George Holt (September 30, 1878 – July 18, 1944) was an American actor and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

of the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

. He appeared in 64 films between 1913 and 1935. He also directed 24 films between 1919 and 1924. He was born in

Fall River, Massachusetts Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States Census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state. Located along the eastern shore of Mount H ...

and died in

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Selected filmography

* '' The Proof of the Man'' (1913) * ''

The Fighting Trail ''The Fighting Trail'' is a lost 1917 American silent Western serial film directed by and starring William Duncan. It was produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. It was released in 15 chapters. Plot As described in a fil ...

'' (1917) * '' Aladdin from Broadway'' (1917) * ''

Hugon, The Mighty ''Hugon, The Mighty'' is a lost 1918 silent film Northwoods drama directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and starring Monroe Salisbury. It was produced by Bluebird Photoplays and released through Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Cast *Monroe Salisbu ...

'' (1918) * '' His Buddy'' (1919) * '' The Lone Hand'' (1919) * ''

The Trail of the Holdup Man ''The Trail of the Holdup Man'' is a 1919 American short silent Western film directed by George Holt and featuring Hoot Gibson. Cast * Hoot Gibson * Magda Lane * Roy Watson * Edward Burns credited as Ed Burns See also * Hoot Gibson filmo ...

'' (1919) * '' Kingdom Come'' (1919) * ''

Ace High Allied Command Europe Highband, better known as ACE High, was a fixed service NATO radiocommunication and early warning system dating back to 1956. After extensive testing ACE High was accepted by NATO to become operational in 1964/1965. The fr ...

'' (1919) * ''

The Black Pirate ''The Black Pirate'' is a 1926 American silent action adventure film shot entirely in two-color Technicolor about an adventurer and a "company" of pirates. Directed by Albert Parker, it stars Douglas Fairbanks, Donald Crisp, Sam De Grasse, an ...

'' (1926) * '' Bigger Than Barnum's'' (1926)

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* 1878 births 1944 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from Massachusetts People from Fall River, Massachusetts 20th-century American male actors Film directors from Massachusetts {{US-film-actor-1870s-stub