George Meeker
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Meeker (March 5, 1904 – August 19, 1984) was an American character movie and Broadway actor who became more of a legend off-camera than on. Meeker made several movies such as Crime, Inc. (1945) and Thief in the Dark (1928), and he played an uncredited part in All Through the Night (1941). Meeker has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Born: March 5, 1904
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Silver Trails
Jimmy and Cannonball find the body of Don Muquel after he has been shot and robbed by henchmen Ramsay and Sturgis. Jimmy is accused of the crime by Jose Esteban but the latter's rich uncle, Don Esteban, clears his friend Jimmy. Jose accuses the the settlers, led by John Chambers, of confiscating the land of the native Californians, through murder and theft. Actually, surveyor Willard Jackson is making forged copies of stolen land-grant papers after his men have killed the rightful owners. Playing both ends against the middle, Ramsay urges Chambers and his daughter, Diane, to drive off the Californians.
Casablanca
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Free, Blonde and 21
Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail.
Gone with the Wind
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
The Ox-Bow Incident
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
The Roaring Twenties
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
If You Could Only Cook
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
Oil for the Lamps of China
An American oil company representative risks sacrificing his marriage for his career in the rural lands of China.
Four Sons
A family saga in which three of a Bavarian widow's sons go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with L'Imaginne Ritrovato and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 1999.
Filmography
as Willard
as Roulette Croupier
as Scientist
as Matt Brunner
as "Harry Long"
as Eric Parsons
as Financier
as Dr. Godfrey Long
as Producer (uncredited)
as Dealer Andre
as Will Jackson
as Mr. Crust
as Driller
as Vance Brados
as Sherman Mallory
as Phil Russell, alias the Duke
as Wolf (uncredited)
as Reed Calhoun
as Steve McClory
as Guy
as Mr. Bentley (uncredited)
as Jeffrey Hilton
as Nick Pollo
as Walter Foster (uncredited)
as Carl Meldrum
as Anthony Marsden
as Whitey Yeager
as Silk Henley
as Mrs. Lake's Attorney #1 (uncredited)
as Edmond Slade
as Dollar Davis
as Barry North
as Granville Breckenridge
as Mallet
as Frank Smith (uncredited)
as Wally Porter
as Nick Phillips
as Charles Blake
as Jonesy (uncredited)
as Charles Eaton
as Frederick St. Clair
as Chris Calahan
as R.S. Treavor, Desk Clerk
as John Hankinson
as Ashley's Aide
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Mr. Swanson (uncredited)
as Rick's Friend (uncredited)
as Cummings - Greer's Lawyer (uncredited)
as Nick Stoddard
as Rudolph Dietz
as Paul
as Mr. Jackson
as 'Scoop' Conner
as Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
as Playboy
as Reporter
as Captain Austin
as Lawyer DeWest
as John R. Ramsey
as Pfiffer
as Harry Grange
as Stage Manager
as Drunk
as Henry Foster
as Harry Wilson
as Poker-Playing Captain (uncredited)
as Doc
as Hartley
as Mr. Harry Laverne (uncredited)
as Masters
as Harrison Gregg
as Earl Martin
as Dapper Dan Barr
as Movie Studio Actor (uncredited)
as Ned Brown (uncredited)
as Henry Smith Harrington
as George Watson
as George Lanning
as Steve Connors
as Dell Baker
as Dr. Herbert Stallings
as Robespierre
as District Attorney Aide
as Tuttle
as Richards
as Nevin Potter
as Richard Bolston
as Orchestra Leader (Uncredited)
as Fred Peters
as Tony Toler
as Howard Dennis
as Mr. Norton
as Frederick White
as Mr. Smith
as Gordon Blaker
as Tom Quinlan
as Dr. Bill Underwood (uncredited)
as Crum
as Henneberry (uncredited)
as Dr. Wilson
as Adolph, Theatre Manager
as Parker (uncredited)
as Vic Huling
as Orville Parker
as Police Chief Nelson
as Edward Adams
as Bill Kendall
as Gilly (uncredited)
as Tom Kelsey, alias Roswell T. Forrest
as Henry Early
as Bert Andrews
as Donald
as Monty Montague
as Rex
as Saracen Jones
as Wesley Prebble
as Dr. Alexander Garrison
as Philip Baxter
as Armand Beauchamp
as Pres Barrow
as Sheldon
as John Williams
as Dave Reynolds
as Sid Larrick
as Dennis Moore
as Charles Magee
as August Hoffmann
as Prof. Arthur Hornsby
as Bert Pardway
as Erickson (uncredited)
as Dan Taylor
as Lenny Collins
as Val French
as Cromwell Church
as Kurt Shendler
as Dick Loring
as Jigger Bolton
as Bob Tracy
as Harry Bayliss
as Stevens
as Bill
as Henry Greene
as Buck Taylor
as Ernest
as Andreas - Her Son