Former stage and movie actor who filmed numerous documentaries for the US State Department, the Army and private industry in the late 1940s and began making low-budget features in the early 50s. Arnold concocted some of that era's classic science fiction-horror films, notably the pioneering 3-D efforts "It Came from Outer Space" (1952) and "The Creature From the Black Lagoon" (1954) as well as "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (1957).A prolific director, mostly for Universal, Arnold worked in many genres, turning out 3-D mystery thrillers ("The Glass Web" 1953), teen exploitation flicks ("High
Performed as actor on Broadway in such plays as "My Sister Eileen" and "A Bell for Adano" in the the 1930s
Acted in British films
Served in the US Air Force Signal Corps; worked with documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty
After military service, became independent documentary filmmaker, producing 25 documentary films for the State Department, the Army and private industry
1950
Directed and produced first feature, "With These Hands" (full-length, semidocumentary made for ILGW Union) which was nominated for an Oscar
