dathan in The Ten Commandments (1956).
*He was originally offered the role of Little Bonaparte in Some Like It Hot (1959), but had vowed never again to work with George Raft, with whom he had a fistfight on the set of Manpower (1941).
*Although best known for playing fierce, angry and often murderous little men, he was actually well-liked and respected by almost everyone off-screen, having been a sensitive, quiet, artistic type when not performing.When he died in 1973, he left an estate valued at $2.5 million, which largely consisted of rare works of art.
*Never nominated for an Academy Award. He was awarded an Honorary Oscar two months after his death. His wife, who accepted for him, commented on how thrilled he was to learn he would be given the award.
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