George Periolat
Acting
Biography
No biography available for George Periolat.
Born: February 5, 1874
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Samson
Samson, an Israelite whose enormous strength is legendary, falls in love with Zorah, a Philistine, and marries her, overcoming his father Manoah's objections.
The Mark of Zorro
Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
The Ghost of Rosy Taylor
George Periolat plays a dual role in this film, initially as Joseph Sayles a sickly old man who has taken his daughter, Rhoda (played by Mary Miles Minter), overseas after a quarrel with his family. She yearns to return home, but he has disowned his past. After his death, Rhoda ventures to America on her own. She nearly becomes destitute for a lack of money but happens upon some questionable fortune as she takes on the chores of Rosy Taylor after inadvertently finding an envelope with money in it. Rosy had been hired as a housekeeper (thus the money), but has passed away before actually showing up for employment.
What Price Hollywood?
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
The Young Rajah
A young man raised in the American South discovers he is an Indian prince whose throne was taken by usurpers.
Rosita
The King tosses Rosita in jail and when Don Diego, who Rosita loves, tries to defend her, he too is thrown in jail. While Don Diego is sentenced to be executed, the King lusts after Rosita and decides to put her up in a luxurious villa. To give her a title, he marries her to a masked nobleman, who turns out to be Don Diego.
The Volga Boatman
During the Russian Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to the peasant Feodor.
The Red Lily
Jean and Marise, young lovers forced from their homes, flee to Paris. Irrevocably separated there, their lives deviate into the slums and hard labor of low-class French society. All the while, the two desperately search for one another.
Nurse Marjorie
Lady Marjorie Donegal becomes a nurse in hospital, much to the dismay of her aristocratic family. She falls in love with one of her patients, a commoner labor leader.
Blood and Sand
Juan is the son of a poor widow in Seville. Against his mother's wishes he pursues a career as toreador. He rapidly gains national prominence, and takes his childhood sweetheart Carmen as his bride. He meets the Marquis' daughter Doña Sol and finds himself in the awkward position of being in love with two women, which threatens the stability of his family and his position in society. He finds interesting parallels in the life of the infamous bandit Plumitas when they eventually meet by chance.
Filmography
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
as William Rogers
as Robert Swayne
as Hatch
as Colonel Shelby
as James Morris
as Ramon Fernandez
as Prince Nikita's Servant
as Judge Manley
as Robert Cartwright
as Dr. Bourget
as Papa Bouchard
as Don Rafael Desschado
as Rosita's Father
as Si Parker
as Henry Frazer Halehurst
as General Devi Das Gadi
as Marquis of Guevera
as Ott
as Nethercote
as The High Priest
as James R. Greenwood
as Irving Seaton
as Don Luis Baldarama
as Ginsberg
as Gov. Alvarado
as Mr. Boyd Chester
as Andrew Danbury
as Peter Kingsland
as John Grayson
as Luigi
as Edward Craig
as Broadway Benham
as Henry Whitney
as Peter Barton
as Henry Hope
as Judge Corcoran
as Godfrey Van Voort
as Timothy Black
as Charles Eldridge / Joseph Sayles
as Peter Andrews
as Thomas Lee
as Captain Ward
as Jim Slocum
as Cyrus Kimball
as Ephraim Rawlins
as Andrew Walters
as David Holcombe
as Sylvia's Uncle
as Dr. Brainard
as Dr. Cartmell
as Miles Holden
as Crow
as Homer Withington
as The Earl
as Brian Leonard
as Josiah Pringle
as Dale - Verna's Father
as Mr. Madden - Johnny's Father
as Luke Lovell
as Adolph Chambret
as Hardy, the Rustler
as Manoah
as The Wife's Father
as The Man's Father
as Old Bob Langfall
as The Ranchman
as Joseph Close
as Manuelito
as Amos Colby