Edward G. Robinson - Born Emanuel Goldenberg on Dec. 12, 1893 in Bucharest, Romania Died Jan. 26, 1973 of cancer in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center [formerly Cedars of Lebanon Hospital], Calif. Edward G. Robinson was a gentle and diminutive actor who achieved film stardom as a tough-talking, cold-eyed killer. In a film career that spanned nearly 50 years and 101 pictures,