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George Irving (1874-1961)

Alias:
George H. Irving
George Henry Irving

Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA

Born:
October 5, 1874

Died:
September 11, 1961

Biography from TheMovieDB

George Henry Irving (October 5, 1874 – September 11, 1961) was an American film actor and director. Irving started his career as a theatre actor.  In 1914 he came to Hollywood and acted in over 250 films from 1914 until 1948. Irving was initially an actor-director and directed about 35 silent films. He switched exclusively to acting in the mid-1920s and became a character actor until the later 1940s. He usually played reputable and stern persons of authority in supporting roles. Irving is perhaps best known for his roles as Robert Wentworth in Coquette (1929), and as the lawyer Alexander Peabody in Bringing Up Baby (1938).  George Irving ended his prolific career with television roles in the 1950s.

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Director:
1914  Dan
1914  The Jungle
1915  Body and Soul
1915  John Glayde's Honor
1915  Just Out of College
1915  The Builder of Bridges
1915  The Fairy and the Waif
1916  Jaffery
1916  The Ballet Girl
1916  The Conquest of Canaan
1916  The Witching Hour
1917  Daughter of Destiny
1917  God's Man
1917  Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
1918  Back to the Woods
1918  Her Boy
1919  As a Man Thinks
1919  The Capitol
1919  The Glorious Lady
1919  The Silver King
1919  The Volcano
1920  The Misleading Lady
1922  Her Majesty
1923  Lost in a Big City
1924  Floodgates

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