Acting

George Irving

Born 1874-10-05

New York City, New York, USA

Department: Acting

Biography

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.

1931

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (252 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Magic Town	Senator Wilton	Movie	1947
Bluebeard	The Duke of Carineaux (Uncredited)	Movie	1944
Christmas Holiday	Judge (uncredited)	Movie	1944
Lady in the Death House	Gregory	Movie	1944
Son of Dracula	Colonel Caldwell	Movie	1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case	Rear Admiral (uncredited)	Movie	1943
Hangmen Also Die!	Neeval	Movie	1943
Once Upon a Honeymoon	American Consul (uncredited)	Movie	1942
King of the Mounties	Prof. Brent	Movie	1942
Spy Ship	Harry Mitchell	Movie	1942
The Great Man's Lady	Dr. Adams (uncredited)	Movie	1941
Sergeant York	Harrison (uncredited)	Movie	1941
Love Crazy	Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)	Movie	1941
The Great Mr. Nobody	Dr. Carlisle (uncredited)	Movie	1941
Golden Hoofs	Dr. Timothy Drake	Movie	1941
She Couldn't Say No	Henry Rockwell	Movie	1940
Little Men	Truant Officer	Movie	1940
Knute Rockne All American	Doc - a Notre Dame Professor (uncredited)	Movie	1940
Yesterday's Heroes	Dr. Stovall	Movie	1940
New Moon	Ship's Captain	Movie	1940
Florian	Bantry	Movie	1940
An Angel from Texas	Actor on Donkey in the Play	Movie	1940
Johnny Apollo	Mr. Ives	Movie	1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Colonel Robert E. Lee (uncredited)	Movie	1940
Calling Philo Vance	Avery (uncredited)	Movie	1940
Laddie	Dr. Barnes	Movie	1940
A Child is Born	Dr. Cramm	Movie	1939
Bad Little Angel	Dr. Bell (uncredited)	Movie	1939
Espionage Agent	State Department Official	Movie	1939
Dust Be My Destiny	Judge	Movie	1939
Hotel for Women	Self / Appearance	Movie	1939
Hell's Kitchen	Judge	Movie	1939
The Hardys Ride High	Jonas Bronell	Movie	1939
Streets of New York	Judge Joseph Carroll	Movie	1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle	Colonel's Aide (uncredited)	Movie	1939
Sergeant Madden	Police Commissioner	Movie	1939
Wife, Husband and Friend	Doctor	Movie	1939
The Law West of Tombstone	Mort Dixon	Movie	1938
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off	College President Martin	Movie	1938
Ernest the Rebel	Hamilton (uncredited)	Movie	1938
Fugitives for a Night	Thomas, Nelson's Butler	Movie	1938
The Affairs of Annabel	Warden (uncredited)	Movie	1938
Smashing the Rackets	District Attorney Edward Greer	Movie	1938
Mother Carey's Chickens	Thomas Hamilton Sr.	Movie	1938
Crime Ring	Clifton	Movie	1938
Blond Cheat	Headwaiter (uncredited)	Movie	1938
The Saint in New York	Judge (Uncredited)	Movie	1938
Blind Alibi	Curator	Movie	1938
Go Chase Yourself	Daniels	Movie	1938
This Marriage Business	Madden	Movie	1938
Condemned Women	Warden Edmund Miller	Movie	1938
Maid's Night Out	Mr. Norman	Movie	1938
Bringing Up Baby	Mr. Peabody	Movie	1938
Crashing Hollywood	Alexander Peyton	Movie	1938
Wise Girl	Chief Judge at Custody Hearing (uncredited)	Movie	1937
She's Got Everything	First Doctor (uncredited)	Movie	1937
High Flyers	Chief of Police	Movie	1937
There Goes the Groom	Yacht Captain	Movie	1937
Breakfast for Two	Receivership Hearing Judge (uncredited)	Movie	1937
Saturday's Heroes	President Hammond	Movie	1937
The Life of the Party	Mr. Van Tuyl	Movie	1937
The Big Shot	Police Chief	Movie	1937
The Toast of New York	Broker	Movie	1937
Border Cafe	Senator Henry Whitney	Movie	1937
Meet the Missus	District Attorney	Movie	1937
You Can't Buy Luck	Doug White	Movie	1937
The Outcasts of Poker Flat	Doctor (uncredited)	Movie	1937
Too Many Wives	Albert (A.K.) Otto, Justice of the Peace	Movie	1937
The Man Who Found Himself	Dr. James Stanton Sr.	Movie	1937
China Passage	Dr. Sibley	Movie	1937
Don't Tell the Wife	Warden	Movie	1937
Sea Devils	Doctor (uncredited)	Movie	1937
The Mandarin Mystery	Dr. Alexander Kirk	Movie	1936
Give Me Liberty	Thomas Jefferson	Movie	1936
Hats Off	J.D. Murdock	Movie	1936
The Accusing Finger	Judge's Voice	Movie	1936
Sea Spoilers	Commander Mays	Movie	1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track	Major Gordon Kent	Movie	1936
Hearts Divided	Thomas Jefferson	Movie	1936
Private Number	Judge	Movie	1936
Navy Born	Admiral Kingston	Movie	1936
Hearts in Bondage	Commodore Jordan	Movie	1936
Captain January	John Mason	Movie	1936
A Message to Garcia	Col. Wagner (uncredited)	Movie	1936
Sutter's Gold	Dr. Billings	Movie	1936
It Had to Happen	Jury Foreman	Movie	1936
Dangerous	Charles Melton	Movie	1935
Stars Over Broadway	Angry Radio Station Executive	Movie	1935
A Night at the Opera	Committeeman (uncredited)	Movie	1935
3 Kids and a Queen	Judge	Movie	1935
Navy Wife	Dr. Charles Keats	Movie	1935
Dante's Inferno	Judge	Movie	1935
The Perfect Tribute	Man (uncredited)	Movie	1935
Society Fever	Mr. Vandergriff	Movie	1935
Oil for the Lamps of China	Walter Gilbert	Movie	1935
Charlie Chan in Egypt	Prof. Arnold	Movie	1935
Under the Pampas Moon	Don Bennett	Movie	1935
Age of Indiscretion	Judge	Movie	1935
Great God Gold	George Harper	Movie	1935
Princess O'Hara	Judge (uncredited)	Movie	1935
Death Flies East	Dr. Jim Moffat	Movie	1935
A Notorious Gentleman	Judge Horman	Movie	1935
Buried Loot	Edward Swain (uncredited)	Movie	1935
Bright Eyes	Judge Thompson	Movie	1934
The Oil Raider	J. T. Varley	Movie	1934
Pursued	Dr Otto Steiner	Movie	1934
Once to Every Bachelor	George Bryant	Movie	1934
Here Comes the Navy	Admiral	Movie	1934
The World Moves On	Charles Girard (1914)	Movie	1934
What Price Jazz	Mr. Public Opinion	Movie	1934
Manhattan Melodrama	Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)	Movie	1934
Manhattan Love Song	Kenbrook	Movie	1934
Viva Villa!	Statesman (uncredited)	Movie	1934
You're Telling Me!	President of Tire Co.	Movie	1934
Wonder Bar	Broker (uncredited)	Movie	1934
Looking for Trouble	Parsons (uncredited)	Movie	1934
George White's Scandals	John R. Loraine	Movie	1934
David Harum	Father (uncredited)	Movie	1934
Mr. Skitch	Harvey's Uncle	Movie	1933
The Women in His Life	Governor (uncredited)	Movie	1933
The Worst Woman in Paris?	Doctor	Movie	1933
Son of a Sailor	Rear Admiral Lee	Movie	1933
Night Flight	Santiago Doctor (uncredited)	Movie	1933
Damaged Lives	Donald Bradley Sr.	Movie	1933
One Year Later	J. Atwell Hunt	Movie	1933
The Vanishing Frontier	General Winfield	Movie	1933
42nd Street	Hotel Doctor (uncredited)	Movie	1933
Humanity	Dr. Van Buren	Movie	1933
Employees' Entrance	Newspaper Owner (uncredited)	Movie	1933
Island of Lost Souls	Consul	Movie	1932
Rasputin and the Empress	Minor Role (uncredited)	Movie	1932
Guilty or Not Guilty	John Halliday	Movie	1932
Air Mail	John Montgomery (uncredited)	Movie	1932
The All-American	Mr. King	Movie	1932
70,000 Witnesses	College Official (uncredited)	Movie	1932
Thrill of Youth	Jeff Thayer	Movie	1932
The Washington Masquerade	President of the Senate (uncredited)	Movie	1932
Merrily We Go to Hell	Mr. Prentice	Movie	1932
While Paris Sleeps	Prison Doctor	Movie	1932
The Famous Ferguson Case	Reporter (uncredited)	Movie	1932
The Wet Parade	Judge (uncredited)	Movie	1932
Lady with a Past	Mr. Patridge (Uncredited)	Movie	1932
Broken Lullaby	Townsman (uncredited)	Movie	1932
Ladies of the Big House	District Attorney Lawson (uncredited)	Movie	1931
Touchdown!	President Baker	Movie	1931
The Cisco Kid	Commanding Officer (uncredited)	Movie	1931
Expensive Women	Melville's Party Guest	Movie	1931
The Unholy Garden	Paris Prefect of Police	Movie	1931
Graft	Robert Hall	Movie	1931
The Last Flight	Military Doctor	Movie	1931
The Star Witness	Judge (uncredited)	Movie	1931
The Gay Diplomat	Colonel	Movie	1931
An American Tragedy	Mr. Finchley (uncredited)	Movie	1931
The Runaround	Self / Appearance	Movie	1931
The Common Law	Doctor (uncredited)	Movie	1931
Confessions of a Co-Ed	College President	Movie	1931
Hush Money	Mr. Stockton (uncredited)	Movie	1931
Five and Ten	Mr. Brooks (uncredited)	Movie	1931
A Free Soul	Defense Attorney Johnson (uncredited)	Movie	1931
Shipmates	Captain Beatty	Movie	1931
Dishonored	Self / Appearance	Movie	1931
The Hot Heiress	Doctor (uncredited)	Movie	1931
Behind Office Doors	Doctor (uncredited)	Movie	1931
Girls Demand Excitement	Mr. Madison	Movie	1931
Inspiration	Madeleine's Father (uncredited)	Movie	1931
Resurrection	Judge	Movie	1931
The Naughty Flirt	Mr. John Raleigh Elliott	Movie	1931
Only Saps Work	Dr. White (uncredited)	Movie	1930
Free Love	Judge Sturgis	Movie	1930
Part Time Wife	Garland - Oil Company President (uncredited)	Movie	1930
Just Imagine	Head of Marriage Tribunal (uncredited)	Movie	1930
Maybe It's Love	College President Sheffield	Movie	1930
Conspiracy	Mark Holt (uncredited)	Movie	1930
Young Desire	Mr. Spencer	Movie	1930
Shadow of the Law	Colonel Wentworth	Movie	1930
The Divorcee	Dr. Bernard	Movie	1930
Young Eagles	Colonel Wilder	Movie	1930
Son of the Gods	Attorney (uncredited)	Movie	1930
Puttin' on the Ritz	Dr. Blair	Movie	1930
Not So Dumb	Blair Patterson (uncredited)	Movie	1930
Dance Hall	Dr. Loring	Movie	1929
The Last Performance	Defense Attorney	Movie	1929
Flight	Marine Colonel in Nicaragua	Movie	1929
The Dance of Life	Minister	Movie	1929
Paris Bound	James Hutton Sr.	Movie	1929
Thunderbolt	Mr. Corwin	Movie	1929
Coquette	Robert Wentworth	Movie	1929
The Docks of New York	Night Court Judge (uncredited)	Movie	1928
Craig's Wife	Mr. Passmore	Movie	1928
Runaway Girls	John Hartley	Movie	1928
Modern Mothers	Theater Manager	Movie	1928
Honor Bound	State Governor	Movie	1928
The Port of Missing Girls	Cyrus Kinnng	Movie	1928
Partners in Crime	B.R. Carnwall	Movie	1928
Feel My Pulse	Her Uncle Edgar	Movie	1928
Two Flaming Youths	Simeon Trott	Movie	1927
Shanghai Bound	Louden	Movie	1927
Wings	Mr. Powell (uncredited)	Movie	1927
Man Power	James Martin	Movie	1927
Drums of the Desert	Prof. Elias Manton	Movie	1927
The Broncho Twister	Ned Mason	Movie	1927
One Increasing Purpose	Mr. Glade	Movie	1927
The City	George Rand Sr	Movie	1926
The Eagle of the Sea	General Andrew Jackson	Movie	1926
The Midnight Kiss	Thomas H. Hastings, Sr.	Movie	1926
Risky Business	Schubal Peabody	Movie	1926
3 Bad Men	Gen. Neville	Movie	1926
Desert Gold	Richard Stanton Gale	Movie	1926
North of 36	Pattison	Movie	1926
The King of the Turf	Colonel Fairfax	Movie	1926
His Jazz Bride	Self / Appearance	Movie	1926
The Golden Princess	Bill Ket	Movie	1925
The Primrose Path	Prosecutor John Morton	Movie	1925
Wild Horse Mesa	Lige Melberne	Movie	1925
The Goose Hangs High	Bernard Ingals	Movie	1925
The Air Mail	Peter Rendon	Movie	1925
Her Market Value	Harvey Dumont	Movie	1925
The Man Who Fights Alone	Dr. Raymond	Movie	1924
Wanderer of the Wasteland	Mr. Roderick Virey	Movie	1924
Floodgates	Director	Movie	1924
Lost in a Big City	Director	Movie	1923
Her Majesty	Director	Movie	1922
The Wakefield Case	Director	Movie	1921
The Misleading Lady	Director	Movie	1920
The Capitol	Director	Movie	1919
The Glorious Lady	Director	Movie	1919
The Volcano	Director	Movie	1919
As a Man Thinks	Director	Movie	1919
The Silver King	Director	Movie	1919
Back to the Woods	Director	Movie	1918
To Hell with the Kaiser!	Director	Movie	1918
The Landloper	Director	Movie	1918
Her Boy	Director	Movie	1918
Daughter of Destiny	Director	Movie	1917
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman	Director	Movie	1917
God's Man	Director	Movie	1917
The Witching Hour	Director	Movie	1916
The Conquest of Canaan	Director	Movie	1916
Jaffery	Self / Appearance	Movie	1916
Jaffery	Director	Movie	1916
Then I'll Come Back to You	Director	Movie	1916
The Ballet Girl	Director	Movie	1916
Body and Soul	The Rider	Movie	1915
Body and Soul	Director	Movie	1915
John Glayde's Honor	Director	Movie	1915
Just Out of College	Director	Movie	1915
The Builder of Bridges	Director	Movie	1915
The Fairy and the Waif	Director	Movie	1915
Dan	Director	Movie	1914
The Jungle	Director	Movie	1914
Paid in Full	Jimsey Smith (as George H. Irving)	Movie	1914
The Poor Millionaire	Calvinn Long	Movie	—