John George
Acting
Born January 20, 1898, Aleppo, Syria
John George was a Syrian actor who came to the United States in 1912 via France. He appeared in numerous films beginning in 1916. Much later in his career he appeared in several television series. The vast majority of his roles throughout the years were uncredited bit parts. Mr. George's original name was Tufei Filhela; on his 1925 United States citizenship naturalization Declaration of Intention document, he signed his name "Tufei Filhela known as John George". His surname was neither Filthela nor Fatella, as today sometimes is claimed.
Filmography
- 1961One-Eyed Jacks — Townsman (uncredited)
- 1960Heller in Pink Tights — Cheyenne Audience Member
- 1960Ocean's Eleven — Vendor (uncredited)
- Bonanza — Townsman (uncredited), Miner (uncredited), Roustabout (uncredited)
- 1959The Blue Angel — Club Patron (uncredited)
- 1959The Horse Soldiers — Townsman (uncredited)
- 1959The Miracle — Bullfight Spectator
- The Rebel — Townsman (uncredited)
- The Untouchables — Spectator Outside Arena (uncredited), Reporter at Hearing (uncredited)
- 1958I Want to Live! — Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- 1958Timbuktu — Praying Sudanese Peasant (uncredited)
- Have Gun, Will Travel — Townsman (uncredited), Padre (uncredited), Barfly (uncredited), Marcher (uncredited), Score Keeper (uncredited), Hotel Carlton Shoe Shiner (uncredited)
- Perry Mason — Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- 1956Around the World in 80 Days — Marcher in Parade (uncredited)
- 1956Beyond a Reasonable Doubt — Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
- Dr. Fu Manchu — Kolb
- 1956The Conqueror — Drummer Boy (uncredited)
- 1956The Killing — Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
- 1955East of Eden — Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
- Gunsmoke — Barfly (uncredited), Townsman (uncredited), Trial Spectator (uncredited), Longbranch Customer (uncredited)
- 1955Kiss Me Deadly — Popcorn Vendor (uncredited)
- 1955The Prodigal — Citizen (uncredited)
- 1955The Square Jungle — News Vendor (uncredited)
- 1955We're No Angels — Vendor (uncredited)
- Annie Oakley — Worker at Show (uncredited)
- 1954Apache — Shoeshine Man (uncredited)
- 1954Deep in My Heart — Street Vendor (uncredited)
- 1954The Egyptian — Man in Street (uncredited)
- 1954The Silver Chalice — Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1953Desert Legion — Dwarf (uncredited)
- 1953Flight to Tangier — Cart Vendor
- 1953Here Come the Girls — Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1953The President's Lady — Spectator at Speech (uncredited)
- Adventures of Superman — Dwarf in Pool Hall (uncredited)
- 1952Glory Alley — Vendor (uncredited)
- 1952Off Limits — Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
- 1952Pat and Mike — Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)
- 1952Rancho Notorious — Race Spectator (uncredited)
- 1952Scaramouche — Show Spectator (uncredited)
- 1952Singin' in the Rain — Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1952Son of Ali Baba — Villager (uncredited)
- 1952Son of Paleface — Johnny (uncredited)
- 1952The Big Sky — Passerby (uncredited)
- 1951A Streetcar Named Desire — Passerby (uncredited)
- Dragnet — Derelict (uncredited)
- 1951M — Man in Mob (uncredited)
- 1951My Favorite Spy — Merchant (uncredited)
- 1951Ten Tall Men — Tovic (uncredited)
- 1950Crisis — Man In Street Crowd (uncredited)
- 1950Pygmy Island — Pygmy in Rescue Party
- 1950The Flame and the Arrow — Townsman (uncredited)
- 1950The Gunfighter — Townsman at Funeral (uncredited)
- 1949A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court — Peasant (uncredited)
- 1949The Undercover Man — Onlooker at Murder Scene (uncredited)
- 1948Berlin Express — Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- 1948Kiss the Blood Off My Hands — Midget (uncredited)
- 1948The Creeper — Waiter
- 1947California — Miner (uncredited)
- 1947I Walk Alone — Little Man at Newstand (uncredited)
- 1947Killer McCoy — Man at Gym (uncredited)
- 1947The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
- 1946Canyon Passage — Miner (uncredited)
- 1946The Devil's Playground — Shorty
- 1946The Hoodlum Saint — Mug (uncredited)
- 1946Two Sisters from Boston — Man Operating Winking-Eye Poster (uncredited)
- 1945A Song to Remember — Servant (uncredited)
- 1945A Thousand and One Nights — Dwarf at Table in Inn
- 1945Her Highness and the Bellboy — News Vendor (uncredited)
- 1945The Picture of Dorian Gray — Hunchback (uncredited)
- 1945The Spanish Main — Pirate (uncredited)
- 1944The Desert Song — Riff (uncredited)
- 1944The Whistler — Bum (Uncredited)
- 1943Du Barry Was a Lady — Villager (uncredited)
- 1942Reunion in France — Citizen (uncredited)
- 1942Road to Morocco — Food Vendor (uncredited)
- 1941A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob — Newsboy Outside Opera House (uncredited)
- 1941More About Nostradamus — Townsman (uncredited)
- 1941Ringside Maisie — Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
- 1941Road to Zanzibar — Man in Carnival Crowd (uncredited)
- 1941Shadow of the Thin Man — Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)
- 1940Captain Caution — Sailor (uncredited)
- 1940Dark Streets of Cairo — Second Peddler Asked to Delay Inspector (uncredited)
- 1940Phantom Raiders — Man in Cafe (uncredited)
- 1939At the Circus — Man Leaving Diner (uncredited)
- 1939City in Darkness — Victor the Gypsy, gangland bistro patron (cameo extra)
- 1939Let Freedom Ring — Railroad Worker (uncredited)
- 1939Lucky Night — Flower Man (uncredited)
- 1939The Hunchback of Notre Dame — Townsman (uncredited)
- 1939Tower of London — Spy (uncredited)
- 1938If I Were King — Beggar (uncredited)
- 1937Man Of The People — Man On Street (uncredited)
- 1937Stand-In — Man at Studio Gate (uncredited)
- 1937The Prince and the Pauper — Beggar
- 1936Master Will Shakespeare — Townsman (uncredited)
- 1936Riffraff — Fisherman (uncredited)
- 1936Rose Marie — Barfly (uncredited)
- 1936San Francisco — Custodian at Blackie Norton's (uncredited)
- 1936The Garden of Allah — Waiter (uncredited)
- 1936The Jungle Princess — Native (uncredited)
- 1936The Preview Murder Mystery — The Gnome (Uncredited)
- 1936Trouble for Two — Small Man with Entourage (uncredited)
- 1936Two in a Crowd — (uncredited)
- 1936Under Two Flags — Arab (uncredited)
- 1935Bride of Frankenstein — Villager (uncredited)
- 1935Charlie Chan in Egypt — Harip, The Grave Opener (uncredited)
- 1935Dante's Inferno — Abdullah (uncredited)
- 1935East of Java — Crewman
- 1935I Live My Life — Greek Following Kay (Uncredited)
- 1935Mark of the Vampire — Gypsy (uncredited)
- 1935Public Hero Number 1 — Convict (uncredited)
- 1935The Black Room — Inn Waiter (uncredited)
- 1935The Devil Is a Woman — Street Beggar (uncredited)
- 1935The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo — (uncredited)
- 1934Babes in Toyland — Barnaby's Minion (uncredited)
- 1934Bombay Mail — Vendor (uncredited)
- 1934The Black Cat — Cultist (uncredited)
- 1934The Cat's-Paw — Gangster (uncredited)
- 1934The Spectacle Maker — The Court Jester
- 1933Hallelujah, I'm a Bum — Bum (uncredited)
- 1933The Monkey's Paw — Hindu (uncredited)
- 1933Voltaire — Protester in Montage
- 1932Chandu the Magician — Bidder at Slave Market (uncredited)
- 1932Hell Divers — Barfly (uncredited)
- 1932Island of Lost Souls — Beast (uncredited)
- 1932Sherlock Holmes — Bird Shop Thug (uncredited)
- 1932The Circus Show-Up — Roustabout (uncredited)
- 1931Dracula — Small Scientist (uncredited)
- 1931Drácula — Scientist (uncredited)
- 1931Iron Man — Card Player (uncredited)
- 1931Smart Money — Extra on Train (uncredited)
- 1931Son of India — Beggar (uncredited)
- 1931The Phantom of Paris — First Prisoner
- 1931The Unholy Garden — Arab
- 1931Trapped — Al, Tony's Midget Henchman
- 1930Outside the Law — Humpy
- 1930Under a Texas Moon — (uncredited)
- 1930Way for a Sailor — (uncredited)
- 1929Condemned! — Inmate
- 1929The Charlatan — Count Merlin's Assistant (uncredited)
- 1928The Big City — The Arab
- 1928The Man Who Laughs — Dwarf (uncredited)
- 1927My Best Girl — Newspaper Seller (uncredited)
- 1927The King of Kings — (uncredited)
- 1927The Night of Love — Jester
- 1927The Road to Romance
- 1927The Unknown — Cojo
- 1927Two Arabian Knights — Arab on Ship (uncredited)
- 1926Don Juan — Hunchback (uncredited)
- 1926Mare Nostrum — Servant (uncredited)
- 1926The Bells — Mesmerist Announcer (uncredited)
- 1926The Road to Mandalay — Servant
- 1926The Volga Boatman — Red Army Soldier, Soldier (uncredited)
- 1924Code of the Sea — Demon (uncredited)
- 1924Helen's Babies — Gypsy (uncredited)
- 1924The Red Lily — Doorkeeper (uncredited)
- 1924When a Girl Loves — Grishka
- 1923Scaramouche — Polichinelle
- 1923The Hunchback of Notre Dame — (uncredited)
- 1923Where the Pavement Ends — Napuka Joe
- 1922The Prisoner of Zenda — Assassin
- 1922Trifling Women — Achmet
- 1921Miracles of the Jungle — See'er of All
- 1921Outside the Law — Humpy (uncredited)
- 1921The Conquering Power — Villager (uncredited)
- 1921The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse — Argentine Ranch Resident (uncredited)
- 1920Some Shimmiers — Ruffian (uncredited)
- 1920The Mark of Zorro — Prisoner in Jail
- 1919The Trail of the Octopus — Borno - The Ape Man
- 1918Frauds and Frenzies — Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1917Black Orchids — Ali Bara
- 1917The Reward of the Faithless — Dwarf (uncredited)
- 1917Triumph — Backstage Extra (uncredited)
- 1916A Shadowed Shadow
- 1916Bobbie of the Ballet — Tenement Dweller
- 1916Shoes — Department Store Customer (uncredited)