George F. Marion

George F. Marion, Sr.
George Marion in 1923
Born	George Francis Marion (1860-07-16)July 16, 1860 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	November 30, 1945(1945-11-30) (aged 85) Carmel, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor director
Years active	1915–1935
Spouses	Lillian E. Swain ​ ​ (m. 1894, divorced)​ Agnes E. Daly ​ (m. 1896)​
Children	3, including George Marion, Jr.

George Francis Marion Sr. (July 16, 1860 – November 30, 1945) was an American film and stage actor and director, known for Anna Christie, both (1923) and (1930), and Death from a Distance (1935). Marion acted in 35 films between 1915 and 1935.

Early life

George F. Marion was born on July 16, 1860, in San Francisco, California, USA as George Francis Marion.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Marion directed and starred as Count Cassibianca in The Little Duchess in 1901.^[1] He directed the 1904 musical Higgledy-Piggledy. He was in the Broadway production of Anna Christie (1921)^[2] of Pauline Lord and the two film versions of Anna Christie^[3] of Blanche Sweet (1923 silent) and Greta Garbo (1930 talkie).

Personal life and death

Marion married to actress Lillian E. Swain in 1894 and later to Agnes E. Daly in 1896. He died of a heart attack in Carmel, California in 1945, at the age of 85. His son George Marion, Jr. was a famous Hollywood screenwriter.^{[citation needed]}

Partial filmography

Blanche Sweet and George F. Marion in Anna Christie (1923)

• Excuse Me (1915) - Porter
• Madame X (1916, director)
• Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire (1917, Short)
• Go Straight (1921) - Jim Boyd
• Gun Shy (1922) - The Undertaker
• The Girl I Loved (1923) - The Judge
• A Million to Burn (1923) - Old Ben Marlowe
• Anna Christie (1923) - Chris Christopherson
• Bringin' Home the Bacon (1924) - Noel Simms
• On the Go (1925) - Eb Moots
• Straight Through (1925) - Parson Sanderson
• The White Monkey (1925) - Soames Forsyte
• Clothes Make the Pirate (1925) - Jennison
• Tumbleweeds (1925) - Old Man
• Skinner's Dress Suit (1926) - Old Man on Bench (uncredited)
• The Highbinders (1926) - Wadsworth Ladd
• The Wise Guy (1926) - Horace Palmer
• Rolling Home (1926) - Selectman
• The Gypsy Romance (1926) - Old Man playing Old Gypsy Woman
• Loco Luck (1927) - 'Dad' Perkins (postmaster)
• The King of Kings (1927) - (uncredited)
• Skedaddle Gold (1927) - George F.
• A Texas Steer (1927) - Fishback
• Evangeline (1929) - René La Blanc
• The Isle of Lost Ships (1929) - Old Sea Captain (uncredited)
• The Bishop Murder Case (1929) - Adolph Drukker
• Anna Christie (1930) - Chris Christopherson
• The Big House (1930) - Pop
• The Sea Bat (1930) - Antone
• The Pay-Off (1930) - Mouse
• A Lady's Morals (1930) - Innkeeper
• Man to Man (1930) - Jim McCord - Banker
• Lock, Stock and Barrel (1930) - the bellboy of the hotel Ritz de la Riviera
• Laughing Sinners (1931) - Humpty
• Six Hours to Live (1932) - Prof. Otto Bauer
• Her First Mate (1933) - Sam
• Port of Lost Dreams (1934) - Capt. Morgan Rock
• Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935) - James Ballard
• Death from a Distance (1935) - Jim Gray
• Metropolitan (1935) - Papa Perontelli (final film role)

References

1. Franceschina, John (2004). Harry B. Smith: Dean of American Librettists. Taylor & Francis. p. 141. ISBN 9781135949082.
2. "George F. Marion". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
3. "Anna Christie, Greta Garbo's First Talkie, at Fort and Columbia Today". The Dispatch. Illinois, Moline. March 1, 1930. p. 10. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Works by or about George F. Marion at the Internet Archive
• George F. Marion at IMDb
• George F. Marion at the Internet Broadway Database