George Davis (actor) art in Educational Pictures advertisement from 1926 Motion Picture News -87 (cropped)

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) - Brad Standish * '' Three Ages'' (1923) - Roman Guard Knocked Down (uncredited) * '' Sherlock Jr.'' (1924) - Conspirator (uncredited) * '' Stupid, But Brave'' (1924, short) - A Bum / The Race Starter (uncredited) * '' He Who Gets Slapped'' (1924) - A Clown (uncredited) * '' The Iron Mule'' (1925, short) * ''

The Phantom of the Opera ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pier ...

'' (1925) - Guard at Christine's Door (uncredited) * '' The Tourist'' (1925, short) * '' Cleaning Up'' (1925, short) - The Wife's Brother * '' The Fighting Dude'' (1925, short) - The Dude's Valet * '' My Stars'' (1926, short) - The Butler * '' Home Cured'' (1926, short) * '' Fool's Luck'' (1926, short) - Cuthbert - The Valet * '' His Private Life'' (1926 short) - His Valet * ''

Into Her Kingdom ''Into Her Kingdom'' is a 1926 American silent film featuring a Technicolor sequence which dramatizes the Russian Revolution. It was based on a 1925 short story of the same name by Ruth Comfort Mitchell, originally published in Red Book Magazin ...

'' (1926) - 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 Cinem ...

'' (1927) - The Utility Man * '' The Circus'' (1928) - A Magician * '' The Wagon Show'' (1928) - Hank * '' 4 Devils'' (1928) - Mean Clown * '' The Awakening'' (1928) - The Orderly * '' Sin Sister'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) - Joe the Waiter * '' The Kiss'' (1929) - Detective Durant * '' Devil-May-Care'' (1929) - Groom * ''

Not So Dumb ''Not So Dumb'' is a 1930 pre-Code comedy motion picture starring Marion Davies, directed by King Vidor, and produced for Cosmopolitan Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based on the stage play ''Dulcy'' by George S. Kaufman and Marc C ...

'' (1930) * '' Laugh and Get Rich'' (1931) * ''

The Big Trail ''The Big Trail'' is a 1930 American 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. In 2006, the United States Library ...

'' (1931) * '' The Little Cafe'' (1931) * '' Strangers May Kiss'' (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 t ...

'' (1931) * ''

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

Under Cover Man ''Under Cover Man'' is a 1932 United States, American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code crime film directed by James Flood and starring George Raft and Nancy Carroll.Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013, page 34. Pl ...

'' (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'' (1933) * ''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' (german: Die lustige Witwe, links=no ) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to ...

'' (1934) French version * ''

I Met Him in Paris ''I Met Him in Paris'' is a 1937 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, written by Claude Binyon, and starring Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, and Robert Young. It was the first film shown at Washington, D.C.'s Newt ...

'' (1937) * '' Everything Happens at Night'' (1939) * '' Charlie Chan in City in Darkness'' (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, based o ...

'' (1939) (uncredited) * '' The Pied Piper'' (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 bomb ...

'' (1943) (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1945) * ''

In a Lonely Place ''In a Lonely Place'' is a 1950 American film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, produced for Bogart's Santana Productions. The script was written by Andrew P. Solt from Edmund H. North's adaptation o ...

'' (1950) (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 t ...

'' (1951) * '' The Lady Says No'' (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