George Irving
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 5, 1874
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- September 11, 1961
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.
Movies with George Irving
- Bringing Up Baby 1938 · ★ 7.5
- A Night at the Opera 1935 · ★ 7.4
- Wings 1927 · ★ 7.2
- Island of Lost Souls 1932 · ★ 6.9
- Sergeant York 1941 · ★ 7.2
- 42nd Street 1933 · ★ 7.0
- Son of Dracula 1943 · ★ 5.8
- Hangmen Also Die! 1943 · ★ 6.9
- The Docks of New York 1928 · ★ 7.0
- Dishonored 1931 · ★ 7.0
- Manhattan Melodrama 1934 · ★ 7.0
- The Divorcee 1930 · ★ 6.3
- Dangerous 1935 · ★ 6.6
- Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942 · ★ 6.3
- Bluebeard 1944 · ★ 5.5
- Merrily We Go to Hell 1932 · ★ 6.4
- A Free Soul 1931 · ★ 6.2
- 3 Bad Men 1926 · ★ 6.9
- Broken Lullaby 1932 · ★ 7.4
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939 · ★ 7.0
- Love Crazy 1941 · ★ 6.8
- Christmas Holiday 1944 · ★ 6.5
- Magic Town 1947 · ★ 6.8
- Coquette 1929 · ★ 5.9
- Charlie Chan in Egypt 1935 · ★ 6.9
- Thunderbolt 1929 · ★ 5.7
- Viva Villa! 1934 · ★ 6.2
- Employees' Entrance 1933 · ★ 6.3
- Bright Eyes 1934 · ★ 6.7
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1940 · ★ 7.0
- Knute Rockne All American 1940 · ★ 6.1
- Here Comes the Navy 1934 · ★ 6.0
- Just Imagine 1930 · ★ 5.8
- Charlie Chan at the Race Track 1936 · ★ 7.1
- Captain January 1936 · ★ 6.8
- Wonder Bar 1934 · ★ 6.0
- Breakfast for Two 1937 · ★ 5.9
- Johnny Apollo 1940 · ★ 6.8
- Night Flight 1933 · ★ 5.6
- You're Telling Me! 1934 · ★ 6.5
Movies directed by George Irving
- Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman 1917 · ★ 5.8
- The Glorious Lady 1919 · ★ 7.3
- John Glayde's Honor 1915 · ★ 1.0
- The Misleading Lady 1920 · ★ 9.0
- The Conquest of Canaan 1916 · ★ 8.0
- Jaffery 1916 · ★ 8.0
- The Volcano 1919 · ★ 10.0
- The Silver King 1919 · ★ 9.0
- Her Majesty 1922 · ★ 8.0
- Lost in a Big City 1923 · ★ 8.0
- Floodgates 1924 · ★ 9.0
- The Wakefield Case 1921 · ★ 9.0
- The Ballet Girl 1916
- The Builder of Bridges 1915
- The Witching Hour 1916
- The Fairy and the Waif 1915
- Dan 1914
- Daughter of Destiny 1917
- God's Man 1917
- Body and Soul 1915
- The Jungle 1914
- Back to the Woods 1918
- The Capitol 1919
- Just Out of College 1915
- Her Boy 1918
- As a Man Thinks 1919
- To Hell with the Kaiser! 1918
- The Landloper 1918
- Then I'll Come Back to You 1916