George Hackathorne (February 13, 1896 – June 25, 1940) was an American actor of the
silent era
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. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1916 and 1939.
Hackathorne was born and educated in
Pendleton, Oregon
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. Despite his mother's wishes that he get a college education, he chose to be an actor.
[ He began his career as a child actor in stock theater, after which he performed in vaudeville. He and his brother had a dramatic act that toured the United States.]Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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.
Partial filmography
* ''Oliver Twist
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'' (1916)
* '' Tom Sawyer'' (1917) – Sid Sawyer
* '' Huck and Tom'' (1918) – Sid Sawyer
* '' Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley'' (1918) – Amarilly's Brother (uncredited)
* '' A Law Unto Herself'' (1918) – Bertrand Von Klassner at age 20
* '' The Heart of Humanity'' (1918) – Louis Patricia
* ''Sue of the South'' (1919) – Shad Peters
* '' Josselyn's Wife'' (1919) – Joe Latimer
* '' The Shepherd of the Hills'' (1919) – Ollie Stuart
* '' Better Times'' (1919) – Tony
* ''The Splendid Sin'' (1919) – The Honorable George Granville
* '' The Speed Maniac'' (1919) – Tom Matthews
* '' Too Much Johnson'' (1919) – Henry McIntosh
* ''The Last of the Mohicans
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'' (1920) – Captain Randolph
* '' To Please One Woman'' (1920) – Freddy
* '' The Sin of Martha Queed'' (1921) – Atlas
* ''High Heels
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'' (1921) – Laurie Trevor
* '' What Do Men Want?'' (1921) – Arthur
* '' The Light in the Clearing'' (1921) – Amos Grimshaw
* '' The Little Minister'' (1921) – Gavin
* '' The Gray Dawn'' (1922) – Calhoun Bennett
* '' The Worldly Madonna'' (1922) – Ramez
* '' Human Hearts'' (1922)Merry-Go-Round
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'' (1923) – Bartholomew Gruber
* '' Judgment of the Storm'' (1924) – Bob Heath
* '' When a Man's a Man'' (1924) – Yapavai Joe
* ''Surging Seas'' (1924) – Charles Stafford
* '' The Turmoil'' (1924) – Bibbs Sheridan
* ''Capital Punishment
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'' (1924) – Dan OConnor
* '' The Lady'' (1925) – Leonard Cairns
* '' Night Life of New York'' (1925) – Jimmy
* '' Wandering Fires'' (1925) – Raymond Corroll
* ''His Master's Voice
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'' (1925) – Bob Henley
* '' The Highbinders'' (1926) – Humpty Dugan
* '' Things Wives Tell'' (1926) – Charles
* '' The Truth About Men'' (1926) – James
* '' The Sea Urchin'' (1926) – Jack Trebarrow
* ''Cheaters'' (1927) – Paul Potter
* '' Paying the Price'' (1927) – Basil Payson
* '' Sally's Shoulders'' (1928) – Beau
* '' The Tip Off'' (1929) – 'Shrimp' Riley
* '' The Squall'' (1929) – Niki
* '' Captain of the Guard'' (1930) – Robespierre
* '' Hide-Out'' (1930) – Atlas
* '' The Lonesome Trail'' (1930) – Oswald
* '' Beyond the Law'' (1930) – Monty
* '' Riders of the North'' (1931) – Henchman Canuck Joe
* '' Self Defense'' (1932) – Paul
* '' Flaming Guns'' (1932) – Hugh – Ramsey's Secretary
* '' Only Yesterday'' (1933) – (uncredited)
* '' The Countess of Monte Cristo'' (1934) – Headwaiter (uncredited)
* '' Strange Wives'' (1934) – Guggin's Secretary
* '' Magnificent Obsession'' (1935) – Ex-Patient (uncredited)
* '' I Cover Chinatown'' (1936) – Head Waiter
* '' The Man I Married'' (1936) – Critic (uncredited)
* '' Smashing the Rackets'' (1938) – Detective (uncredited)
* ''Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind most often refers to:
* Gone with the Wind (novel), ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell
* Gone with the Wind (film), ''Gone with the Wind'' (film), the 1939 adaptation of the novel
Gone with the Wind ...
'' (1939) – wounded soldier in pain (uncredited)
References
External links
*
George Hackathorne
at Virtual History
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1896 births
1940 deaths
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Male actors from Oregon
People from Pendleton, Oregon
20th-century American male actors
American vaudeville performers