George Irving
Acting · Directing
Born October 5, 1874, New York City, New York, USA
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
- 1947Magic Town — Senator Wilton
- 1944Bluebeard — The Duke of Carineaux (Uncredited)
- 1944Christmas Holiday — Judge (uncredited)
- 1944Lady in the Death House — Gregory
- 1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case — Rear Admiral (uncredited)
- 1943Hangmen Also Die! — Neeval
- 1943Son of Dracula — Colonel Caldwell
- 1942King of the Mounties — Prof. Brent
- 1942Once Upon a Honeymoon — American Consul (uncredited)
- 1942Spy Ship — Harry Mitchell
- 1941Golden Hoofs — Dr. Timothy Drake
- 1941Love Crazy — Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
- 1941Sergeant York — Harrison (uncredited)
- 1941The Great Man's Lady — Dr. Adams (uncredited)
- 1941The Great Mr. Nobody — Dr. Carlisle (uncredited)
- 1940Abe Lincoln in Illinois — Colonel Robert E. Lee (uncredited)
- 1940An Angel from Texas — Actor on Donkey in the Play
- 1940Calling Philo Vance — Avery (uncredited)
- 1940Florian — Bantry
- 1940Johnny Apollo — Mr. Ives
- 1940Knute Rockne All American — Doc - a Notre Dame Professor (uncredited)
- 1940Laddie — Dr. Barnes
- 1940Little Men — Truant Officer
- 1940New Moon — Ship's Captain
- 1940She Couldn't Say No — Henry Rockwell
- 1940Yesterday's Heroes — Dr. Stovall
- 1939A Child is Born — Dr. Cramm
- 1939Bad Little Angel — Dr. Bell (uncredited)
- 1939Dust Be My Destiny — Judge
- 1939Espionage Agent — State Department Official
- 1939Hell's Kitchen — Judge
- 1939Hotel for Women
- 1939Sergeant Madden — Police Commissioner
- 1939Streets of New York — Judge Joseph Carroll
- 1939The Hardys Ride High — Jonas Bronell
- 1939The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle — Colonel's Aide (uncredited)
- 1939Wife, Husband and Friend — Doctor
- 1938Blind Alibi — Curator
- 1938Blond Cheat — Headwaiter (uncredited)
- 1938Bringing Up Baby — Mr. Peabody
- 1938Condemned Women — Warden Edmund Miller
- 1938Crashing Hollywood — Alexander Peyton
- 1938Crime Ring — Clifton
- 1938Ernest the Rebel — Hamilton (uncredited)
- 1938Fugitives for a Night — Thomas, Nelson's Butler
- 1938Go Chase Yourself — Daniels
- 1938Maid's Night Out — Mr. Norman
- 1938Mother Carey's Chickens — Thomas Hamilton Sr.
- 1938Mr. Doodle Kicks Off — College President Martin
- 1938Smashing the Rackets — District Attorney Edward Greer
- 1938The Affairs of Annabel — Warden (uncredited)
- 1938The Law West of Tombstone — Mort Dixon
- 1938The Saint in New York — Judge (Uncredited)
- 1938This Marriage Business — Madden
- 1937Border Cafe — Senator Henry Whitney
- 1937Breakfast for Two — Receivership Hearing Judge (uncredited)
- 1937China Passage — Dr. Sibley
- 1937Don't Tell the Wife — Warden
- 1937High Flyers — Chief of Police
- 1937Meet the Missus — District Attorney
- 1937Saturday's Heroes — President Hammond
- 1937Sea Devils — Doctor (uncredited)
- 1937She's Got Everything — First Doctor (uncredited)
- 1937The Big Shot — Police Chief
- 1937The Life of the Party — Mr. Van Tuyl
- 1937The Man Who Found Himself — Dr. James Stanton Sr.
- 1937The Outcasts of Poker Flat — Doctor (uncredited)
- 1937The Toast of New York — Broker
- 1937There Goes the Groom — Yacht Captain
- 1937Too Many Wives — Albert (A.K.) Otto, Justice of the Peace
- 1937Wise Girl — Chief Judge at Custody Hearing (uncredited)
- 1937You Can't Buy Luck — Doug White
- 1936A Message to Garcia — Col. Wagner (uncredited)
- 1936Captain January — John Mason
- 1936Charlie Chan at the Race Track — Major Gordon Kent
- 1936Give Me Liberty — Thomas Jefferson
- 1936Hats Off — J.D. Murdock
- 1936Hearts Divided — Thomas Jefferson
- 1936Hearts in Bondage — Commodore Jordan
- 1936It Had to Happen — Jury Foreman
- 1936Navy Born — Admiral Kingston
- 1936Private Number — Judge
- 1936Sea Spoilers — Commander Mays
- 1936Sutter's Gold — Dr. Billings
- 1936The Accusing Finger — Judge's Voice
- 1936The Mandarin Mystery — Dr. Alexander Kirk
- 19353 Kids and a Queen — Judge
- 1935A Night at the Opera — Committeeman (uncredited)
- 1935A Notorious Gentleman — Judge Horman
- 1935Age of Indiscretion — Judge
- 1935Buried Loot — Edward Swain (uncredited)
- 1935Charlie Chan in Egypt — Prof. Arnold
- 1935Dangerous — Charles Melton
- 1935Dante's Inferno — Judge
- 1935Death Flies East — Dr. Jim Moffat
- 1935Great God Gold — George Harper
- 1935Navy Wife — Dr. Charles Keats
- 1935Oil for the Lamps of China — Walter Gilbert
- 1935Princess O'Hara — Judge (uncredited)
- 1935Society Fever — Mr. Vandergriff
- 1935Stars Over Broadway — Angry Radio Station Executive
- 1935The Perfect Tribute — Man (uncredited)
- 1935Under the Pampas Moon — Don Bennett
- 1934Bright Eyes — Judge Thompson
- 1934David Harum — Father (uncredited)
- 1934George White's Scandals — John R. Loraine
- 1934Here Comes the Navy — Admiral
- 1934Looking for Trouble — Parsons (uncredited)
- 1934Manhattan Love Song — Kenbrook
- 1934Manhattan Melodrama — Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)
- 1934Once to Every Bachelor — George Bryant
- 1934Pursued — Dr Otto Steiner
- 1934The Oil Raider — J. T. Varley
- 1934The World Moves On — Charles Girard (1914)
- 1934Viva Villa! — Statesman (uncredited)
- 1934What Price Jazz — Mr. Public Opinion
- 1934Wonder Bar — Broker (uncredited)
- 1934You're Telling Me! — President of Tire Co.
- 193342nd Street — Hotel Doctor (uncredited)
- 1933Damaged Lives — Donald Bradley Sr.
- 1933Employees' Entrance — Newspaper Owner (uncredited)
- 1933Humanity — Dr. Van Buren
- 1933Mr. Skitch — Harvey's Uncle
- 1933Night Flight — Santiago Doctor (uncredited)
- 1933One Year Later — J. Atwell Hunt
- 1933Son of a Sailor — Rear Admiral Lee
- 1933The Vanishing Frontier — General Winfield
- 1933The Women in His Life — Governor (uncredited)
- 1933The Worst Woman in Paris? — Doctor
- 193270,000 Witnesses — College Official (uncredited)
- 1932Air Mail — John Montgomery (uncredited)
- 1932Broken Lullaby — Townsman (uncredited)
- 1932Guilty or Not Guilty — John Halliday
- 1932Island of Lost Souls — Consul
- 1932Lady with a Past — Mr. Patridge (Uncredited)
- 1932Merrily We Go to Hell — Mr. Prentice
- 1932Rasputin and the Empress — Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1932The All-American — Mr. King
- 1932The Famous Ferguson Case — Reporter (uncredited)
- 1932The Washington Masquerade — President of the Senate (uncredited)
- 1932The Wet Parade — Judge (uncredited)
- 1932Thrill of Youth — Jeff Thayer
- 1932While Paris Sleeps — Prison Doctor
- 1931A Free Soul — Defense Attorney Johnson (uncredited)
- 1931An American Tragedy — Mr. Finchley (uncredited)
- 1931Behind Office Doors — Doctor (uncredited)
- 1931Confessions of a Co-Ed — College President
- 1931Dishonored
- 1931Expensive Women — Melville's Party Guest
- 1931Five and Ten — Mr. Brooks (uncredited)
- 1931Girls Demand Excitement — Mr. Madison
- 1931Graft — Robert Hall
- 1931Hush Money — Mr. Stockton (uncredited)
- 1931Inspiration — Madeleine's Father (uncredited)
- 1931Ladies of the Big House — District Attorney Lawson (uncredited)
- 1931Resurrection — Judge
- 1931Shipmates — Captain Beatty
- 1931The Cisco Kid — Commanding Officer (uncredited)
- 1931The Common Law — Doctor (uncredited)
- 1931The Gay Diplomat — Colonel
- 1931The Hot Heiress — Doctor (uncredited)
- 1931The Last Flight — Military Doctor
- 1931The Naughty Flirt — Mr. John Raleigh Elliott
- 1931The Runaround
- 1931The Star Witness — Judge (uncredited)
- 1931The Unholy Garden — Paris Prefect of Police
- 1931Touchdown! — President Baker
- 1930Conspiracy — Mark Holt (uncredited)
- 1930Free Love — Judge Sturgis
- 1930Just Imagine — Head of Marriage Tribunal (uncredited)
- 1930Maybe It's Love — College President Sheffield
- 1930Not So Dumb — Blair Patterson (uncredited)
- 1930Only Saps Work — Dr. White (uncredited)
- 1930Part Time Wife — Garland - Oil Company President (uncredited)
- 1930Puttin' on the Ritz — Dr. Blair
- 1930Shadow of the Law — Colonel Wentworth
- 1930Son of the Gods — Attorney (uncredited)
- 1930The Divorcee — Dr. Bernard
- 1930Young Desire — Mr. Spencer
- 1930Young Eagles — Colonel Wilder
- 1929Coquette — Robert Wentworth
- 1929Dance Hall — Dr. Loring
- 1929Flight — Marine Colonel in Nicaragua
- 1929Paris Bound — James Hutton Sr.
- 1929The Dance of Life — Minister
- 1929The Last Performance — Defense Attorney
- 1929Thunderbolt — Mr. Corwin
- 1928Craig's Wife — Mr. Passmore
- 1928Feel My Pulse — Her Uncle Edgar
- 1928Honor Bound — State Governor
- 1928Modern Mothers — Theater Manager
- 1928Partners in Crime — B.R. Carnwall
- 1928Runaway Girls — John Hartley
- 1928The Docks of New York — Night Court Judge (uncredited)
- 1928The Port of Missing Girls — Cyrus Kinnng
- 1927Drums of the Desert — Prof. Elias Manton
- 1927Man Power — James Martin
- 1927One Increasing Purpose — Mr. Glade
- 1927Shanghai Bound — Louden
- 1927The Broncho Twister — Ned Mason
- 1927Two Flaming Youths — Simeon Trott
- 1927Wings — Mr. Powell (uncredited)
- 19263 Bad Men — Gen. Neville
- 1926Desert Gold — Richard Stanton Gale
- 1926His Jazz Bride
- 1926North of 36 — Pattison
- 1926Risky Business — Schubal Peabody
- 1926The City — George Rand Sr
- 1926The Eagle of the Sea — General Andrew Jackson
- 1926The King of the Turf — Colonel Fairfax
- 1926The Midnight Kiss — Thomas H. Hastings, Sr.
- 1925Her Market Value — Harvey Dumont
- 1925The Air Mail — Peter Rendon
- 1925The Golden Princess — Bill Ket
- 1925The Goose Hangs High — Bernard Ingals
- 1925The Primrose Path — Prosecutor John Morton
- 1925Wild Horse Mesa — Lige Melberne
- 1924Floodgates — Director
- 1924The Man Who Fights Alone — Dr. Raymond
- 1924Wanderer of the Wasteland — Mr. Roderick Virey
- 1923Lost in a Big City — Director
- 1922Her Majesty — Director
- 1921The Wakefield Case — Director
- 1920The Misleading Lady — Director
- 1919As a Man Thinks — Director
- 1919The Capitol — Director
- 1919The Glorious Lady — Director
- 1919The Silver King — Director
- 1919The Volcano — Director
- 1918Back to the Woods — Director
- 1918Her Boy — Director
- 1918The Landloper — Director
- 1918To Hell with the Kaiser! — Director
- 1917Daughter of Destiny — Director
- 1917God's Man — Director
- 1917Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman — Director
- 1916Jaffery — Director
- 1916The Ballet Girl — Director
- 1916The Conquest of Canaan — Director
- 1916The Witching Hour — Director
- 1916Then I'll Come Back to You — Director
- 1915Body and Soul — The Rider, Director
- 1915John Glayde's Honor — Director
- 1915Just Out of College — Director
- 1915The Builder of Bridges — Director
- 1915The Fairy and the Waif — Director
- 1914Dan — Director
- 1914Paid in Full — Jimsey Smith (as George H. Irving)
- 1914The Jungle — Director
- The Poor Millionaire — Calvinn Long