George Barbier
Acting
Biography
No biography available for George Barbier.
Born: November 17, 1864
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Tillie and Gus
Tillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father's inheritance, including a ferry franchise and a boat. The only way to keep the franchise is to win a race against Pratt's boat.
Here Comes Cookie
A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to the consternation of her father, her sister and her sister's boyfriend, who is actually after the young girl's money.
The Magnificent Dope
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is contented with his idle, lazy life and threatens to convert Dawson's other students to his philosophy. Dawson captalizes on Tad's attraction to Claire Harris to win him over; but will Tad find out Claire is really engaged to Dawson?
The Big Broadcast
The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.
Yankee Doodle Dandy
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
It's Love I'm After
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
Early to Bed
Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with marriage because of his secret problem. He is a sleepwalker. When Tessie finally does rope Chester into marriage, he can't get time off from his boss of 26 years, Mr. Frisbee. To resolve the problem, Chester sets out to impress his boss by securing a big sales contract of glass eyes. He takes Tessie and follows the rich doll company owner Horace B. Stanton to a lakeside resort and befriends him. However, his sleep-walking makes him a prime suspect in a thievery/murder case.
Hold 'Em Yale
A pretty young socialite falls for a charming but shady hustler, who abandons her when he finds that she has been disowned by her wealthy father. Three of the hustler's partners, who have also been left high and dry by heir former associate, come up with a plan to get her to the annual Yale-Harvard football game to reunite with her former sweetheart, an honest but nerdy bookworm.
The Man Who Came to Dinner
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.
The Merry Widow
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Filmography
as J.L. Wentworth
as Commander 'Pops' Bradley
as Col. Weatherby
as Col. Cyrus P. 'Gramps' Saunders
as James Roger Barker
as Erlanger
as Jefferson Harper Sr.
as Dr. Bradley
as Walter McCracken
as Marlin
as Robert Cornelius Baldwin
as Judge
as Mr. McIntyre
as C.P. Franklin
as Clanahan
as Uncle Dan Carter
as Major Blair
as Benjamin Silver
as Mr. Drake
as Maj. Hubert Breckenridge
as George Cabot Sr
as Fiske
as Mr. Piermont
as Kublai Khan
as Roger Reed
as John Morton
as William West
as I. Ketts
as J.P. Todhunter
as Commodore Caraway
as Mr. Cary
as Uncle Morton Middleton
as Horace B. Stanton
as Captain Nicholls
as J.D. Underwood
as Jerome Hewitt
as Wilbur Austin
as Harrison Allen
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
as Sancho, King of Navarre
as John Roberts Sr.
as Music Critic Hayward
as Mr. Van Cleve
as Col. Joseph Abercrombie
as Mr. Hall
as John P. Stacey
as King Achmet
as J. Thorval Jones
as Joseph Flamberg
as Jake Mayo
as Horatio Allen
as Chautard
as MacCready
as Captain Fogg
as Pete Evans
as Judge Maguire
as Mr. Kirkwood
as Judge
as Weston
as James Garfield
as Mr. Blair
as Mr. Randall
as Henrich Fischer
as Clapsaddle
as Ronkton
as Warden George Waddell
as Norton
as Mr. Baldwin
as Richard Ware
as Luther Farley
as Police Commissioner
as Mr. Merrow
as Alfred Newbold
as Jerome Gehring
as Mr. Webfield
as Hector Champion
as King Adolf XV
as Senator Powell
as Mr. Billings