George Henry Irving (October 5, 1874 â€" September 11, 1961) was an
American film actor and director.Irving started his career as a
theatre actor, notably as leading man to Maude Adams. He came to
Hollywood in 1914 and acted in over 250 films from 1914 until 1948.
Irving was initially an actor-director and directed about 35 silent
films, which are mostly forgotten today. He switched exclusively to
acting in the mid-1920s and became a character actor until the later
1940s.Irving usually played reputable and stern persons of authority
in supporting roles. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Robert
Wentworth in Coquette (1929), and as the lawyer Alexander Peabody in
Bringing Up Baby (1938). He ended his prolific career with two
television roles in the 1950s.George Irving and his wife, Katherine
Gilman, had two daughters, Katharine and Dorothy. He died from a heart
attack in Hollywood in 1961, aged 86.
American film actor and director.Irving started his career as a
theatre actor, notably as leading man to Maude Adams. He came to
Hollywood in 1914 and acted in over 250 films from 1914 until 1948.
Irving was initially an actor-director and directed about 35 silent
films, which are mostly forgotten today. He switched exclusively to
acting in the mid-1920s and became a character actor until the later
1940s.Irving usually played reputable and stern persons of authority
in supporting roles. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Robert
Wentworth in Coquette (1929), and as the lawyer Alexander Peabody in
Bringing Up Baby (1938). He ended his prolific career with two
television roles in the 1950s.George Irving and his wife, Katherine
Gilman, had two daughters, Katharine and Dorothy. He died from a heart
attack in Hollywood in 1961, aged 86.
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