George Irving
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: October 5, 1874
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's one condition -- his loser of a son, a student at the school, must become a football hero. Comedy.
Free Love
A wife's psychiatrist tells her that she is being dominated by her husband. Her solution is to divorce him.
Bringing Up Baby
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
Broken Lullaby
A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the same musical conservatory in France. The fact that the incident occurred in war does not assuage his guilt. He travels to Germany to meet the man's family.
A Night at the Opera
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
Oil for the Lamps of China
An American oil company representative risks sacrificing his marriage for his career in the rural lands of China.
Sergeant York
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
Wings
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.
What Price Jazz
In rhyme, a soapbox preacher, Mr. Blue Laws, enlists Mr. Public Opinion in the efforts of the Society for the Prevention of Jazz. Armed with an ax and a buckshot-shooting pistol, the two of them interrupt Ted Fiorito and his jazz orchestra (and showgirls). The lads head for the woods, where Ted convinces them to stand their ground. They're joined by their songstress who says it may be their last day on earth, so sing the blues for all they're worth. Then the dancers arrive to report they barely got away, and it's time for a final strut. Public Opinion brings a death sentence. Is there no appeal?
Filmography
as Senator Wilton
as The Duke of Carineaux (Uncredited)
as Judge (uncredited)
as Gregory
as Colonel Caldwell
as Rear Admiral (uncredited)
as Neeval
as American Consul (uncredited)
as Prof. Brent
as Harry Mitchell
as Dr. Adams (uncredited)
as Harrison (uncredited)
as Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
as Dr. Carlisle (uncredited)
as Dr. Timothy Drake
as Henry Rockwell
as Truant Officer
as Doc - a Notre Dame Professor (uncredited)
as Ship's Captain
as Bantry
as Actor on Donkey in the Play
as Mr. Ives
as Colonel Robert E. Lee (uncredited)
as Avery (uncredited)
as Dr. Barnes
as Dr. Cramm
as Dr. Bell (uncredited)
as State Department Official
as Judge
as Judge
as Jonas Bronell
as Judge Joseph Carroll
as Colonel's Aide (uncredited)
as Police Commissioner
as Doctor
as Mort Dixon
as College President Martin
as Thomas, Nelson's Butler
as Hamilton (uncredited)
as Warden (uncredited)
as District Attorney Edward Greer
as Thomas Hamilton Sr.
as Clifton
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
as Judge (Uncredited)
as Curator
as Daniels
as Madden
as Warden Edmund Miller
as Mr. Norman
as Alexander Peabody
as Alexander Peyton
as Chief Judge at Custody Hearing (uncredited)
as First Doctor (uncredited)
as Chief of Police
as Yacht Captain
as Receivership Hearing Judge (uncredited)
as President Hammond
as Mr. Van Tuyl
as Police Chief
as Broker
as Senator Henry Whitney
as District Attorney
as Doug White
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Albert (A.K.) Otto, Justice of the Peace
as Dr. James Stanton Sr.
as Dr. Sibley
as Warden
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Dr. Alexander Kirk
as Thomas Jefferson
as J.D. Murdock
as Judge's Voice
as Commander Mays
as Major Gordon Kent
as Thomas Jefferson
as Judge
as Admiral Kingston
as Commodore Jordan
as John Mason
as Col. Wagner (uncredited)
as Dr. Billings
as Jury Foreman
as Charles Melton
as Angry Radio Station Executive
as Committeeman (uncredited)
as Judge
as Dr. Charles Keats
as Judge
as Man (uncredited)
as Mr. Vandergriff
as Walter Gilbert
as Prof. Arnold
as Don Bennett
as Judge
as George Harper
as Judge (uncredited)
as Dr. Jim Moffat
as Judge Horman
as Edward Swain (uncredited)
as Judge Thompson
as J. T. Varley
as Admiral
as Charles Girard (1914)
as Mr. Public Opinion
as Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)
as Kenbrook
as Statesman (uncredited)
as President of Tire Co.
as Broker (uncredited)
as Parsons (uncredited)
as John R. Loraine
as Father (uncredited)
as Harvey's Uncle
as Governor (uncredited)
as Doctor
as Rear Admiral Lee
as Santiago Doctor (uncredited)
as Donald Bradley Sr.
as J. Atwell Hunt
as General Winfield
as Hotel Doctor (uncredited)
as Dr. Van Buren
as Newspaper Owner (uncredited)
as Consul
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as John Halliday
as Mr. King
as College Official (uncredited)
as Jeff Thayer
as President of the Senate (uncredited)
as Mr. Prentice
as Prison Doctor
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Judge (uncredited)
as Mr. Patridge (Uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as District Attorney Lawson (uncredited)
as President Baker
as Commanding Officer (uncredited)
as Melville's Party Guest
as Paris Prefect of Police
as Robert Hall
as Military Doctor
as Judge (uncredited)
as Mr. Finchley (uncredited)
as Colonel
as Doctor (uncredited)
as College President
as Mr. Stockton (uncredited)
as Mr. Brooks (uncredited)
as Defense Attorney Johnson (uncredited)
as Captain Beatty
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Mr. Madison
as Madeleine's Father (uncredited)
as Judge
as Mr. John Raleigh Elliott
as Dr. White (uncredited)
as Judge Sturgis
as Garland - Oil Company President (uncredited)
as Head of Marriage Tribunal (uncredited)
as College President Sheffield
as Mark Holt (uncredited)
as Mr. Spencer
as Colonel Wentworth
as Dr. Bernard
as Colonel Wilder
as Attorney (uncredited)
as Dr. Blair
as Blair Patterson (uncredited)
as Dr. Loring
as Defense Attorney
as Marine Colonel in Nicaragua
as Minister
as James Hutton Sr.
as Mr. Corwin
as Robert Wentworth
as Night Court Judge (uncredited)
as Mr. Passmore
as John Hartley
as Theater Manager
as State Governor
as Cyrus Kinnng
as B.R. Carnwall
as Her Uncle Edgar
as Simeon Trott
as Louden
as Mr. Powell (uncredited)
as James Martin
as Prof. Elias Manton
as Ned Mason
as Mr. Glade
as George Rand Sr
as General Andrew Jackson
as Thomas H. Hastings, Sr.
as Schubal Peabody
as Gen. Neville
as Richard Stanton Gale
as Pattison
as Colonel Fairfax
as Bill Ket
as Prosecutor John Morton
as Lige Melberne
as Bernard Ingals
as Peter Rendon
as Harvey Dumont
as Dr. Raymond
as Mr. Roderick Virey
as The Rider
as Jimsey Smith (as George H. Irving)