George Irving

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1874-10-05 (87 years old)

Deathday

1961-09-11

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

George Irving

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 ende...

Acting

1938

Bringing Up Baby

as Alexander Peabody

1933

42nd Street

as Hotel Doctor (uncredited)

1941

Love Crazy

as Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)

1935

A Night at the Opera

as Committeeman (uncredited)

1943

Son of Dracula

as Colonel Caldwell

1930

Free Love

as Judge Sturgis

1933

The Vanishing Frontier

as General Winfield

1927

1939

1936

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

as Major Gordon Kent

1935

Charlie Chan in Egypt

as Prof. Arnold

1942

Once Upon a Honeymoon

as American Consul (uncredited)

1927

1915

Body and Soul

as The Rider

1927

1927

Man Power

as James Martin

1933

Humanity

as Dr. Van Buren

1927

Two Flaming Youths

as Simeon Trott

1936

The Mandarin Mystery

as Dr. Alexander Kirk

1934

What Price Jazz

as Mr. Public Opinion

1926

The Midnight Kiss

as Thomas H. Hastings, Sr.

1931

Resurrection

as Judge

1927

Drums of the Desert

as Prof. Elias Manton

1939

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

as Colonel's Aide (uncredited)

1932

Merrily We Go to Hell

as Mr. Prentice

1928

Feel My Pulse

as Her Uncle Edgar

1938

Ernest the Rebel

as Hamilton

1929

Coquette

as Robert Wentworth

1936

Captain January

as John Mason

1941

The Great Man's Lady

as Dr. Adams (uncredited)

1931

Inspiration

as Madeleine's Father (uncredited)

1933

Damaged Lives

as Donald Bradley Sr.

1936

Hearts in Bondage

as Commodore Jordan

1937

Sea Devils

as Doctor (uncredited)

1928

Honor Bound

as State Governor

1944

Bluebeard

as The Duke of Carineaux (Uncredited)

1934

You're Telling Me!

as President of Tire Co.

1935

Buried Loot

as Edward Swain (uncredited)

1934

The World Moves On

as Charles Girard (1914)

1934

Wonder Bar

as Broker (uncredited)

1938

1937

Wise Girl

as Chief Judge at Custody Hearing (uncredited)

1934

1931

Graft

as Robert Hall

1929

Flight

as Marine Colonel in Nicaragua

1937

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

as Doctor (uncredited)

1931

The Star Witness

as Judge (uncredited)

1935

Under the Pampas Moon

as Don Bennett

1937

Border Cafe

as Senator Henry Whitney

1936

Hearts Divided

as Thomas Jefferson

1938

Condemned Women

as Warden Edmund Miller

1936

Hats Off

as J.D. Murdock

1931

The Hot Heiress

as Doctor (uncredited)

1939

Sergeant Madden

as Police Commissioner

1928

The Docks of New York

as Night Court Judge (uncredited)

1936

Navy Born

as Admiral Kingston

1935

Great God Gold

as George Harper

1929

Dance Hall

as Dr. Loring

1940

Florian

as Bantry

1938

Mother Carey's Chickens

as Thomas Hamilton Sr.

1931

1937

There Goes the Groom

as Yacht Captain

1938

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

as College President Martin

1925

The Primrose Path

as Prosecutor John Morton

1938

1947

Magic Town

as Senator Wilton

1929

Paris Bound

as James Hutton Sr.

1932

Guilty or Not Guilty

as John Halliday

1934

Manhattan Melodrama

as Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)

1937

Too Many Wives

as Albert (A.K.) Otto, Justice of the Peace

1937

She's Got Everything

as First Doctor (uncredited)

1937

Meet the Missus

as District Attorney

1926

Risky Business

as Schubal Peabody

1938

Maid's Night Out

as Mr. Norman

1930

Conspiracy

as Mark Holt (uncredited)

1931

The Common Law

as Doctor (uncredited)

1937

Breakfast for Two

as Receivership Hearing Judge (uncredited)

1937

Saturday's Heroes

as President Hammond

1938

Blind Alibi

as Curator

1938

Crime Ring

as Clifton

1939

A Child Is Born

as Dr. Cramm

1935

Death Flies East

as Dr. Jim Moffat

1938

Crashing Hollywood

as Alexander Peyton

1937

High Flyers

as Chief of Police

1937

1928

Craig's Wife

as Mr. Passmore

1935

Princess O'Hara

as Judge (uncredited)

1930

The Divorcee

as Dr. Bernard

1931

A Free Soul

as Defense Attorney Johnson (uncredited)

1931

Five and Ten

as Mr. Brooks (uncredited)

1933

One Year Later

as J. Atwell Hunt

1929

The Last Performance

as Defense Attorney

1928

Partners in Crime

as B.R. Carnwall

1934

1931

Confessions of a Co-Ed

as College President

1930

Young Eagles

as Colonel Wilder

1930

Shadow of the Law

as Colonel Wentworth

1932

The Washington Masquerade

as President of the Senate (uncredited)

1934

Looking for Trouble

as Parsons (uncredited)

1936

It Had to Happen

as Jury Foreman

1936

A Message to Garcia

as Col. Wagner (uncredited)

1936

1926

North of 36

as Pattison

1937

The Life of the Party

as Mr. Van Tuyl

1937

The Man Who Found Himself

as Dr. James Stanton Sr.

1932

While Paris Sleeps

as Prison Doctor

1928

1926

The Eagle of the Sea

as General Andrew Jackson

1930

Part Time Wife

as Garland - Oil Company President (uncredited)

1924

Wanderer of the Wasteland

as Mr. Roderick Virey

1937

The Big Shot

as Police Chief

1938

Smashing the Rackets

as District Attorney Edward Greer

1931

The Cisco Kid

as Commanding Officer (uncredited)

1929

1937

You Can't Buy Luck

as Doug White

1926

The City

as George Rand Sr

1938

Blond Cheat

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

1938

The Affairs of Annabel

as Warden (uncredited)

1936

Sutter's Gold

as Dr. Billings

1938

Fugitives for a Night

as Thomas, Nelson's Butler

1925

The Air Mail

as Peter Rendon

1934

George White's Scandals

as John R. Loraine

1933

Employees' Entrance

as Newspaper Owner (uncredited)

1935

1935

Stars Over Broadway

as Angry Radio Station Executive

1930

Only Saps Work

as Dr. White (uncredited)

1932

The Famous Ferguson Case

as Reporter (uncredited)

1940

New Moon

as Ship's Captain

1939

The Hardys Ride High

as Jonas Bronell

1939

1944

1939

Espionage Agent

as State Department Official

1939

Bad Little Angel

as Dr. Bell (uncredited)

1929

Thunderbolt

as Mr. Corwin

1932

Lady with a Past

as Mr. Patridge (Uncredited)

1934

Pursued

as Dr Otto Steiner

1935

Society Fever

as Mr. Vandergriff

1933

Son of a Sailor

as Rear Admiral Lee

1926

3 Bad Men

as Gen. Neville

1940

Laddie

as Dr. Barnes

1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Colonel Robert E. Lee (uncredited)

1940

Calling Philo Vance

as Avery (uncredited)

1935

Dangerous

as Charles Melton

1936

Sea Spoilers

as Commander Mays

1934

The Oil Raider

as J. T. Varley

1940

An Angel from Texas

as Actor on Donkey in the Play

1942

Spy Ship

as Harry Mitchell

1932

Thrill of Youth

as Jeff Thayer

1931

The Last Flight

as Military Doctor

1930

Young Desire

as Mr. Spencer

1931

Ladies of the Big House

as District Attorney Lawson (uncredited)

1941

Sergeant York

as Harrison (uncredited)

1933

Mr. Skitch

as Harvey's Uncle

1931

1943

1940

Knute Rockne All American

as Doc - a Notre Dame Professor (uncredited)

1931

The Unholy Garden

as Paris Prefect of Police

1941

The Great Mr. Nobody

as Dr. Carlisle (uncredited)

1940

Little Men

as Truant Officer

1940

Johnny Apollo

as Mr. Ives

1924

1931

An American Tragedy

as Mr. Finchley (uncredited)

1932

Broken Lullaby

as Townsman (uncredited)

1930

Not So Dumb

as Blair Patterson (uncredited)

1931

The Naughty Flirt

as Mr. John Raleigh Elliott

1934

Viva Villa!

as Statesman (uncredited)

1932

The Wet Parade

as Judge (uncredited)

1931

Expensive Women

as Melville's Party Guest

1930

Just Imagine

as Head of Marriage Tribunal (uncredited)

1925

1942

King of the Mounties

as Prof. Brent

1925

Wild Horse Mesa

as Lige Melberne

1935

1937

China Passage

as Dr. Sibley

1927

Wings

as Mr. Powell (uncredited)

1932

Rasputin and the Empress

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1930

Son of the Gods

as Attorney (uncredited)

1941

Golden Hoofs

as Dr. Timothy Drake

1931

Hush Money

as Mr. Stockton (uncredited)

1925

Her Market Value

as Harvey Dumont

1936

Give Me Liberty

as Thomas Jefferson

1935

Navy Wife

as Dr. Charles Keats

1934

Bright Eyes

as Judge Thompson

1933

The Women in His Life

as Governor (uncredited)

1936

The Accusing Finger

as Judge's Voice

1943

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

as Rear Admiral (uncredited)

1933

Night Flight

as Santiago Doctor (uncredited)

1938

The Saint in New York

as Judge (Uncredited)

1935

1935

The Perfect Tribute

as Man (uncredited)

1914

Paid in Full

as Jimsey Smith (as George H. Irving)

1932

70,000 Witnesses

as College Official (uncredited)

1940

She Couldn't Say No

as Henry Rockwell

1939

Streets of New York

as Judge Joseph Carroll

1926

The King of the Turf

as Colonel Fairfax

1930

1931

Touchdown!

as President Baker

1930

Maybe It's Love

as College President Sheffield

1926

Desert Gold

as Richard Stanton Gale

1932

The All-American

as Mr. King

1931

Behind Office Doors

as Doctor (uncredited)

1934

David Harum

as Father (uncredited)

1931

Shipmates

as Captain Beatty

Production

1920

1916

The Ballet Girl

as Director

1916

1915

1915

1916

Jaffery

as Director

1916

1915

1914

Dan

as Director

1917

1917

God's Man

as Director

1919

The Volcano

as Director

1915

Body and Soul

as Director

1919

The Silver King

as Director

1914

The Jungle

as Director

1919

1918

1919

The Capitol

as Director

1915

1918

Her Boy

as Director

1922

Her Majesty

as Director

1923

1924

Floodgates

as Director

1919

As a Man Thinks

as Director

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