George Irving

Born: 1874-10-05 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 1961-09-11

Known For: 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.

Filmography

1947

Magic Town as Senator Wilton

1944

Bluebeard as The Duke of Carineaux (Uncredited)
Lady in the Death House as Gregory
Christmas Holiday as Judge (uncredited)

1943

Son of Dracula as Colonel Caldwell
Hangmen Also Die! as Neeval
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Rear Admiral (uncredited)

1942

Once Upon a Honeymoon as American Consul (uncredited)
King of the Mounties as Prof. Brent
Spy Ship as Harry Mitchell

1941

Sergeant York as Harrison (uncredited)
Love Crazy as Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady as Dr. Adams (uncredited)
The Great Mr. Nobody as Dr. Carlisle (uncredited)
Golden Hoofs as Dr. Timothy Drake

1940

Johnny Apollo as Mr. Ives
Knute Rockne All American as Doc - a Notre Dame Professor (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Colonel Robert E. Lee (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas as Actor on Donkey in the Play
New Moon as Ship's Captain
Little Men as Truant Officer
Florian as Bantry
She Couldn't Say No as Henry Rockwell
Laddie as Dr. Barnes
Calling Philo Vance as Avery (uncredited)
Yesterday's Heroes as Dr. Stovall

1939

Hell's Kitchen as Judge
Espionage Agent as State Department Official
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Colonel's Aide (uncredited)
Wife, Husband and Friend as Doctor
A Child is Born as Dr. Cramm
Hotel for Women
Dust Be My Destiny as Judge
Sergeant Madden as Police Commissioner
The Hardys Ride High as Jonas Bronell
Bad Little Angel as Dr. Bell (uncredited)
Streets of New York as Judge Joseph Carroll

1938

Bringing Up Baby as Mr. Peabody
Blond Cheat as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Blind Alibi as Curator
Maid's Night Out as Mr. Norman
Go Chase Yourself as Daniels
Smashing the Rackets as District Attorney Edward Greer
Fugitives for a Night as Thomas, Nelson's Butler
Condemned Women as Warden Edmund Miller
This Marriage Business as Madden
Crashing Hollywood as Alexander Peyton
Ernest the Rebel as Hamilton (uncredited)
The Saint in New York as Judge (Uncredited)
The Law West of Tombstone as Mort Dixon
The Affairs of Annabel as Warden (uncredited)
Crime Ring as Clifton
Mother Carey's Chickens as Thomas Hamilton Sr.
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off as College President Martin

1937

Wise Girl as Chief Judge at Custody Hearing (uncredited)
Sea Devils as Doctor (uncredited)
High Flyers as Chief of Police
The Man Who Found Himself as Dr. James Stanton Sr.
She's Got Everything as First Doctor (uncredited)
Saturday's Heroes as President Hammond
The Toast of New York as Broker
The Big Shot as Police Chief
Breakfast for Two as Receivership Hearing Judge (uncredited)
Too Many Wives as Albert (A.K.) Otto, Justice of the Peace
Meet the Missus as District Attorney
Border Cafe as Senator Henry Whitney
China Passage as Dr. Sibley
The Life of the Party as Mr. Van Tuyl
There Goes the Groom as Yacht Captain
Don't Tell the Wife as Warden
You Can't Buy Luck as Doug White
The Outcasts of Poker Flat as Doctor (uncredited)

1936

Private Number as Judge
Captain January as John Mason
Hearts Divided as Thomas Jefferson
The Accusing Finger as Judge's Voice
Charlie Chan at the Race Track as Major Gordon Kent
Sutter's Gold as Dr. Billings
The Mandarin Mystery as Dr. Alexander Kirk
Give Me Liberty as Thomas Jefferson
Sea Spoilers as Commander Mays
A Message to Garcia as Col. Wagner (uncredited)
Navy Born as Admiral Kingston
Hats Off as J.D. Murdock
It Had to Happen as Jury Foreman
Hearts in Bondage as Commodore Jordan

1935

A Night at the Opera as Committeeman (uncredited)
Buried Loot as Edward Swain (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Egypt as Prof. Arnold
Stars Over Broadway as Angry Radio Station Executive
Princess O'Hara as Judge (uncredited)
Death Flies East as Dr. Jim Moffat
Dangerous as Charles Melton
Dante's Inferno as Judge
The Perfect Tribute as Man (uncredited)
Oil for the Lamps of China as Walter Gilbert
3 Kids and a Queen as Judge
Age of Indiscretion as Judge
Navy Wife as Dr. Charles Keats
A Notorious Gentleman as Judge Horman
Under the Pampas Moon as Don Bennett
Great God Gold as George Harper
Society Fever as Mr. Vandergriff

1934

Wonder Bar as Broker (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama as Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)
Pursued as Dr Otto Steiner
Bright Eyes as Judge Thompson
Here Comes the Navy as Admiral
David Harum as Father (uncredited)
You're Telling Me! as President of Tire Co.
Viva Villa! as Statesman (uncredited)
Looking for Trouble as Parsons (uncredited)
Once to Every Bachelor as George Bryant
The World Moves On as Charles Girard (1914)
George White's Scandals as John R. Loraine
What Price Jazz as Mr. Public Opinion
Manhattan Love Song as Kenbrook
The Oil Raider as J. T. Varley

1933

42nd Street as Hotel Doctor (uncredited)
Mr. Skitch as Harvey's Uncle
Night Flight as Santiago Doctor (uncredited)
Son of a Sailor as Rear Admiral Lee
One Year Later as J. Atwell Hunt
Damaged Lives as Donald Bradley Sr.
Employees' Entrance as Newspaper Owner (uncredited)
Humanity as Dr. Van Buren
The Women in His Life as Governor (uncredited)
The Vanishing Frontier as General Winfield
The Worst Woman in Paris? as Doctor

1932

Island of Lost Souls as Consul
The Wet Parade as Judge (uncredited)
The All-American as Mr. King
Merrily We Go to Hell as Mr. Prentice
Rasputin and the Empress as Minor Role (uncredited)
Lady with a Past as Mr. Patridge (Uncredited)
Air Mail as John Montgomery (uncredited)
Broken Lullaby as Townsman (uncredited)
The Washington Masquerade as President of the Senate (uncredited)
Guilty or Not Guilty as John Halliday
Thrill of Youth as Jeff Thayer
The Famous Ferguson Case as Reporter (uncredited)
While Paris Sleeps as Prison Doctor
70,000 Witnesses as College Official (uncredited)

1931

Dishonored
The Star Witness as Judge (uncredited)
The Unholy Garden as Paris Prefect of Police
Five and Ten as Mr. Brooks (uncredited)
The Common Law as Doctor (uncredited)
The Runaround
Confessions of a Co-Ed as College President
A Free Soul as Defense Attorney Johnson (uncredited)
The Naughty Flirt as Mr. John Raleigh Elliott
An American Tragedy as Mr. Finchley (uncredited)
The Cisco Kid as Commanding Officer (uncredited)
The Last Flight as Military Doctor
Graft as Robert Hall
Ladies of the Big House as District Attorney Lawson (uncredited)
Shipmates as Captain Beatty
Inspiration as Madeleine's Father (uncredited)
The Hot Heiress as Doctor (uncredited)
The Gay Diplomat as Colonel
Girls Demand Excitement as Mr. Madison
Hush Money as Mr. Stockton (uncredited)
Touchdown! as President Baker
Behind Office Doors as Doctor (uncredited)
Resurrection as Judge
Expensive Women as Melville's Party Guest

1930

Just Imagine as Head of Marriage Tribunal (uncredited)
Young Desire as Mr. Spencer
Son of the Gods as Attorney (uncredited)
Only Saps Work as Dr. White (uncredited)
Shadow of the Law as Colonel Wentworth
Conspiracy as Mark Holt (uncredited)
The Divorcee as Dr. Bernard
Young Eagles as Colonel Wilder
Not So Dumb as Blair Patterson (uncredited)
Maybe It's Love as College President Sheffield
Part Time Wife as Garland - Oil Company President (uncredited)
Puttin' on the Ritz as Dr. Blair
Free Love as Judge Sturgis

1929

Thunderbolt as Mr. Corwin
Coquette as Robert Wentworth
Flight as Marine Colonel in Nicaragua
Dance Hall as Dr. Loring
The Last Performance as Defense Attorney
Paris Bound as James Hutton Sr.
The Dance of Life as Minister

1928

Honor Bound as State Governor
The Docks of New York as Night Court Judge (uncredited)
Runaway Girls as John Hartley
Feel My Pulse as Her Uncle Edgar
Craig's Wife as Mr. Passmore
The Port of Missing Girls as Cyrus Kinnng
Modern Mothers as Theater Manager
Partners in Crime as B.R. Carnwall

1927

Wings as Mr. Powell (uncredited)
Shanghai Bound as Louden
Drums of the Desert as Prof. Elias Manton
The Broncho Twister as Ned Mason
Two Flaming Youths as Simeon Trott
One Increasing Purpose as Mr. Glade
Man Power as James Martin

1926

Desert Gold as Richard Stanton Gale
3 Bad Men as Gen. Neville
Risky Business as Schubal Peabody
The Eagle of the Sea as General Andrew Jackson
North of 36 as Pattison
The King of the Turf as Colonel Fairfax
His Jazz Bride
The City as George Rand Sr
The Midnight Kiss as Thomas H. Hastings, Sr.

1925

The Goose Hangs High as Bernard Ingals
Wild Horse Mesa as Lige Melberne
The Air Mail as Peter Rendon
The Primrose Path as Prosecutor John Morton
The Golden Princess as Bill Ket
Her Market Value as Harvey Dumont

1924

Floodgates ... (Director)
Wanderer of the Wasteland as Mr. Roderick Virey
The Man Who Fights Alone as Dr. Raymond

1923

Lost in a Big City ... (Director)

1922

Her Majesty ... (Director)

1921

The Wakefield Case ... (Director)

1920

The Misleading Lady ... (Director)

1919

The Volcano ... (Director)
The Glorious Lady ... (Director)
The Silver King ... (Director)
The Capitol ... (Director)
As a Man Thinks ... (Director)

1918

The Landloper ... (Director)
To Hell with the Kaiser! ... (Director)
Back to the Woods ... (Director)
Her Boy ... (Director)

1914

Paid in Full as Jimsey Smith (as George H. Irving)
The Jungle ... (Director)
Dan ... (Director)