George MacQuarrie (born as George Donald MacQuarrie; June 2, 1873 – April 1951), was an American actor of the silent era.

Biography

MacQuarrie was born in

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

in 1873 as George Donald MacQuarrie. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1951. His brothers were Murdock MacQuarrie,

Frank MacQuarrie Frank MacQuarrie (January 27, 1875 in San Francisco – December 25, 1950 in Los Angeles) was an American silent film actor. He was the brother of actors Albert MacQuarrie, George MacQuarrie and Murdock MacQuarrie. Filmography * '' The Black ...

, and

Albert MacQuarrie Albert MacQuarrie (January 8, 1882, San Francisco – February 17, 1950, California) was an American silent film actor. He was signed in 1912 and starred in about 70 films before his retirement. He starred with William Garwood in films suc ...

. He was married to actress Helen MacKellar (1895 – 1966). He died in 1951 at the age of 77.

Selected filmography

* '' The Eternal Sapho'' (1916) - Jack McCullough * ''The Revolt'' (1916) - Dr. Goode * '' The Heart of a Hero'' - Guy Fitzroy * ''All Man'' (1916) - Gillette Barker * ''A Hungry Heart'' (1917) - Marquis Henri de Sartorys * '' The Social Leper'' (1917) - Henry Armstrong * ''

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'' (1917) - Sir Horace Welby * ''

The Stolen Paradise ''The Stolen Paradise'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Ethel Clayton, Edward Langford and Pinna Nesbit.Beauchamp p.444 Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. Cast * Ethel ...

'' (1917) - Kenneth Brooks * '' The Price of Pride'' (1917) - Ben Richardson * ''

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'' (1917) - Stephen Graves * ''

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'' (1917) - George Washington * '' A Maid of Belgium'' (1917) - Roger Hudson * '' Adventures of Carol'' (1917) - Col. Montgomery * '' Her Hour'' (1917) - Ralph Christie * '' The Tenth Case'' (1917) - Jerome Landis * ''

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'' (1917) - Harrington Sr. * ''

Shall We Forgive Her? ''Shall We Forgive Her?'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Arthur Ashley and starring June Elvidge, Arthur Ashley and John Bowers.Langman p.59 Cast * June Elvidge as Grace Raymond * Arthur Ashley as Neil Garth * John Bowers as ...

'' (1917) * ''The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds'' (1918) - George Washington * ''The Gates of Gladness'' (1918) - Roger Leeds * ''Wanted: A Mother'' (1918) - Dr. Homer * ''Vengeance'' (1918) - Haven * '' Stolen Orders'' (1918) - Adm. Gaveston * '' The Interloper'' (1918) - Courtney Carvel * ''The Cabaret'' (1918) - Stanley Sargent * '' The Golden Wall'' (1918) - Rudolph Miller * ''Joan of the Woods'' (1918) - Judge Philip Wentworth * ''Heredity'' (1918) - Frank Graves * '' Merely Players'' (1918) - Hollis Foster * ''Appearance of Evil'' (1918) - Harold Brown * '' Hitting the Trail'' (1918) - Reverend Thomas Roberts * '' Love in a Hurry'' (1919) - George Templar * ''The Bluffer'' (1919) - John Moran * ''

Mandarin's Gold ''Mandarin's Gold'' is a lost 1919 silent film drama directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Kitty Gordon. Cast * Kitty Gordon - Betty Cardon *Irving Cummings - Blair Cardon * George MacQuarrie - Geoffrey North *Marguerite Gale - Susan Pettigrew * ...

'' (1919) - Geoffrey North * '' Courage for Two'' (1919) - Douglas Sr. * '' The Unveiling Hand'' (1919) - Bob Harding * ''The Little Intruder'' (1919) - George Conklin * ''

The Social Pirate ''The Social Pirate'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Dell Henderson and starring June Elvidge, Laura Burt and Ned Sparks.Connelly p.412 Cast * June Elvidge as Dolores Fernandez * Laura Burt as Mrs. McBride * Lillian Lawrence ...

'' (1919) - Allen Hobington * ''Love and the Woman'' (1919) - Grant Murdock * ''

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'' (1919) - Maj. Marston * ''

The Idol Dancer ''The Idol Dancer'' is a 1920 American silent South Seas genre, South Seas drama film produced and directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Richard Barthelmess and Clarine Seymour in her final film role. Seymour was a young actress Griffith was gro ...

'' (1920) - Rev. Franklyn Blythe * ''

The Love Flower ''The Love Flower'' is a 1920 American silent drama film produced by D. W. Griffith and released through the then nascent United Artist company of which Griffith was a founding partner.

'' (1920) - Thomas Bevan * ''

The Whisper Market ''The Whisper Market'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by George L. Sargent and starring Corinne Griffith, George MacQuarrie and Eulalie Jensen.Connelly p.432 Cast * Corinne Griffith as Erminie North * George Howard as Basil Nor ...

'' (1920) - Burke * ''Uncle Sam of Freedom Ridge'' (1920) - Roger Blair * ''

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'' (1921) - Mike Kearney * ''Forbidden Love'' (1921) - Peter Van Zandt * ''

Find the Woman ''Find the Woman'' is a 1922 American silent mystery film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Alma Rubens. It was produced by Cosmopolitan Productions, owned by William Randolph Hearst, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on ...

'' (1922) - Judge Walbrough * ''A Virgin's Sacrifice'' (1922) - Sam Bellows * ''

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'' (1923) - The Constable of France * ''

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'' (1923) - McClintock * ''

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'' (1923) - (uncredited) * ''

Half-A-Dollar-Bill ''Half-A-Dollar-Bill'' is a surviving 1924 American silent drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Anna Q. Nilsson. It was produced by an independent company and released through Metro Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine ...

'' (1924) - Martin Webber * '' The Rejected Woman'' (1924) - Samuel Du Prez * '' The Street of Tears'' (1924) - Dan Weller * '' The Hole in the Wall'' (1929) - Inspector * ''

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'' (1930) - Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1933) - Police Captain (uncredited) * ''

A Bedtime Story ''A Bedtime Story'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Maurice Chevalier. Plot Chevalier plays a Parisian playboy who finds himself obliged to care for an abandoned baby. The film was directed by Norman Taurog and also st ...

'' (1933) - Henry Joudain * '' Duck Soup'' (1933) - Judge #1 (uncredited) * '' You're Telling Me!'' (1934) - Crabbe (uncredited) * ''

The Cat's-Paw ''The Cat's-Paw'' (1934) is a comedy film starring Harold Lloyd and directed by Sam Taylor. It was Lloyd's seventh and final collaboration with Taylor and the fourth of his seven starring roles in sound. ''The Cat’s Paw'', a novel by Clarence ...

'' (1934) - Assistant District Attorney (uncredited) * ''

The Mighty Barnum ''The Mighty Barnum'' is a 1934 film starring Wallace Beery as P.T. Barnum. The movie was written by Gene Fowler and Bess Meredyth, adapted from their play of the same name, and directed by Walter Lang. Beery had played Barnum four years earlie ...

'' (1934) - Daniel Webster * ''

Life Returns ''Life Returns'' is an American film directed by Eugene Frenke. The film stars Onslow Stevens, George P. Breakston and Lois Wilson with a plot that involves a doctor who is convinced that the dead can be brought back to life gets the chance to p ...

'' (1935) - Judge * ''

Wings in the Dark ''Wings in the Dark'' is a 1935 film directed by James Flood and starring Myrna Loy and Cary Grant and focusing on a daring woman aviator and an inventor thrust into a desperate situation. ''Wings in the Dark'' was produced by Arthur Hornblow, J ...

'' (1935) - Crawford - Banke (uncredited) * '' All the King's Horses'' (1935) - Prince Rumpfeffer (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1935) - Doorman at Arras (uncredited) * '' The Black Room'' (1935) - The Judge (uncredited) * '' Call of the Wild'' (1935) - Mounted Policeman * ''

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'' (1935) - Captain of Templars (uncredited) * '' Diamond Jim'' (1935) - Stockbroker (uncredited) * ''

Klondike Annie ''Klondike Annie'' is a 1936 American Western film starring Mae West and Victor McLaglen. The film was co-written by West from her play ''Frisco Kate'', which she wrote in 1921 and a story written by the duo Marion Morgan and George Brendan Dowe ...

'' (1936) - Port Officer (uncredited) * '' Desire'' (1936) - Clerk With Gun (scenes deleted) * '' Robin Hood of El Dorado'' (1936) - Smithers (uncredited) * ''

Big Brown Eyes ''Big Brown Eyes'' is a 1936 American crime comedy film. In the film, police officer Danny Barr (Cary Grant) is chasing jewel robbers. His girlfriend Eve Fallon (Joan Bennett) is initially working as a manicurist, but quickly takes a job as a re ...

'' (1936) - Chief of Detectives (uncredited) * ''

The Border Patrolman ''The Border Patrolman'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien. Plot Spoiled socialite Patricia Huntley gets arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agent Bob Wallace in Arizona after meeting with je ...

'' (1936) - Jim Riker (uncredited) * ''

The Plainsman ''The Plainsman'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. The film presents a highly fictionalized account of the adventures and relationships between Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jan ...

'' (1936) - Gen. Merritt * ''

The Last Train from Madrid ''The Last Train from Madrid'' is a 1937 American war drama film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Dorothy Lamour, Lew Ayres and Gilbert Roland. It is set during the Spanish Civil War. The film was one of the few contemporary Hollywood film ...

'' (1937) - Driver (uncredited) * '' High, Wide and Handsome'' (1937) - Peter's Man (uncredited) * ''

Souls at Sea ''Souls at Sea'' is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gary Cooper and George Raft. Based on a story by Ted Lesser, the film is about a first mate on a slave ship who frees the slaves on the ship after a mutiny ...

'' (1937) - Doctor (uncredited) * '' Lawless Valley'' (1938) - Tim Wade * ''

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'' (1939) - Frightened Old Man (uncredited) * ''

Rulers of the Sea ''Rulers of the Sea'' is a 1939 American historical drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwood and Will Fyffe. The film's story is based on the voyage of the , the first steamship to cross the North ...

'' (1939) - Seaman (uncredited) * ''

Trail of the Vigilantes ''Trail of the Vigilantes'' is a 1940 75-minute black-and-white Western comedy directed by Allan Dwan, written by Harold Shumate, and featuring Franchot Tone, Warren William, Broderick Crawford and Andy Devine Andrew Vabre Devine (October 7 ...

'' (1940) - Rancher (uncredited) * ''

Stardust on the Sage ''Stardust on the Sage'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by William Morgan and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, William Henry, and Edith Fellows. Written by Betty Burbridge, based on a story by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, th ...

'' (1942) - Rancher Raymond (uncredited) * ''

The Sundown Kid ''The Sundown Kid'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Elmer Clifton and written by Norman S. Hall. The film stars Don "Red" Barry, Ian Keith, Helen MacKellar, Linda Leighton, Emmett Lynn and Wade Crosby. The film was released on Dece ...

'' (1942) - Rancher (uncredited) * '' This Land Is Mine'' (1943) - Chief of Police (uncredited) * ''

Fourteen Hours ''Fourteen Hours'' is a 1951 American drama directed by Henry Hathaway, which tells the story of a New York City police officer trying to stop a despondent man from jumping to his death from the 15th floor of a hotel. The film won critical accla ...

'' (1951) - Rev. Dr. J.C. Parkinson (uncredited)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Macquarrie, George 1873 births 1951 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from San Francisco 20th-century American male actors RKO Pictures contract players