George Fawcett

George Fawcett
George Fawcett in 1909 in the play The Great John Ganton, costarring Laurette Taylor
Born	(1860-08-25)August 25, 1860 Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Died	June 6, 1939(1939-06-06) (aged 78) Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1915-1933
Spouse(s)	Percy Haswell (1 daughter)

George Fawcett (August 25, 1860 – June 6, 1939) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. On stage he appeared in such plays as Ghosts (1905) with Mary Shaw, The Squaw Man (1905) with William Faversham, The Great John Ganton (1909) with an up-and-coming actress Laurette Taylor in the cast and Getting A Polish (1910) with the historic film actress May Irwin. He appeared in 151 films between 1915 and 1933.

He was born in Alexandria, Virginia and died in Nantucket, Massachusetts. His wife was the actress Percy Haswell. Fawcett and Haswell had a daughter.

Selected filmography

• The Habit of Happiness (1916)
• The Crisis (1916)
• The Great Love (1918)
• The Talk of the Town (1918)
• Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918)
• A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
• True Heart Susie (1919)
• The Greatest Question (1919)
• Such a Little Queen (1921) (*director only)
• Forever (1921)
• The Way of a Maid (1921)
• Beyond the Rainbow (1922)
• John Smith (1922)
• Manslaughter (1922)
• Triumph (1924)
• The Merry Widow (1925)
• Thank You (1925)
• The Circle (1925)
• There You Are! (1926)
  

  In a scene still for the 1916 silent drama "The Corner," the millionaire David Waltham (played by George Fawcett, holding a cigar and scowling) stands in a group of businessmen in an office.
• Son of the Sheik (1926)
• Tillie the Toiler (1927)
• Spring Fever (1927)
• Love (1927)
• The Enemy (1927)
• The Wedding March (1928)
• Tempest (1928)
• Tide of Empire (1929)
• The Four Feathers (1929)
• Wonder of Women (1929)
• The Bad One (1930)
• Ladies of Leisure (1930)
• Hello, Sister! (1933)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to George Fawcett.

• George Fawcett at the Internet Movie Database
• George Fawcett at the Internet Broadway Database