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 ended his prolific career with television roles in the 1950s.

Known For

Magic Town 1947 ★ 6.8
Son of Dracula 1943 ★ 5.8
Hangmen Also Die! 1943 ★ 6.9
Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942 ★ 6.3
Sergeant York 1941 ★ 7.2
Love Crazy 1941 ★ 6.8
Johnny Apollo 1940 ★ 6.8
Dust Be My Destiny 1939 ★ 6.5
Bringing Up Baby 1938 ★ 7.5
Blond Cheat 1938 ★ 7.3
Wise Girl 1937 ★ 7.1
Private Number 1936 ★ 6.7
A Night at the Opera 1935 ★ 7.4
Buried Loot 1935 ★ 6.4
Manhattan Melodrama 1934 ★ 7.0
Bright Eyes 1934 ★ 6.7
Wonder Bar 1934 ★ 6.0
42nd Street 1933 ★ 6.9
Mr. Skitch 1933 ★ 7.3
Island of Lost Souls 1932 ★ 6.9
Rasputin and the Empress 1932 ★ 5.5
Dishonored 1931 ★ 6.9
Thunderbolt 1929 ★ 5.7
Wings 1927 ★ 7.2