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George Barbier (actor)

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Nationality
  
United States

Role
  
Film actor

Name
  
George Barbier


Years active
  
1930-1945

Occupation
  
Actor

Ex-spouse
  
Caroline Thatcher

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Born
  
November 19, 1864 (
1864-11-19
)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Died
  
July 19, 1945, Hollywood, California, United States

Movies
  
The Adventures of Marco, The Merry Widow, Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Smiling Lieutenant, Tarzan's Revenge

Similar People
  
William Keighley, Archie Mayo, Norman Z McLeod, Ernst Lubitsch, Darryl F Zanuck

George W. Barbier (November 19, 1864 – July 19, 1945) was an American film and stage actor.

Career

Barbier entered Crozier Seminary to study for the ministry but gave it up to go on the stage. He began his career in light opera and spent several years in repertory and stock companies. He eventually played on Broadway, where he appeared in seven productions between 1922 and 1930, among them The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Man Who Came Back. He signed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1929 and later worked as a character actor for most of the major studios. His first film was The Big Pond (1930). The weighty, white-haired Barbier often played pompous, but mostly kind-hearted businessmen or patriarchs in supporting roles. George Barbier appeared in 88 films until his death in 1945.

References

George Barbier (actor) Wikipedia