George Davis (7 November 1889 – 19 April 1965) was a Dutch-born American actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1916 and 1963. He was born in

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and died in

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, from

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Selected filmography

* ''The Yellow Traffic'' (1914) * '' Out of the Fog'' (1919) as Brad Standish * ''

Three Ages ''Three Ages'' is a 1923 Black and white, black-and-white American feature-length silent comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton and Wallace Beery. The first feature Keaton wrote, directed, produced, and starred in (unlike ''The Saphead,'' ...

'' (1923) as Roman Guard Knocked Down (uncredited) * '' Sherlock Jr.'' (1924) as Conspirator (uncredited) * ''

Stupid, But Brave ''Stupid, But Brave'' is a 1924 American silent comedy short film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle credited under the pseudonym of William Goodrich. Arbuckle does not play in the film, which was distributed by Educational. Cast * Al St. John as ...

'' (1924, short) as A Bum / The Race Starter (uncredited) * ''

He Who Gets Slapped ''He Who Gets Slapped'' () is a play in four acts by Russian dramatist Leonid Andreyev; completed in August 1915 and first produced in that same year at the Moscow Art Theatre on October 27, 1915. Immensely popular with Russian audiences, the ...

'' (1924) as A Clown (uncredited) * ''

The Iron Mule ''The Iron Mule'' is a 1925 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle and Grover Jones. Plot It is 1830 in Likskillet. The Iron Mule is a steam engine used to haul converted carriages on a rail. A cow on the tracks ...

'' (1925, short) * ''

The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera may refer to: Novel * The Phantom of the Opera (novel), ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (novel), 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux Characters * Erik (The Phantom of the Opera), Erik (''The Phantom of the Opera''), the title char ...

'' (1925) as Guard at Christine's Door (uncredited) * '' The Tourist'' (1925, short) * '' Cleaning Up'' (1925, short) as The Wife's Brother * '' The Fighting Dude'' (1925, short) as The Dude's Valet * '' My Stars'' (1926, short) as The Butler * '' Home Cured'' (1926, short) * ''

Fool's Luck ''Fool's Luck'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle as William Goodrich. Although Arbuckle was acquitted in the third trial for the death of Virginia Rappe, he could not obtain work in Hollywood under his own nam ...

'' (1926, short) as Cuthbert, The Valet * '' His Private Life'' (1926 short) as His Valet * '' Into Her Kingdom'' (1926) as Russian Officer / Court Leader * ''

The Magic Flame ''The Magic Flame'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Henry King, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and based on the 1900 play ''Konig Harlekin'' by Rudolph Lothar. George Barnes was nominated at the 1st Academy Awards for Best Cin ...

'' (1927) as The Utility Man * '' The Circus'' (1928) as A Magician * ''

The Wagon Show ''The Wagon Show'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Ford Beebe and Don Ryan. The film stars Ken Maynard, Ena Gregory, Maurice Costello, Fred Malatesta, George Davis and May Boley. The film was ...

'' (1928) as Hank * ''

4 Devils ''4 Devils'' (also known as ''Four Devils'') is a lost 1928 American Synchronized sound drama film directed by German director F. W. Murnau and starring Janet Gaynor. While the 1928 version of the film had no audible dialog, it was released w ...

'' (1928) as Mean Clown * ''

The Awakening The Awakening may refer to: Religion * Awakening (Finnish religious movement), a Lutheran movement in Finland * Great Awakening, several periods of Anglo-American Christian revival Film and television Film * ''The Awakening'', a 1913 film starring ...

'' (1928) as The Orderly * ''

Sin Sister ''The Sin Sister'' is a lost 1929 American Synchronized sound drama adventure film directed by Charles Klein and starring Nancy Carroll. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects u ...

'' (1929) * ''

Broadway Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (disambiguation) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street ** Broadway Theatre (53rd Stre ...

'' (1929) as Joe the Waiter * '' The Kiss'' (1929) as Detective Durant * ''

Devil-May-Care Devil May Care may refer to: Music * ''Devil May Care'', an album by Bob Dorough, 1956 * ''Devil May Care'' (album), by Teri Thornton, 1961 * ''Devil May Care'', an album by Claire Martin, 1993 * "The Devil May Care (Mom & Dad Don't)", a song b ...

'' (1929) as Groom * ''

Not So Dumb ''Not So Dumb'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by King Vidor, starring Marion Davies, and produced by Cosmopolitan Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who released it on January 17, 1930. It is based on the stage play ''Dulc ...

'' (1930) * ''

Laugh and Get Rich ''Laugh and Get Rich'' is a 1931 pre-Code American comedy film, directed by Gregory La Cava, from a screenplay he also wrote with contributions from Douglas MacLean, who also was the associate producer, and Ralph Spence. The film stars Doroth ...

'' (1931) * ''

The Big Trail ''The Big Trail'' is a 1930 American epic pre-Code Western early widescreen film shot on location across the American West starring 23-year-old John Wayne in his first leading role and directed by Raoul Walsh. It is the final completed film ...

'' (1931) * '' The Little Cafe'' (1931) * ''

Strangers May Kiss ''Strangers May Kiss'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and noncredit-directed by George Fitzmaurice. The movie stars Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery and Neil Hamilton. The movie was an adapt ...

'' (1931) * '' The Common Law'' (1931) * ''

Men of Chance ''Men of Chance'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Archainbaud, starring Ricardo Cortez, Mary Astor, and John Halliday. Plot A destitute Marthe Preston is in dire straits in Paris until gambler Richard Dorval comes to ...

'' (1931) * ''

Keep Laughing ''Keep Laughing'' is an album by hardcore punk band Rich Kids on LSD Rich Kids on LSD (RKL) is a Californian hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Montecito, California, a suburb of Santa Barbara. They were associated with the "Nardcore" s ...

'' (1932) * '' The Man from Yesterday'' (1932) * '' Under Cover Man'' (1932) * ''

Private Lives ''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetuall ...

'' (1933) * ''

Reunion in Vienna ''Reunion in Vienna'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama produced and distributed by MGM. Sidney Franklin served as director. The film stars John Barrymore in a story taken from the 1931 stage play of the same name by Robert Emmet Sherw ...

'' (1933) * ''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' ( ) is an operetta by the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The Libretto, librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein (writer), Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's ...

'' (1934) French version * '' I Met Him in Paris'' (1937) * '' Everything Happens at Night'' (1939) * ''

Charlie Chan in City in Darkness ''City in Darkness'', also known as ''Charlie Chan in City in Darkness'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, and Richard Clark. It is one of the films in the Charlie Chan film series, ...

'' (1939) * ''

Ninotchka ''Ninotchka'' is a 1939 American romantic comedy film made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by producer and director Ernst Lubitsch and starring Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. It was written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, and Walter Reisch, b ...

'' (1939) as Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited) * ''

The Pied Piper The Pied Piper of Hamelin (, also known as the Pan Piper or the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the title character of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany. The legend dates back to the Middle Ages. The earliest refere ...

'' (1942) * ''

Bomber's Moon ''Bomber's Moon'' is a 1943 American wartime propaganda film, produced by 20th Century Fox, based on an unpublished magazine serial "Bomber's Moon" by Leonard Lee. Plot Captain Jeff Dakin ( George Montgomery) is shot down over Germany on a bom ...

'' (1943) (uncredited) * '' The Dolly Sisters'' (1945) * '' In a Lonely Place'' (1950) as Waiter (uncredited) * ''

Secrets of Monte Carlo ''Secrets of Monte Carlo'' is a 1951 American crime film directed by George Blair and starring Warren Douglas, Lois Hall and June Vincent. Plot In Hong Kong, a British insurance investigator and an American businessman join forces to recover th ...

'' (1951) * ''

The Lady Says No ''The Lady Says No'' is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Frank Ross (producer), Frank Ross, starring Joan Caulfield, David Niven and James Robertson Justice, photographed by James Wong Howe, and featuring sequences filmed at Fort Ord, Peb ...

'' (1952)

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* 1889 births 1965 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Deaths from cancer in California Male actors from Amsterdam Dutch emigrants to the United States 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub