George O'Hara (born George Bolger, February 22, 1899 â€" October 16,
1966) was an American motion picture actor and screenwriter of the
silent film era.Born in New York City and raised in Hollywood,
California, George O'Hara began his acting career under contract as a
performer for early Hollywood director Mack Sennett. Sennett was
immediately charmed by the handsome, cleft-chinned young actor and saw
O'Hara as a potentially popular matinee idol. O'Hara's acting career
received an early boost when Sennett cast the young actor in the
commercially successful 1920 romantic film Love, Honor, and Behave
opposite the popular silent film actress Marie Prevost.In 1921, O'Hara
began working behind the camera with Sennett's tutelage. He was
credited as an associate producer in the Ben Turpin film A Small Town
Idol and later worked as a continuity and title writer throughout the
1920s in the film industry as well as continuing his successful acting
career.George O'Hara was most popular with the public when starring in
two-reel action and adventure serials of the 1920s, such as The
Pacemakers and Casey of the Coast Guard. In his most popular serial,
Fighting Blood, O'Hara was cast as a boxer; A role well-suited to
O'Hara, who in his free time was a boxing afficienado and moderately
successful in the amateur lightweight division of the sport.
1966) was an American motion picture actor and screenwriter of the
silent film era.Born in New York City and raised in Hollywood,
California, George O'Hara began his acting career under contract as a
performer for early Hollywood director Mack Sennett. Sennett was
immediately charmed by the handsome, cleft-chinned young actor and saw
O'Hara as a potentially popular matinee idol. O'Hara's acting career
received an early boost when Sennett cast the young actor in the
commercially successful 1920 romantic film Love, Honor, and Behave
opposite the popular silent film actress Marie Prevost.In 1921, O'Hara
began working behind the camera with Sennett's tutelage. He was
credited as an associate producer in the Ben Turpin film A Small Town
Idol and later worked as a continuity and title writer throughout the
1920s in the film industry as well as continuing his successful acting
career.George O'Hara was most popular with the public when starring in
two-reel action and adventure serials of the 1920s, such as The
Pacemakers and Casey of the Coast Guard. In his most popular serial,
Fighting Blood, O'Hara was cast as a boxer; A role well-suited to
O'Hara, who in his free time was a boxing afficienado and moderately
successful in the amateur lightweight division of the sport.
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