Occupation Actor Name Guy Oliver | Years active 1911-1931 | |
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Born September 25, 1878 ( 1878-09-25 ) Chicago, Illinois, US Died September 1, 1932(1932-09-01) (aged 53)
Hollywood, California, US | ||
George Guy Oliver (September 25, 1878 – September 1, 1932) was an American actor. He appeared in at least 189 silent film era motion pictures and 32 talkies in character roles between 1911 and 1931. His obituary gives him credit for at least 600. He directed three films in 1915.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Oliver began his career as a cornetist at six-years-old in Lamar, Missouri. After traveling with his family in a musical troupe, he decided to become an actor at age 21.
In 1908 he joined Lubin Studios in Philadelphia, earning $3.00 a day. After appearing with Eclair, Kinemacolor and the Selig Polyscope Company, Oliver went to California. He joined the company headed by Jesse L. Lasky in 1916, working for Lasky under a verbal contract.
Oliver appeared in at least 18 films starring Wallace Reid, and in those made by many other stars on the Paramount roster.
He was forced to retire and rest in 1931 because of his health, but the studio kept him on the payroll.
Guy Oliver died at age 53 from cancer at Hollywood Hospital in Hollywood, California.
Filmography
Actor
1931
Sooky as
Mr. Moggs
1931
Touchdown! as
Railroad Station Attendant (uncredited)
1931
Rich Man's Folly as
Dayton
1931
Beloved Bachelor as
John Adams
1931
Caught as
McNeill
1931
Huckleberry Finn as
Judge Thatcher
1931
An American Tragedy as
Simeon Dinsmore (uncredited)
1931
The Magnificent Lie as
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1931
Murder by the Clock as
Watchman
1931
I Take This Woman as
Sid
1931
The Lawyer's Secret as
Police Turnkey (uncredited)
1931
Up Pops the Devil as
Waldo - Handyman (uncredited)
1931
Dude Ranch as
Simonson
1931
Gun Smoke as
Sheriff Posey Meed
1931
Skippy as
Dad Burkey (uncredited)
1931
The Conquering Horde as
Mayor of Abilene (uncredited)
1931
Fighting Caravans as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1930
Playboy of Paris as
Street Cleaner (uncredited)
1930
Manslaughter as
Sheriff (uncredited)
1930
For the Defense as
Jury Foreman at First Trial (uncredited)
1930
Love Among the Millionaires as
Bill - Telegrapher (uncredited)
1930
True to the Navy as
Watch Customer (uncredited)
1930
The Texan as
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1930
The Devil's Holiday as
Hammond
1930
The Light of Western Stars as
Sheriff Grip Jarvis
1930
The Benson Murder Case as
Captain Hagedorn (uncredited)
1930
Only the Brave as
Gen. U.S. Grant
1930
Burning Up as
Townsman (uncredited)
1930
Behind the Make-Up as
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
1930
The Kibitzer as
McGinty
1929
Half Way to Heaven as
Farmer at Railroad Station
1929
Woman Trap as
Mr. Evans
1929
The Dance of Life as
Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
1929
Stairs of Sand as
Sheriff Collishaw
1929
The Studio Murder Mystery as
MacDonald
1929
Wolf Song (uncredited)
1929
The Dummy as
Elevator Starter (uncredited)
1929
Sunset Pass as
Clark
1928
Three Week Ends as
Pa O'Brien
1928
Avalanche as
Mr. Mains
1928
The Docks of New York as
The Crimp (uncredited)
1928
Beggars of Life as
Sheriff (uncredited)
1928
Hot News (uncredited)
1928
The Vanishing Pioneer as
Mr. Shelby
1928
Half a Bride as
Chief Engineer
1928
Easy Come, Easy Go as
Conductor
1928
Feel My Pulse as
Physician (uncredited)
1928
The Last Command as
Wardrobe Attendant (uncredited)
1928
Love and Learn as
Detective
1927
Open Range as
Jim Blake
1927
Shootin' Irons as
Judge Mathews
1927
Nevada as
Sheriff of Lineville
1927
Drums of the Desert as
Indian Agent
1927
Arizona Bound as
Sheriff
1927
The Mysterious Rider as
Jack Wilson
1926
Man of the Forest as
First Deputy
1926
Old Ironsides as
First Mate
1926
The Eagle of the Sea as
Beluche
1925
A Woman of the World as
Judge Porter
1925
The Vanishing American as
Kit Carson
1925
The Air Mail as
Bill Wade
1925
The Golden Bed as
Mountain Guide (uncredited)
1924
North of 36 as
Major McCoyne
1924
Changing Husbands as
Director (uncredited)
1924
The Bedroom Window as
Detective
1924
The Dawn of a Tomorrow as
Black
1923
The Ten Commandments as
Lunch Wagon Counter Man (uncredited)
1923
Ruggles of Red Gap as
Judge Ballard
1923
The Cheat as
District Attorney
1923
To the Last Man as
Bill
1923
Hollywood as
Guy Oliver
1923
The Woman with Four Faces as
Warden Cassidy
1923
Sixty Cents an Hour as
Crook
1923
The Covered Wagon as
Joe Dunstan
1923
Mr. Billings Spends His Dime as
John D. Starbock
1922
The Cowboy and the Lady as
Ross
1922
Manslaughter as
Musician
1922
Pink Gods as
Mark Escher
1922
Our Leading Citizen as
Cale Higginson
1922
Across the Continent as
Irishman
1922
The World's Champion as
Mooney
1922
A Homespun Vamp as
Duncan Craig
1921
A Virginia Courtship as
Buck Lawton
1921
The Little Minister as
Thomas Whammond
1921
Fool's Paradise as
Briggs
1921
A Prince There Was as
Bland
1921
The Affairs of Anatol as
Spencer's Butler (uncredited)
1921
Moonlight and Honeysuckle as
Congressman Hamil
1921
Too Much Speed as
'Howdy' Zeeker
1921
The City of Silent Men as
Mr. Bryant
1921
What Every Woman Knows as
James Wylie
1921
The Jucklins as
Sheriff Parker
1920
The Life of the Party as
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1920
Always Audacious as
Martin Green
1920
The Sins of Rosanne as
Hlangeli's Father
1920
The Round-up as
Jim Allen - Echo's Father
1920
A Cumberland Romance as
Pap Hicks
1920
The Sins of St. Anthony as
Horatio Meade
1920
Excuse My Dust as
Darby
1920
Double Speed as
Pawn Broker
1919
It Pays to Advertise as
McChesney
1919
Male and Female as
Yacht Pilot
1919
Hawthorne of the U.S.A. as
Count Henloe
1919
In Mizzoura as
Esrom
1919
The Lottery Man
1919
Told in the Hills as
Capt. Hold
1919
The Valley of the Giants as
George Sea Otter
1919
The Heart of Youth as
Calvin Prendergast
1919
Secret Service as
Jonas
1919
Putting It Over as
Policeman
1919
Rustling a Bride as
Ezry
1919
The Roaring Road as
Tom Darby
1919
The Poor Boob as
Hallock
1919
Alias Mike Moran as
Jim Day
1919
Don't Change Your Husband as
Mr. Frankel - Dressmaker (uncredited)
1919
Venus in the East as
Doc Naylor
1919
The Dub as
Robbins
1919
Under the Top as
Jay Trimmer
1918
The Squaw Man as
Kid Clarke
1918
Such a Little Pirate as
Bad-Eye
1918
Less Than Kin as
Peters
1918
The Bravest Way as
The Lawyer
1918
Old Wives for New as
Berkeley's Butler (uncredited)
1918
M'Liss as
Snakebit Saunders
1918
The Whispering Chorus as
Chief McFarland
1918
Rimrock Jones as
Andrew McBain
1918
Jules of the Strong Heart as
Big Jim Burgess
1917
Nan of Music Mountain as
Bull Page
1917
The Call of the East as
Cadger
1917
The Hostage as
Vanvoyd
1917
Checkmate (Short) as
John Strong
1917
Through the Eyes of the World (Short) as
Rev. Arthur Mohr
1917
The Little American as
Frederick von Austreim
1917
Freckles as
Duncan
1917
The Bottle Imp as
Rollins
1917
Those Without Sin as
Henry Melon
1917
Each to His Kind as
Col. Dawe
1917
The Golden Fetter as
Edson
1916
Out of the Mist (Short) as
Ben Ali Hashim
1916
The Germ of Mystery (Short) as
Dr. John Comstock
1916
The Return (Short) as
Rutley
1916
The Sacrifice (Short) as
John Oliver
1916
The Valiants of Virginia as
Major Bristow
1916
The Reprisal (Short) as
Louis Rodney
1916
Into the Primitive as
Thomas Blake
1916
The Temptation of Adam (Short) as
Adam Cavanaugh
1916
The Three Wise Men (Short) as
Horace Johnson
1916
The Devil, the Servant and the Man (Short) as
Franklyn Foster
1916
Number 13, Westbound (Short) as
Orson Kimball
1916
The Regeneration of Jim Halsey (Short) as
Jed Blake
1916
Thou Shalt Not Covet as
My Neighbor
1916
Tom Martin: A Man (Short) as
Tom Martin
1916
Why Love Is Blind (Short) as
Peter Stone
1915
I'm Glad My Boy Grew Up to Be a Soldier as
Frank Archer
1915
The Coquette's Awakening (Short) as
George
1915
The Bridge of Time (Short) as
Bob Walters
1915
Mutiny in the Jungle (Short) as
Colonel Hart
1915
The Circular Staircase as
Halsey Innes
1915
The Strange Case of Talmai Lind (Short) as
Carl Lind - the Father
1915
Jimmy (Short) as
Jack Peabody
1915
At the Flood Tide (Short) as
Paul Grant
1915
His Father's Rifle (Short) as
Kirke Warren
1915
The Blood Yoke (Short)
1915
Ingratitude of Liz Taylor (Short) as
Ben Bradshaw
1915
The Carpet from Bagdad as
Horace Wadsworth
1915
The Poetic Justice of Omar Khan (Short) as
Philip Hyde
1915
Ashes of Gold (Short) as
David Bailey
1915
Retribution (Short) as
Jim - a Reporter
1915
The Lady of the Cyclamen (Short) as
Curtis Barton - an Artist
1915
The Black Diamond (Short) as
The Father / The Son (dual role)
1915
The Passer-by (Short) as
Frank Coakley
1915
The Spirit of the Violin (Short) as
John Graham
1915
The Richest Girl in the World (Short)
1915
The Strange Case of Princess Khan (Short) as
Philip Dawson
1914
One Traveler Returns (Short) as
Bob Warford
1914
The Fates and Ryan (Short) as
Michael Ryan
1914
The Broken 'X' (Short)
1914
'C D' - A Civil War Tale (Short) as
Ralph Tillman
1914
The Wasp (Short) as
Dick Little
1914
The Blue Flame (Short) as
Dick Little
1914
A Just Punishment (Short) as
Bob Preston - the Husband
1914
Ye Vengeful Vagabonds (Short) as
Jan Von Winckle
1914
The Man in Black (Short) as
The Man in Black
1914
A Typographical Error (Short) as
Joel Montrose - the Young Blacksmith
1914
Who Killed George Graves? (Short) as
John Borne
1914
The Sealed Oasis (Short) as
Tom
1914
What Became of Jane? (Short) as
Ben Murdock
1914
The Reporter on the Case (Short) as
Jimmie - the Reporter
1914
Footprints (Short) as
Robert Gray
1914
Reporter Jimmie Intervenes as
Jimmie - the Reporter
1914
Me an' Bill (Short) as
Bill Findlay
1914
When the Night Call Came (Short) as
Karl Kreidt
1914
Judge Dunn's Decision (Short) as
Frank Barton
1914
The Girl Behind the Barrier (Short) as
Tom
1914
Dawn (Short) as
Dave - the Forest Ranger
1914
The Baby Spy (Short) as
Jim Sherman
1914
The Schooling of Mary Ann (Short) as
Robert Jackson
1914
A Flirt's Repentance (Short) as
John Custer
1914
The Fire Jugglers (Short)
1914
The Cop on the Beat (Short) as
Officer Casey
1914
Kid Pink and the Maharajah (Short)
1914
Little Lillian Turns the Tide (Short) as
William Rockwell - the Father
1914
Memories as
Professor Scott
1914
The Mistress of His House (Short) as
Dr. Richard Crane - the Husband
1914
Reconciled in Blood (Short) as
Nat Hawkins
1914
A Splendid Sacrifice (Short) as
Mr. Rodney Clifford
1914
Blue Blood and Red (Short) as
Henry Raymond
1914
Unto the Third and Fourth Generation (Short) as
John Smythe aka William Smith
1913
The Adventures of Kathlyn
1913
His Sister (Short) as
Frank Alvin
1913
The Lure of the Road (Short) as
Jacques
1913
Northern Hearts (Short) as
Brock
1913
The Supreme Moment (Short) as
Gangster Griggs
1913
Outwitted by Billy (Short) as
Irving Freeman
1913
Trying Out No. 707 (Short) as
Convict 707
1913
Between the Rifle Sights (Short) as
Bob
1913
The Dangling Noose (Short) as
Indian Jim
1913
Big Jim of the Sierras (Short) as
Big Jim
1913
The Woman of the Mountains (Short) as
Herbert - Stella's Sweetheart
1913
The False Friend (Short) as
Dr. Guy Morris
1913
The Spell of the Primeval (Short) as
Richard Van Sant
1913
Local Color (Short)
1913
Parson Jim's Baby (Short) as
Parson Jim
1913
The Three Wise Men (Short) as
Horace Johnson
1912
His Determination Rewarded (Short) as
The Husband
1912
The Passing Parade (Short) as
Band Master
1912
Robin Hood (Short) as
Much
1912
Wanted a Wife in a Hurry (Short) as
Jimmy Kearney
1912
Boys Again (Short) as
John Lyons
1912
The Double Cross (Short) as
John Truesworth, Maud's Father
1912
That Loving Man (Short) as
Henry Anderson
1912
The Cedarville Scandal (Short)
1912
A Double Misunderstanding (Short)
1912
The Holy City (Short) as
St. Luke
1912
The High Cost of Living (Short) as
Mr. Blacksmith
1912
Saved from the Titanic (Short) as
Jack's pal
1912
The Raven (Short) as
Edgar Allan Poe
1912
Oh, You Ragtime! (Short) as
The Pianist
1912
A Lucky Holdup (Short) as
Father Number One
1912
Little Hands (Short) as
The Convict
1912
Brooms and Dustpans (Short)
1912
It Pays to Be Kind (Short)
1912
Bridge (Short) as
Mr. Gray
1912
No Wedding Bells for Me (Short) as
The Justice of the Peace
1912
Keeping an Eye on Father (Short) as
Joshua Hamilton's Son
1911
Hands Across the Sea in '76 (Short)
1911
Bess of the Forest (Short) as
Juan Garcia
1911
An Indian's Appreciation (Short) as
Edna's Uncle
1911
Good for Evil (Short) as
Bill
1910
The Blue Horse Mine (Short)
1910
Making a Man of Him (Short)
1910
An American Count (Short) as
Clara's Father
1910
Spoony Sam (Short) as
Pa Sprague
1910
The Almighty Dollar (Short) as
Bartender
1910
Faith Lost and Won (Short) as
Don's Pal
1910
The Indian Girl's Romance (Short) as
The Indian Chief
1910
Western Justice (Short) as
The Mexican
1910
The Girls of the Range (Short)
1909
The Judge's Ward (Short) as
The Butler
Director
1915
At the Flood Tide (Short)
1915
The Coyote (Short)
1915
The Angel of Spring (Short)
Producer
2002
History of Football: The Beautiful Game (TV Series documentary) (series producer)
Self
1922
A Trip to Paramountown (Documentary short) as
Self
References
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