George A. Siegmann (also credited as George Seigmann; February 8, 1882 – June 22, 1928) was an American actor and film director in the

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era. His work includes roles in notable productions such as ''

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'' (1915), ''

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'' (1916), ''

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'' (1921), ''

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'' (1922), '' The Cat and the Canary'' (1927), and ''

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'' (1928).

Early life and career

Born in

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in 1882, Siegmann is listed as having been in over 100 films. His more notable roles include Silas Lynch in

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's ''

'' (1915),

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in ''

'' (1916),

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in ''

'' (1921),

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in ''

'' (1922), the guard in the 1927 film '' The Cat and the Canary'', and Dr. Hardquanonne in ''

'', which was completed in 1927 but released in 1928. In 1919, Siegmann served as a director for

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' production of the five-reel horror film ''The Trembling Hour'' starring

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and Helen Eddy.

Personal life and death

Siegmann's career almost ended early, in 1915, when he was seriously injured while riding as a passenger in a car driven by fellow film actor and director

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. Browning collided at full speed with a "street work car loaded with iron rails", reportedly due to his not seeing that work vehicle's "rear lamp"."Elmer Booth Killed"
''

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'', July 3, 1915, p.75.

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, San Francisco, California. Retrieved November 18, 2019. Another actor,

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, was a passenger as well in Browning's car. Booth died instantly, and Siegmann suffered four broken ribs, a deeply lacerated thigh, and internal injuries. Browning was badly injured too, including a shattered right leg and the loss of his front teeth. Siegmann married at least twice. In 1917 he married 22-year-old Marguerite Webb, a native of

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. The length of their union is undetermined, although it presumably ended by divorce prior to his marriage to Maud Darby in 1927. That second marriage proved to be a relatively brief one, for the following year George, at age 46, died of

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Filmography

* ''

The Hessian Renegades ''The Hessian Renegades'' is a 1909 American silent war film directed by D. W. Griffith. It is set during the American Revolution. Plot A young soldier during the American Revolution has the mission to carry a crucial message to General Washin ...

'' (1909, Short) - Hessian (film debut) * '' A Flash of Light'' (1910, Short) - Wedding Guest * '' The Green-Eyed Devil'' (1914, Short) * '' Brute Force'' (1914, Short) * '' Home, Sweet Home'' (1914) * ''

The Lover's Gift ''The Lover's Gift'' is a 1914 American silent short film. The film starred Earle Foxe, Mary Alden, Francelia Billington and George Siegmann George A. Siegmann (also credited as George Seigmann; February 8, 1882 – June 22, 1928) was an Am ...

'' (1914, Short) - Sheriff Reed * ''

The Angel of Contention ''The Angel of Contention'' is a 1914 American short drama film directed by John B. O'Brien and starring Lillian Gish. Cast * Spottiswoode Aitken * Lillian Gish * George Siegmann * Raoul Walsh See also * List of American films of 1914 * L ...

'' (1914, Short) - Sheriff Magoon * ''

The Avenging Conscience ''The Avenging Conscience: or "Thou Shalt Not Kill"'' is a 1914 silent horror film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film is based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" and his 1849 poem "Annabel Lee". Plot A young man (He ...

'' (1914) - The Italian * ''

'' (1915) - Silas Lynch - Mulatto Lieut. Governor * ''A Yankee from the West'' (1915) - Sheriff Dick * ''

'' (1916) -

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(uncredited) * '' Should She Obey?'' (1917) - Allegorical Types * ''

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'' (1917) - The Menace * ''

The Little Yank ''The Little Yank'' is a 1917 American silent film, silent historical film, historical drama film directed by George Siegmann and starring Dorothy Gish, Frank Bennett (actor), Frank Bennett and Bob Burns (actor), Bob Burns.Langman p.XVI The film i ...

'' (1917) * ''Mother Love and the Law'' (1917) - William Bernard * ''

Hearts of the World ''Hearts of the World'' (also known as ''Love's Struggle'') is a 1918 American silent film, silent World War I propaganda film written, produced and directed by D. W. Griffith. In an effort to change the American public's neutral stance regardin ...

'' (1918) - Von Strohm * '' The Great Love'' (1918) - Mr. Seymour * ''

The Hawk's Trail ''The Hawk's Trail'' is a 1919 American crime film serial directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It is considered to be a lost film. Cast * King Baggot as Sheldon Steele / The Hawk * Grace Darmond as Claire Drake * Rhea Mitchell as Jean Drake * Harry Lor ...

'' (1919) - Quang Goo Hai * ''

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'' (1919) * ''

The Trembling Hour ''The Trembling Hour'' is a 1919 American silent mystery film directed by George Siegmann and starring Helen Jerome Eddy, Kenneth Harlan and Henry A. Barrows.Codori p.233 Cast * Helen Jerome Eddy as Margy Webb * Kenneth Harlan as Major Ralph Du ...

'' (1919) * '' The Untamed'' (1920) - Jim Silent * ''

Little Miss Rebellion ''Little Miss Rebellion'' is a 1920 American silent comedy drama film directed by George Fawcett and written by Harry Carr and Wells Hastings. The film stars Dorothy Gish, Ralph Graves, George Siegmann, Riley Hatch, and Marie Burke. The film wa ...

'' (1920) - Col. Moro * ''

The Big Punch ''The Big Punch'' is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by John Ford. No copy of the film is known to survive in either a public repository or private collection, so it is currently presumed to be a lost film. In France, the film was ...

'' (1921) - Flash McGraw * '' Partners of Fate'' (1921) - Purser * ''

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'' (1921) -

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* ''

The Queen of Sheba The Queen of Sheba ( he, מַלְכַּת שְׁבָא‎, Malkaṯ Šəḇāʾ; ar, ملكة سبأ, Malikat Sabaʾ; gez, ንግሥተ ሳባ, Nəgśətä Saba) is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she bring ...

'' (1921) - King Armud of Sheba * '' Desperate Trails'' (1921) - Sheriff Price * ''

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'' (1921) - Foo Chang * ''

'' (1921) -

* '' Silent Years'' (1921) - Pierre Gavot * ''

The Truthful Liar ''The Truthful Liar'' is a lost 1922 American mystery silent film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and written by Percy Heath and Will J. Payne. The film stars Wanda Hawley, Guy Edward Hearn, Charles A. Stevenson, Casson Ferguson, Lloyd Whitlock, ...

'' (1922) - Mark Potts * ''

Fools First ''Fools First'' is a 1922 American crime film directed by Marshall Neilan and written by Marion Fairfax and Hugh Wiley. The film stars Richard Dix, Claire Windsor, Claude Gillingwater, Raymond Griffith, George Siegmann, and Helen Lynch. The fil ...

'' (1922) - Spud Miller * '' Monte Cristo'' (1922) - Luigi Vampa * ''

'' (1922) -

* '' Hungry Hearts'' (1922) - Rosenblatt * ''

A California Romance ''A California Romance'' is a 1922 American comedy film directed by Jerome Storm and written by Charles E. Banks. The film stars John Gilbert (actor), John Gilbert, Estelle Taylor, George Siegmann, Jack McDonald (actor), Jack McDonald and C.E. A ...

'' (1922) - Don Juan Diego * ''

Lost and Found on a South Sea Island ''Lost and Found on a South Sea Island'' is a 1923 American drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It was filmed on location in Tahiti and includes a nude scene involving a young woman bathing. Plot Captain Blackbird ...

'' (1923) - Faulke * ''

Slander the Woman ''Slander the Woman'' is a 1923 American drama film directed by Allen Holubar and written by Violet Clark. The film stars Dorothy Phillips, Lewis Dayton, Robert Anderson, Mayme Kelso, George Siegmann, and Ynez Seabury. The film was released on ...

'' (1923) - Scarborough * '' Stepping Fast'' (1923) - 'Red' Pollock * ''

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'' (1923) - Schani Huber * ''

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'' (1923) -

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* '' Hell's Hole'' (1923) - Conductor * ''

The Eagle's Feather ''The Eagle's Feather'' is a 1923 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Edward Sloman and starring James Kirkwood, Sr., James Kirkwood and Mary Alden. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures. Cast Pr ...

'' (1923) - Van Brewen * ''

Jealous Husbands ''Jealous Husbands'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Earle Williams, Jane Novak, and Ben Alexander. Plot As described in a film magazine review, returning from Europe, Ramón Martinez overhears ...

'' (1923) - 'Red' Lynch * ''

Anna Christie ''Anna Christie'' is a play in four acts by Eugene O'Neill. It made its Broadway debut at the Vanderbilt Theatre on November 2, 1921. O'Neill received the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this work. According to historian Paul Avrich, the orig ...

'' (1923) - Anna's Uncle * ''

Enemies of Children ''Enemies of Children'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lillian Ducey anJohn M. Voshellthat was based upon the novel ''Youth Triumphant'' by George Gibbs. It is the only screen director credit for Ducey and one of two for Voshe ...

'' (1923) * ''

The Man Life Passed By ''The Man Life Passed By'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Percy Marmont, Jane Novak, and Eva Novak. The Novak sisters portray two sisters in the film. Plot As described in a film magazine revie ...

'' (1923) - Crogan * ''

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'' (1924) - Wang Wu * ''

Singer Jim McKee ''Singer Jim McKee'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and written by William S. Hart and J.G. Hawks. Starring William S. Hart, Phyllis Haver, J. Gordon Russell, Bert Sprotte, Patsy Ruth Miller, and Edward Co ...

'' (1924) - 'Brute' Bernstein * '' Stolen Secrets'' (1924) - Nat Fox * ''

The Shooting of Dan McGrew "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" is a narrative poem by British-Canadian writer Robert W. Service, first published in '' The Songs of a Sourdough'' in 1907 in Canada. Details The tale takes place in a Yukon saloon during the Yukon Gold Rush of th ...

'' (1924) - Jake Hubbel * '' When a Girl Loves'' (1924) - Rogojin * '' The Right of the Strongest'' (1924) - 'Trav' Williams * ''

The Guilty One ''The Guilty One'' is a 1924 American silent mystery film directed by Joseph Henabery and written by Anthony Coldeway. The film stars Agnes Ayres, Edmund Burns, Stanley Taylor, Crauford Kent, Cyril Ring, and Thomas R. Mills. The film was relea ...

'' (1924) - Captain * ''

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'' (1924) - Hofer * ''

Janice Meredith ''Janice Meredith'', also known as ''The Beautiful Rebel'', is a silent film starring Marion Davies, released in 1924 and based on the book and play of the same name written by Paul Leicester Ford and Edward Everett Rose. The play opened at the ...

'' (1924) - Colonel Rahl * ''

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'' (1924) - Bud McGinnis * ''

A Sainted Devil ''A Sainted Devil'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Rudolph Valentino. The film was produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, in accordance wit ...

'' (1924) - El Tigre * '' Recompense'' (1925) - Stenhouse * ''

Zander the Great ''Zander the Great'' is a 1925 American silent comedy drama film directed by George W. Hill, in his first directing role for MGM. The film stars Marion Davies. The screenplay by Frances Marion is based upon the Edward Salisbury Field 1923 play ...

'' (1925) - Black Bart * '' Never the Twain Shall Meet'' (1925) - James Muggridge * ''

Pursued ''Pursued'' is a 1947 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Raoul Walsh with cinematography by James Wong Howe, written by Niven Busch, and starring Theresa Wright and Robert Mitchum. The supporting cast features Judith Anderson, D ...

'' (1925) - John Grant * '' Manhattan Madness'' (1925) - Dr. Harlan * ''The Caretaker's Daughter'' (1925, Short) - The Gunman - Prospective Car Buyer * ''

The Red Kimono ''The Red Kimono'' (spelled as "''The Red Kimona''" in the opening credits) is a 1925 American silent drama film about prostitution produced by Dorothy Davenport (billed as Mrs. Wallace Reid) and starring Priscilla Bonner. This is the debut ...

'' (1925) - Mr. Mack * '' The Sporting Life'' (1925) - Limehouse Dan Crippen * ''

The Phantom Express The Phantom Express is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery crime-drama directed by Emory Johnson and based on the Emory Johnson story. The film stars William Collier, Jr. as Bruce Harrington, Sally Blane as Carolyn Nolan and Hobart Bosworth as Mr ...

'' (1925) - Rufus Hardy * '' The Palace of Pleasure'' (1926) - Caesar * '' The Midnight Sun'' (1926) - Ivan Kusmin - Banker * '' My Old Dutch'' (1926) - Workhouse Superintendent * '' Born to the West'' (1926) - Jesse Fillmore * ''

The Carnival Girl ''The Carnival Girl'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Cullen Tate and starring Marion Mack, Gladys Brockwell and Frankie Darro.Munden p.113 Cast * Marion Mack as Nanette * Gladys Brockwell as Her Mother * Frankie Darro as Her ...

'' (1926) - Sigmund * ''

Poker Faces ''Poker Faces'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Harry A. Pollard starring Edward Everett Horton and Laura La Plante. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures. The film is preserved at George Eastman House Motion Pict ...

'' (1926) - George Dixon * ''

The Old Soak ''The Old Soak'' is a 1926 American silent comedy crime film directed by Edward Sloman. The film stars Jean Hersholt, George J. Lewis, and June Marlowe, and is based on a 1922 Broadway play of the same title by Don Marquis. The play was late ...

'' (1926) - Al * ''

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'' (1927) - Gen. Juschkiewitsch * ''

The Red Mill ''The Red Mill'' is an operetta written by Victor Herbert, with a libretto by Henry Blossom. The farcical story concerns two American vaudevillians who wreak havoc at an inn in Holland, interfering with two marriages; but all ends well. The musica ...

'' (1927) - Willen * '' The King of Kings'' (1927) -

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* '' The Cat and the Canary'' (1927) - The Guard * '' Love Me and the World Is Mine'' (1927) - Porter * ''

Uncle Tom's Cabin ''Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly'' is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U. ...

'' (1927) - Simon Legree * ''

The Thirteenth Juror ''The Thirteenth Juror'' is a 1927 American mystery film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by Charles Logue and Walter Anthony. It is based on the 1908 play ''Counsel for the Defense'' by Henry Irving Dodge. The film stars Anna Q. Nilsson, ...

'' (1927) - The Politician, George Quinn * ''

Stop That Man! ''Stop That Man!'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Nat Ross and starring Arthur Lake, Barbara Kent and Eddie Gribbon.Langman p.398 The screenplay concerns a man who accidentally assists a group of criminals. Plot summary The ...

'' (1928) - 'Butch' Barker * ''

'' (1928) - Dr. Hardquanonne (final film)

References

External links

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George Siegmann, 1922 passport photo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Siegmann, George 1882 births 1928 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from New York City 20th-century American male actors Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Los Angeles)