Larry Arnold

Like most extras of his day, Larry Arnold made a career of being seen but never really being noticed. He started doing background work in the 1930s where his ordinary look made him a perfect fit for socialite scenes and to play your average looking person. The big budget films of the 1930s and 1940s kept him and many other extras constantly busy. With the acceptance of television shows into the motion picture industry, Arnold's career trajectory was like that of most extras. The big budget movies were fading away and they were replaced by television episodes. While this may have seemed like an…