Famous People with Name Arthur

Arthur T Williams            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur T Williams: is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'1" guard from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Williams played seven seasons (1967-1974) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the San Diego Rockets and Boston Celtics. He averaged 5.3 points per game in his career and won an NBA Championship with Boston in 1974.

E G Marshall            Origin/Culture/Country: American

E G Marshall: was a two-time Emmy Award-winning American actor who co-starred in the 1957 movie 12 Angry Men. Two of his better known TV roles are those of lawyer, Lawrence Preston on The Defenders in the 1960s, and as neurosurgeon, Dr. David Craig on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors in the 1970s.

Arthur William Matthew “Art” Carney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur William Matthew “Art” Carney: was an Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning American actor in film, stage, television and radio. Carney portayed the upstairs neighbor and sewer worker Ed Norton, opposite Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden in the famous situation comedy The Honeymooners.

Arthur Hiller            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur Hiller: is an Oscar-nominated Canadian film director.Arthur Hiller graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947, a Master of Arts degree in psychology in 1950 and received an honorary Doctor of Laws in 1995. Hiller began his show business career in television for the CBC in Toronto in the 1950's, and was a successful television director before moving into films and Hollywood. Hiller served as President of the Directors Guild of America from 1989 to 1993 and President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997

Arthur Blakey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur Blakey: born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, he was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Along with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, he was one of the inventors of the modern bebop style of drumming. He is known as a powerful musician and a vital groover; his brand of bluesy, funky hard bop was (and remains) profoundly influential on mainstream jazz. Over more than 30 years his band the Jazz Messengers included many young musicians who went on to become prominent names in jazz. The band's legacy is thus not only the often exceptionally fine music it produced, but as a proving ground for several generations of jazz musicians; Blakey's group is equivalent only to those of Miles Davis in this regard. He was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

Jean Arthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jean Arthur: was an Oscar-nominated American actress and a major film star of the 1930s and 1940s. She remains, arguably, the epitome of the female screwball comedy actress. "No one was more closely identified with the screwball comedy than Jean Arthur. So much was sh

André Arthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

André Arthur: is a Canadian radio host and politician. He was elected as an independent Member of Parliament in the riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier in the 2006 Canadian federal election. His father René Arthur and uncle Gérard Arthur were also radio hosts in their d

Beatrice Bea Arthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Beatrice Bea Arthur: is an American comedienne, actress and singer. In an ongoing career spanning six decades, Arthur is perhaps best remembered for her trademark role as the title character, Maude Findlay, on the 1970s sitcom Maude, and for playing Dorothy Zbornak, a divorced substitute teacher on The Golden Girls.

Beatrice “Bea” Arthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Beatrice “Bea” Arthur: an American comedienne, actress and singer. In an ongoing career spanning six decades, Arthur is perhaps best remembered for her trademark role as the title character, Maude Findlay, on the 1970s sitcom Maude, and also for playing Dorothy Zbornak on the 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls.

Joseph Arthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Arthur: is a contemporary singer-songwriter from Akron, Ohio. He was discovered by Peter Gabriel in the mid-'90s, and signed to Gabriel's Real World label.Joseph began writing and playing music in his early teens, after inheriting an electronic keyboard from his aunt[1]: "I couldn't play along with my records, so that's why I started writing my own.