George Cleethorpe (17 December 1883 – 25 August 1961) was an Irish or Scottish-born American silent film actor. George Cleethorpe was born on 17 December 1883 in Scotland, or possibly Ireland. Cleethorpe acted with

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in Los Angeles from 1915, and continued with him at Mutual. In 1918, he worked for Broncho Billy Anderson’s Golden West, and in 1921 was an assistant director at

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. Cleethorpe's wife Marie died in 1932. He died on 25 August 1961.

Partial filmography

*'' Police'' (1916)

References

1883 births American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors Place of birth unknown Year of death unknown British emigrants to the United States {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub