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
- Christmas Holiday as Judge (uncredited)
- Lady in the Death House as Gregory
- Bluebeard as The Duke of Carineaux (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)
- Spy Ship as Harry Mitchell
- King of the Mounties as Prof. Brent
1941
- Sergeant York as Harrison (uncredited)
- Love Crazy as Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
- The Great Mr. Nobody as Dr. Carlisle (uncredited)
- Golden Hoofs as Dr. Timothy Drake
- The Great Man's Lady as Dr. Adams (uncredited)
1940
- Johnny Apollo as Mr. Ives
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Colonel Robert E. Lee (uncredited)
- Knute Rockne All American as Doc - a Notre Dame Professor (uncredited)
- New Moon as Ship's Captain
- Little Men as Truant Officer
- Florian as Bantry
- An Angel from Texas as Actor on Donkey in the Play
- Yesterday's Heroes as Dr. Stovall
- Calling Philo Vance as Avery (uncredited)
- She Couldn't Say No as Henry Rockwell
- Laddie as Dr. Barnes
1939
- Espionage Agent as State Department Official
- Dust Be My Destiny as Judge
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Colonel's Aide (uncredited)
- Hell's Kitchen as Judge
- Bad Little Angel as Dr. Bell (uncredited)
- Streets of New York as Judge Joseph Carroll
- A Child is Born as Dr. Cramm
- Sergeant Madden as Police Commissioner
- Hotel for Women
- Wife, Husband and Friend as Doctor
- The Hardys Ride High as Jonas Bronell
1938
- Bringing Up Baby as Alexander Peabody
- The Affairs of Annabel as Warden (uncredited)
- The Saint in New York as Judge (Uncredited)
- Smashing the Rackets as District Attorney Edward Greer
- Maid's Night Out as Mr. Norman
- Mother Carey's Chickens as Thomas Hamilton Sr.
- The Law West of Tombstone as Mort Dixon
- Mr. Doodle Kicks Off as College President Martin
- Go Chase Yourself as Daniels
- Crashing Hollywood as Alexander Peyton
- Condemned Women as Warden Edmund Miller
- Blond Cheat as Headwaiter (uncredited)
- Fugitives for a Night as Thomas, Nelson's Butler
- Crime Ring as Clifton
- Ernest the Rebel as Hamilton (uncredited)
- Blind Alibi as Curator
- This Marriage Business as Madden
1937
- The Toast of New York as Broker
- The Man Who Found Himself as Dr. James Stanton Sr.
- Wise Girl as Chief Judge at Custody Hearing (uncredited)
- Border Cafe as Senator Henry Whitney
- China Passage as Dr. Sibley
- Sea Devils as Doctor (uncredited)
- High Flyers as Chief of Police
- Don't Tell the Wife as Warden
- The Big Shot as Police Chief
- Breakfast for Two as Receivership Hearing Judge (uncredited)
- You Can't Buy Luck as Doug White
- There Goes the Groom as Yacht Captain
- She's Got Everything as First Doctor (uncredited)
- Meet the Missus as District Attorney
- The Life of the Party as Mr. Van Tuyl
- The Outcasts of Poker Flat as Doctor (uncredited)
- Saturday's Heroes as President Hammond
- Too Many Wives as Albert (A.K.) Otto, Justice of the Peace
1936
- The Accusing Finger as Judge's Voice
- Private Number as Judge
- Captain January as John Mason
- A Message to Garcia as Col. Wagner (uncredited)
- Navy Born as Admiral Kingston
- Charlie Chan at the Race Track as Major Gordon Kent
- Hearts Divided as Thomas Jefferson
- Sutter's Gold as Dr. Billings
- Sea Spoilers as Commander Mays
- Hats Off as J.D. Murdock
- The Mandarin Mystery as Dr. Alexander Kirk
- It Had to Happen as Jury Foreman
- Hearts in Bondage as Commodore Jordan
- Give Me Liberty as Thomas Jefferson
1935
- A Night at the Opera as Committeeman (uncredited)
- Dangerous as Charles Melton
- Dante's Inferno as Judge
- Charlie Chan in Egypt as Prof. Arnold
- Princess O'Hara as Judge (uncredited)
- Under the Pampas Moon as Don Bennett
- The Perfect Tribute as Man (uncredited)
- Great God Gold as George Harper
- 3 Kids and a Queen as Judge
- Navy Wife as Dr. Charles Keats
- Buried Loot as Edward Swain (uncredited)
- Oil for the Lamps of China as Walter Gilbert
- Age of Indiscretion as Judge
- Society Fever as Mr. Vandergriff
- A Notorious Gentleman as Judge Horman
- Stars Over Broadway as Angry Radio Station Executive
- Death Flies East as Dr. Jim Moffat
1934
- Manhattan Melodrama as Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)
- Bright Eyes as Judge Thompson
- David Harum as Father (uncredited)
- Viva Villa! as Statesman (uncredited)
- The World Moves On as Charles Girard (1914)
- Looking for Trouble as Parsons (uncredited)
- Here Comes the Navy as Admiral
- Wonder Bar as Broker (uncredited)
- The Oil Raider as J. T. Varley
- Pursued as Dr Otto Steiner
- You're Telling Me! as President of Tire Co.
- Manhattan Love Song as Kenbrook
- George White's Scandals as John R. Loraine
- Once to Every Bachelor as George Bryant
- What Price Jazz as Mr. Public Opinion
1933
- 42nd Street as Hotel Doctor (uncredited)
- Night Flight as Santiago Doctor (uncredited)
- The Women in His Life as Governor (uncredited)
- Mr. Skitch as Harvey's Uncle
- Employees' Entrance as Newspaper Owner (uncredited)
- Damaged Lives as Donald Bradley Sr.
- Humanity as Dr. Van Buren
- The Vanishing Frontier as General Winfield
- Son of a Sailor as Rear Admiral Lee
- One Year Later as J. Atwell Hunt
- The Worst Woman in Paris? as Doctor
1932
- Island of Lost Souls as Consul
- Rasputin and the Empress as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Lady with a Past as Mr. Patridge (Uncredited)
- Merrily We Go to Hell as Mr. Prentice
- Broken Lullaby as Townsman (uncredited)
- Air Mail as John Montgomery (uncredited)
- The Wet Parade as Judge (uncredited)
- The All-American as Mr. King
- While Paris Sleeps as Prison Doctor
- The Famous Ferguson Case as Reporter (uncredited)
- Guilty or Not Guilty as John Halliday
- Thrill of Youth as Jeff Thayer
- 70,000 Witnesses as College Official (uncredited)
- The Washington Masquerade as President of the Senate (uncredited)
1931
- Dishonored
- The Star Witness as Judge (uncredited)
- An American Tragedy as Mr. Finchley (uncredited)
- A Free Soul as Defense Attorney Johnson (uncredited)
- The Last Flight as Military Doctor
- The Common Law as Doctor (uncredited)
- Behind Office Doors as Doctor (uncredited)
- Inspiration as Madeleine's Father (uncredited)
- Confessions of a Co-Ed as College President
- Ladies of the Big House as District Attorney Lawson (uncredited)
- The Hot Heiress as Doctor (uncredited)
- Graft as Robert Hall
- Shipmates as Captain Beatty
- The Unholy Garden as Paris Prefect of Police
- The Gay Diplomat as Colonel
- The Naughty Flirt as Mr. John Raleigh Elliott
- Resurrection as Judge
- Hush Money as Mr. Stockton (uncredited)
- The Cisco Kid as Commanding Officer (uncredited)
- Five and Ten as Mr. Brooks (uncredited)
- Touchdown! as President Baker
- Expensive Women as Melville's Party Guest
- Girls Demand Excitement as Mr. Madison
- The Runaround
1930
- Only Saps Work as Dr. White (uncredited)
- The Divorcee as Dr. Bernard
- Son of the Gods as Attorney (uncredited)
- Conspiracy as Mark Holt (uncredited)
- Shadow of the Law as Colonel Wentworth
- Puttin' on the Ritz as Dr. Blair
- Just Imagine as Head of Marriage Tribunal (uncredited)
- Free Love as Judge Sturgis
- Young Eagles as Colonel Wilder
- Part Time Wife as Garland - Oil Company President (uncredited)
- Not So Dumb as Blair Patterson (uncredited)
- Maybe It's Love as College President Sheffield
- Young Desire as Mr. Spencer
1929
- Thunderbolt as Mr. Corwin
- Coquette as Robert Wentworth
- The Last Performance as Defense Attorney
- Paris Bound as James Hutton Sr.
- The Dance of Life as Minister
- Flight as Marine Colonel in Nicaragua
- Dance Hall as Dr. Loring
1928
- The Docks of New York as Night Court Judge (uncredited)
- Honor Bound as State Governor
- Modern Mothers as Theater Manager
- Partners in Crime as B.R. Carnwall
- Craig's Wife as Mr. Passmore
- Feel My Pulse as Her Uncle Edgar
- Runaway Girls as John Hartley
- The Port of Missing Girls as Cyrus Kinnng
1927
- Wings as Mr. Powell (uncredited)
- One Increasing Purpose as Mr. Glade
- The Broncho Twister as Ned Mason
- Shanghai Bound as Louden
- Two Flaming Youths as Simeon Trott
- Drums of the Desert as Prof. Elias Manton
- Man Power as James Martin
1926
- 3 Bad Men as Gen. Neville
- The City as George Rand Sr
- The Eagle of the Sea as General Andrew Jackson
- The Midnight Kiss as Thomas H. Hastings, Sr.
- Risky Business as Schubal Peabody
- The King of the Turf as Colonel Fairfax
- North of 36 as Pattison
- His Jazz Bride
- Desert Gold as Richard Stanton Gale
1925
- The Air Mail as Peter Rendon
- Wild Horse Mesa as Lige Melberne
- The Goose Hangs High as Bernard Ingals
- The Primrose Path as Prosecutor John Morton
- Her Market Value as Harvey Dumont
- The Golden Princess as Bill Ket
1924
- The Man Who Fights Alone as Dr. Raymond
- Wanderer of the Wasteland as Mr. Roderick Virey
- Floodgates ... (Director)
1923
- Lost in a Big City ... (Director)
1922
- Her Majesty ... (Director)
1921
- The Wakefield Case ... (Director)
1920
- The Misleading Lady ... (Director)
1919
- The Glorious Lady ... (Director)
- As a Man Thinks ... (Director)
- The Capitol ... (Director)
- The Silver King ... (Director)
- The Volcano ... (Director)
1918
- Back to the Woods ... (Director)
- Her Boy ... (Director)
- The Landloper ... (Director)
- To Hell with the Kaiser! ... (Director)
1917
- Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman ... (Director)
- God's Man ... (Director)
- Daughter of Destiny ... (Director)
1916
- The Ballet Girl ... (Director)
- Then I'll Come Back to You ... (Director)
- Jaffery
- The Conquest of Canaan ... (Director)
- The Witching Hour ... (Director)
1915
- Just Out of College ... (Director)
- The Builder of Bridges ... (Director)
- John Glayde's Honor ... (Director)
- The Fairy and the Waif ... (Director)
- Body and Soul as The Rider
1914
- Dan ... (Director)
- Paid in Full as Jimsey Smith (as George H. Irving)
- The Jungle ... (Director)