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
| Birth Location | New York City, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1874-10-05 |
| Died | 1961-09-11 |
Movies
Magic Town
as Senator Wilton
1947
Bluebeard
as The Duke of Carineaux (Uncredited)
1944
Christmas Holiday
as Judge
1944
Lady in the Death House
as Gregory
1944
Son of Dracula
as Colonel Caldwell
1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Rear Admiral (uncredited)
1943
Hangmen Also Die!
as Neeval
1943
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as American Consul (uncredited)
1942
King of the Mounties
as Prof. Brent
1942
Spy Ship
as Harry Mitchell
1942
The Great Man's Lady
as Dr. Adams (uncredited)
1942
Sergeant York
as Harrison (uncredited)
1941
Love Crazy
as Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
as Dr. Carlisle (uncredited)
1941
Golden Hoofs
as Dr. Timothy Drake
1941
She Couldn't Say No
as Henry Rockwell
1940
Little Men
as Truant Officer
1940
Knute Rockne All American
as Doc - a Notre Dame Professor (uncredited)
1940
New Moon
as Ship's Captain
1940
Florian
as Bantry
1940
An Angel from Texas
as Actor on Donkey in the Play
1940
Johnny Apollo
as Mr. Ives
1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Colonel Robert E. Lee (uncredited)
1940
Calling Philo Vance
as Avery (uncredited)
1940
Laddie
as Dr. Barnes
1940
A Child Is Born
as Dr. Cramm
1939
Bad Little Angel
as Dr. Bell (uncredited)
1939
Espionage Agent
as State Department Official
1939
Dust Be My Destiny
as Judge
1939
1939
Hell's Kitchen
as Judge
1939
The Hardys Ride High
as Jonas Bronell
1939
Streets of New York
as Judge Joseph Carroll
1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Colonel's Aide (uncredited)
1939
Sergeant Madden
as Police Commissioner
1939
Wife, Husband and Friend
as Doctor
1939
The Law West of Tombstone
as Mort Dixon
1938
1938
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
as College President Martin
1938
Fugitives for a Night
as Thomas, Nelson's Butler
1938
The Affairs of Annabel
as Warden (uncredited)
1938
Smashing the Rackets
as District Attorney Edward Greer
1938
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Thomas Hamilton Sr.
1938
Crime Ring
as Clifton
1938
Blond Cheat
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
1938
The Saint in New York
as Judge (Uncredited)
1938
Blind Alibi
as Curator
1938
Go Chase Yourself
as Daniels
1938
This Marriage Business
as Madden
1938
Condemned Women
as Warden Edmund Miller
1938
Maid's Night Out
as Mr. Norman
1938
Bringing Up Baby
as Alexander Peabody
1938
Crashing Hollywood
as Alexander Peyton
1938
She's Got Everything
as First Doctor (uncredited)
1937
Wise Girl
as Chief Judge at Custody Hearing (uncredited)
1937
High Flyers
as Chief of Police
1937
There Goes the Groom
as Yacht Captain
1937
Breakfast for Two
as Stockholder - Receivership Hearing Judge
1937
Saturday's Heroes
as President Hammond
1937
The Life of the Party
as Mr. Van Tuyl
1937
The Big Shot
as Police Chief
1937
The Toast of New York
as Broker
1937
Meet the Missus
as District Attorney
1937
Border Cafe
as Senator Henry Whitney
1937
You Can't Buy Luck
as Doug White
1937
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as Doctor (uncredited)
1937
Too Many Wives
as Albert (A.K.) Otto, Justice of the Peace
1937
The Man Who Found Himself
as Dr. James Stanton Sr.
1937
China Passage
as Dr. Sibley
1937
Don't Tell the Wife
as Warden
1937
Sea Devils
as Doctor (uncredited)
1937
The Mandarin Mystery
as Dr. Alexander Kirk
1936
Give Me Liberty
as Thomas Jefferson
1936
Hats Off
as J.D. Murdock
1936
The Accusing Finger
as Judge's Voice
1936
Sea Spoilers
as Commander Mays
1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Major Gordon Kent
1936
Hearts Divided
as Thomas Jefferson
1936
Private Number
as Judge
1936
Navy Born
as Admiral Kingston
1936
Hearts in Bondage
as Commodore Jordan
1936
Captain January
as John Mason
1936
A Message to Garcia
as Col. Wagner (uncredited)
1936
Sutter's Gold
as Dr. Billings
1936
It Had to Happen
as Jury Foreman
1936
Dangerous
as Charles Melton
1935
Stars Over Broadway
as Angry Radio Station Executive
1935
A Night at the Opera
as Committeeman (uncredited)
1935
3 Kids and a Queen
as Judge
1935
Navy Wife
as Dr. Charles Keats
1935
Dante's Inferno
as Judge
1935
The Perfect Tribute
as Man (uncredited)
1935
Society Fever
as Mr. Vandergriff
1935
Oil for the Lamps of China
as Walter Gilbert
1935
Charlie Chan in Egypt
as Prof. Arnold
1935
Under the Pampas Moon
as Don Bennett
1935
Age of Indiscretion
as Judge
1935
Great God Gold
as George Harper
1935
Princess O'Hara
as Judge (uncredited)
1935
Death Flies East
as Dr. Jim Moffat
1935
Buried Loot
as Edward Swain (uncredited)
1935
Bright Eyes
as Judge Thompson
1934
The Oil Raider
as J. T. Varley
1934
Pursued
as Dr Otto Steiner
1934
Here Comes the Navy
as Admiral
1934
The World Moves On
as Charles Girard (1914)
1934
What Price Jazz
as Mr. Public Opinion
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
as Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)
1934
Manhattan Love Song
as Kenbrook
1934
Viva Villa!
as Statesman (uncredited)
1934
You're Telling Me!
as President of Tire Co.
1934
Wonder Bar
as Broker (uncredited)
1934
Looking for Trouble
as Parsons (uncredited)
1934
George White's Scandals
as John R. Loraine
1934
Mr. Skitch
as Harvey's Uncle
1933
The Women in His Life
as Governor (uncredited)
1933
The Worst Woman in Paris?
as Doctor
1933
Son of a Sailor
as Rear Admiral Lee
1933
Night Flight
as Santiago Doctor (uncredited)
1933
Damaged Lives
as Donald Bradley Sr.
1933
One Year Later
as J. Atwell Hunt
1933
The Vanishing Frontier
as General Winfield
1933
42nd Street
as Hotel Doctor (uncredited)
1933
Humanity
as Dr. Van Buren
1933
Employees' Entrance
as Newspaper Owner (uncredited)
1933
Island of Lost Souls
as Consul
1932
Rasputin and the Empress
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1932
Guilty or Not Guilty
as John Halliday
1932
The All-American
as Mr. King
1932
70,000 Witnesses
as College Official (uncredited)
1932
Thrill of Youth
as Jeff Thayer
1932
The Washington Masquerade
as President of the Senate (uncredited)
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Mr. Prentice
1932
While Paris Sleeps
as Prison Doctor
1932
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Reporter (uncredited)
1932
The Wet Parade
as Judge (uncredited)
1932
Lady with a Past
as Mr. Patridge (Uncredited)
1932
Broken Lullaby
as Townsman (uncredited)
1932
Ladies of the Big House
as District Attorney Lawson (uncredited)
1931
Touchdown!
as President Baker
1931
The Cisco Kid
as Commanding Officer (uncredited)
1931
Expensive Women
as Melville's Party Guest
1931
The Unholy Garden
as Paris Prefect of Police
1931
Graft
as Robert Hall
1931
The Last Flight
as Military Doctor
1931
The Star Witness
as Judge (uncredited)
1931
An American Tragedy
as Mr. Finchley (uncredited)
1931
The Gay Diplomat
as Colonel
1931
1931
The Common Law
as Doctor (uncredited)
1931
Confessions of a Co-Ed
as College President
1931
Hush Money
as Mr. Stockton (uncredited)
1931
Five and Ten
as Mr. Brooks (uncredited)
1931
A Free Soul
as Defense Attorney Johnson (uncredited)
1931
1931
The Hot Heiress
as Doctor (uncredited)
1931
Behind Office Doors
as Doctor (uncredited)
1931
Girls Demand Excitement
as Mr. Madison
1931
Inspiration
as Madeleine's Father (uncredited)
1931
Resurrection
as Judge
1931
The Naughty Flirt
as Mr. John Raleigh Elliott
1930
Only Saps Work
as Dr. White
1930
Free Love
as Judge Sturgis
1930
Part Time Wife
as Garland - Oil Company President (uncredited)
1930
Just Imagine
as Head of Marriage Tribunal (uncredited)
1930
Maybe It's Love
as College Professor Sheffield
1930
Conspiracy
as Mark Holt (uncredited)
1930
Young Desire
as Mr. Spencer
1930
Shadow of the Law
as Colonel Wentworth
1930
The Divorcee
as Dr. Bernard
1930
Young Eagles
as Colonel Wilder
1930
Son of the Gods
as Attorney (uncredited)
1930
Puttin' on the Ritz
as Dr. Blair
1930
Not So Dumb
as Blair Patterson (uncredited)
1930
Dance Hall
as Dr. Loring
1929
The Last Performance
as Defense Attorney
1929
Flight
as Marine Colonel in Nicaragua
1929
The Dance of Life
as Minister
1929
Paris Bound
as James Hutton Sr.
1929
Thunderbolt
as Mr. Corwin
1929
Coquette
as Robert Wentworth
1929
The Docks of New York
as Night Court Judge (uncredited)
1928
Craig's Wife
as Mr. Passmore
1928
Honor Bound
as State Governor
1928
The Port of Missing Girls
as Cyrus Kinnng
1928
Partners in Crime
as B.R. Carnwall
1928
Feel My Pulse
as Her Uncle Edgar
1928
Two Flaming Youths
as Simeon Trott
1927
Shanghai Bound
as Louden
1927
Wings
as Mr. Powell (uncredited)
1927
Man Power
as James Martin
1927
Drums of the Desert
as Prof. Elias Manton
1927
The Broncho Twister
as Ned Mason
1927
One Increasing Purpose
as Mr. Glade
1927
The City
as George Rand Sr
1926
The Eagle of the Sea
as General Andrew Jackson
1926
The Midnight Kiss
as Thomas H. Hastings, Sr.
1926
Risky Business
as Schubal Peabody
1926
3 Bad Men
as Gen. Neville
1926
Desert Gold
as Richard Stanton Gale
1926
North of 36
as Pattison
1926
The King of the Turf
as Colonel Fairfax
1926
1926
The Primrose Path
as Prosecutor John Morton
1925
Wild Horse Mesa
as Lige Melberne
1925
The Air Mail
as Peter Rendon
1925
Her Market Value
as Harvey Dumont
1925
The Man Who Fights Alone
as Dr. Raymond
1924
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Mr. Roderick Virey
1924
1916
Body and Soul
as The Rider
1915
Paid in Full
as Jimsey Smith (as George H. Irving)
1914
Movies
The Misleading Lady
Director
1920
The Capitol
Director
1919
The Glorious Lady
Director
1919
The Volcano
Director
1919
The Silver King
Director
1919
Back to the Woods
Director
1918
Daughter of Destiny
Director
1917
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
Director
1917
God's Man
Director
1917
The Witching Hour
Director
1916
The Conquest of Canaan
Director
1916
Jaffery
Director
1916
The Ballet Girl
Director
1916
Body and Soul
Director
1915
John Glayde's Honor
Director
1915
The Builder of Bridges
Director
1915
The Fairy and the Waif
Director
1915
Dan
Director
1914
The Jungle
Director
1914
