

Cast & creator
Best known for Sergeant York, Bringing Up Baby, A Night at the Opera
George Henry Irving (October 5, 1874 – September 11, 1961) was an American film actor and director. Irving started his career as a theatre actor. In 1914 he came to Hollywood and acted in over 250 films from 1914 until 1948. Irving was initially an actor-director and directed about 35 silent films. He switched exclusively to acting in the mid-1920s and became a character actor until the later 1940s. He usually played reputable and stern persons of authority in supporting roles. Irving is perhaps best known for his roles as Robert Wentworth in Coquette (1929), and as the lawyer Alexander Peabody in Bringing Up Baby (1938). George Irving ended his prolific career with television roles in the 1950s.
Also known as: George Henry Irving, George H. Irving
252
film credits
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television credits
223
1914–1947 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Across film & television
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Harrison (uncredited)
1941
Mr. Peabody
1938
Committeeman (uncredited)
1935
Senator Wilton
1947
Consul
1932
Hotel Doctor (uncredited)
1933
Colonel Robert E. Lee (uncredited)
1940
Mr. Powell (uncredited)
1927
Minor Role (uncredited)
1932

Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)
1934
Mr. Corwin
1929
Colonel's Aide (uncredited)
1939
Doc - a Notre Dame Professor (uncredited)
1940
Colonel Caldwell
1943
Major Gordon Kent
1936
Mr. Prentice
1932
Edward Swain (uncredited)
1935
Neeval
1943
Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
1941
Judge (Uncredited)
1938
Actor on Donkey in the Play
1940
Broker
1937
President of Tire Co.
1934
Dr. Cramm
1939
Dr. Carlisle (uncredited)
1941
Broker (uncredited)
1934
Dr. James Stanton Sr.
1937
Gregory
1944
American Consul (uncredited)
1942
Reporter (uncredited)
1932
Mr. Patridge (Uncredited)
1932
Judge
1936
Judge
1939
Mr. Ives
1940
Attorney (uncredited)
1930
Judge (uncredited)
1944
Harvey's Uncle
1933
Mr. Norman
1938
Prof. Brent
1942
Walter Gilbert
1935
Chief Judge at Custody Hearing (uncredited)
1937
Jonas Bronell
1939
Doug White
1937
Director
1918
First Doctor (uncredited)
1937
Admiral
1934
Judge Thompson
1934
Governor (uncredited)
1933
Thomas Hamilton Sr.
1938
Doctor
1939
Charles Girard (1914)
1934
Night Court Judge (uncredited)
1928
Rear Admiral (uncredited)
1943
Head of Marriage Tribunal (uncredited)
1930George Bryant
1934
College President Sheffield
1930
Ship's Captain
1940
Madeleine's Father (uncredited)
1931
Dr. Alexander Kirk
1936
College President Martin
1938
Mort Dixon
1938
Mr. Van Tuyl
1937
District Attorney Edward Greer
1938
Minister
1929
Judge
1935
Colonel Wentworth
1930
Doctor (uncredited)
1937
Judge
1939
Newspaper Owner (uncredited)
1933
Warden
1937
John Mason
1936
Dr. Adams (uncredited)
1941
Thomas, Nelson's Butler
1938
Mr. Finchley (uncredited)
1931
Bantry
1940
Rear Admiral Lee
1933

Director
1916
Doctor (uncredited)
1931
District Attorney Lawson (uncredited)
1931
College President
1931
Col. Wagner (uncredited)
1936
Judge (uncredited)
1935
Prof. Arnold
1935
Mr. King
1932
Louden
1927
Avery (uncredited)
1940
Judge's Voice
1936
Gen. Neville
1926
Blair Patterson (uncredited)
1930
Headwaiter (uncredited)
1938
Mr. Spencer
1930
State Governor
1928
James Hutton Sr.
1929
Warden (uncredited)
1938
Prof. Elias Manton
1927
John Halliday
1932
Judge Joseph Carroll
1939
Mr. Brooks (uncredited)
1931
Police Commissioner
1939
College Official (uncredited)
1932
Curator
1938
Director
1917
John R. Loraine
1934Dr Otto Steiner
1934
Don Bennett
1935

Santiago Doctor (uncredited)
1933
Dr. Raymond
1924
Director
1918
Bernard Ingals
1925
Albert (A.K.) Otto, Justice of the Peace
1937
Mr. John Raleigh Elliott
1931
Jury Foreman
1936
Receivership Hearing Judge (uncredited)
1937
Townsman (uncredited)
1932
State Department Official
1939
Defense Attorney
1929
Daniels
1938
Charles Melton
1935
John Hartley
1928
John Montgomery (uncredited)
1932
Yacht Captain
1937
Henry Rockwell
1940
Judge (uncredited)
1932
J. Atwell Hunt
1933
Thomas Jefferson
1936
Angry Radio Station Executive
1935
Director
1923
Director
1918
Defense Attorney Johnson (uncredited)
1931
Statesman (uncredited)
1934
The Duke of Carineaux (Uncredited)
1944
Dr. Bell (uncredited)
1939
Richard Stanton Gale
1926
Dr. Blair
1930
Lige Melberne
1925
Doctor (uncredited)
1931
Father (uncredited)
1934
Director
1920
General Andrew Jackson
1926
Paris Prefect of Police
1931
Doctor
1933
Warden Edmund Miller
1938
Truant Officer
1940
Dr. White (uncredited)
1930
Judge (uncredited)
1931
Madden
1938
Mr. Passmore
1928
Dr. Loring
1929
Dr. Charles Keats
1935
Robert Wentworth
1929
Director
1915
Prison Doctor
1932
Judge
1935
Dr. Jim Moffat
1935
Dr. Bernard
1930
Clifton
1938
Director
1919
General Winfield
1933
Commanding Officer (uncredited)
1931
Doctor (uncredited)
1931
Mr. Madison
1931
Director
1919
Colonel Fairfax
1926
Marine Colonel in Nicaragua
1929
Mr. Stockton (uncredited)
1931
Mark Holt (uncredited)
1930
Cyrus Kinnng
1928
Schubal Peabody
1926
Doctor (uncredited)
1937
Parsons (uncredited)
1934
Dr. Billings
1936
Mr. Roderick Virey
1924
Judge
1935
Alexander Peyton
1938
Director
1916
Dr. Sibley
1937
Commander Mays
1936
President Hammond
1937
Director
1924
Commodore Jordan
1936
Robert Hall
1931
President of the Senate (uncredited)
1932
Hamilton (uncredited)
1938
Director
1915
Kenbrook
1934

Judge Sturgis
1930
Dr. Barnes
1940
George Harper
1935

Captain Beatty
1931
Dr. Timothy Drake
1941
Director
1916
Judge Horman
1935
Director
1915
Director
1915
Simeon Trott
1927
Admiral Kingston
1936
B.R. Carnwall
1928
Donald Bradley Sr.
1933
Colonel Wilder
1930
Thomas Jefferson
1936
Police Chief
1937
Harry Mitchell
1942
Director
1919
Garland - Oil Company President (uncredited)
1930
Bill Ket
1925
Prosecutor John Morton
1925
Man (uncredited)
1935
Judge
1931
Melville's Party Guest
1931
Chief of Police
1937
Dr. Stovall
1940
Senator Henry Whitney
1937
Director
1916
Military Doctor
1931
Director
1922
Her Uncle Edgar
1928Calvinn Long

President Baker
1931
The Rider
1915
Director
1915
Jeff Thayer
1932
Mr. Vandergriff
1935
Director
1921
District Attorney
1937
Harvey Dumont
1925
Mr. Glade
1927
Peter Rendon
1925
Colonel
1931
Mr. Public Opinion
1934
J. T. Varley
1934
Director
1919
Theater Manager
1928
Dr. Van Buren
1933
Director
1917
Pattison
1926
J.D. Murdock
1936
Thomas H. Hastings, Sr.
1926
Director
1918
George Rand Sr
1926
Director
1919
Director
1916
Ned Mason
1927
Jimsey Smith (as George H. Irving)
1914
James Martin
1927
Director
1914
Director
1914
Director
1917