Edward G. Robinson wiht granddaughter at Movieland Wax Museum, c. 1966.
				
				
						 Caption: Edward G. Robinson wiht granddaughter at Movieland Wax Museum, c. 1966.
																																				
						Actor, Soundtrack, Writer
						Born: December 12, 1893
						Star sign: Sagittarius
						Height: 5' 7" (1.7 m)
						Known for: Double Indemnity (1944), The Stranger (1946), Key Largo (1948), The Ten Commandments (1956)
						Source: IMDB
						Edward G. Robinson arrived in the United States at age ten, and his family moved into New York's Lower East Side. He took up acting while attending City College, abandoning plans to become a rabbi or lawyer. The American Academy of Dramatic Arts awarded him a scholarship, and he began work in stock, with his new name, in 1913. Broadway was two ...