George Irving (American actor)
George Irving | |
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![]() Irving in Craig's Wife (1928) | |
Born |
New York City, U.S. | October 5, 1874
Died |
September 11, 1961 86) Hollywood, U.S. | (aged
Years active | 1914–1954 |
Spouse(s) | Katherine Gilman |
Children | 2 |
George Henry Irving (October 5, 1874 – September 11, 1961) was an American film actor and director.
Career
George Irving started his prolific career as a theatre actor, notably on Broadway in the 1900s. He came to Hollywood in 1914 and acted in over 250 films from 1914 until 1948. Irving was initially an actor-director and directed about 35 silent films, which are mostly forgotten today. He switched exclusively to acting in the mid-1920s and became a character actor until the later 1940s.
Irving usually played reputable and stern persons of authority in supporting roles. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Robert Wentworth in Coquette (1929), and as the lawyer Alexander Peabody in Bringing Up Baby (1938). He ended his prolific career with two television roles in the 1950s.
Personal life
George Irving and his wife, Katherine Gilman, had two daughters, Katharine and Dorothy. He died from a heart attack in Hollywood in 1961, aged 86.
Partial filmography
As an actor
- Paid in Full (1914)
- The Education of Mr. Pipp (1914)
- Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924)
- The Man Who Fights Alone (1924)
- North of 36 (1924) – Pattison
- Her Market Value (1925) – Harvey Dumont
- Wild Horse Mesa (1925) – Lige Melberne
- His Jazz Bride (1926)
- 3 Bad Men (1926)
- Risky Business (1926)
- The Ice Flood (1926)
- The Midnight Kiss (1926)
- The Eagle of the Sea (1926)
- The City (1926) – George Rand, Sr.
- The Broncho Twister (1927) – Ned Mason
- Home Struck (1927)
- Wings (1927)
- Feel My Pulse (1928)
- Craig's Wife (1928)
- Runaway Girls (1928) – John Hartley
- The Docks of New York (1928) – Night Court Judge
- Modern Mothers (1928) – Theater manager
- Coquette (1929)
- Dance Hall (1929)
- Thunderbolt (1929 film) (1929)
- Young Eagles (1930)
- The Divorcee (1930)
- Conspiracy (1930)
- Maybe It's Love (1930)
- Shadow of the Law (1930)
- Free Love (1930)
- The Naughty Flirt (1931)
- Dishonored (1931)
- Shipmates (1931)
- The Common Law (1931)
- Touchdown (1931)
- Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
- Island of Lost Souls (1932)
- Damaged Lives (1933)
- Son of a Sailor (1933)
- You're Telling Me! (1934)
- Bright Eyes (1934)
- Buried Loot (1935)
- Under the Pampas Moon (1935)
- Dangerous (1935)
- A Night at the Opera (1935)
- Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
- Hearts Divided (1936)
- A Message to Garcia (1936)
- Private Number (1936)
- China Passage (1937)
- High Flyers (1937)
- Meet the Missus (1937)
- The Toast of New York (1937)
- Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- Crime Ring (1938)
- Maid's Night Out (1938)
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
- Johnny Apollo (1940)
- Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
- Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
- Son of Dracula (1943)
- The Impostor (1944)
- Mickey (1948)
As director
- Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917)
- Daughter of Destiny (1917)
- The Landloper (1918)
- To Hell with the Kaiser! (1918)
- The Glorious Lady (1919)
- The Misleading Lady (1920)
References
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