George Herrmann Tarr (1881–1968) was a New Zealand actor, scenic artist, theatre manager and film-maker. He was born in

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; and died in

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. After a career as a child actor from the age of five, he came to New Zealand about 1902. He worked on establishing cinemas before moving into film production in 1914. He produced two major films: ''

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'' (1914) and '' Ten Thousand Miles in the Southern Cross'' (1922). Tarr did not continue with film-making, and became a theatrical actor, producer and scenic artist.

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* George Tarr in ''Te Ara'' 1881 births 1968 deaths New Zealand male stage actors Australian emigrants to New Zealand Australian male child actors New Zealand film producers 20th-century New Zealand businesspeople {{NewZealand-actor-stub