George Cleveland

Actor

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Birth Place

Sydney, Nova Scotia, CA

Born

September 17, 1886

Died

July 15, 1957

Biography

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George Cleveland was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Cleveland started his acting career landing roles in such films as "City Limits" (1934), "Mystery Liner" (1934) and the comedic adaptation "The House of Mystery" (1934) with Ed Lowry. He also appeared in "The Star Packer" (1934) with John Wayne, "The Man From Utah" (1934) and "The Spanish Cape Mystery" (1935) with...

Filmography

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I Conquer the Sea! (1936)

Dialogue Director

The Outlaw's Daughter (1954)

Fireman Save My Child (1954)

Racing Blood (1954)

Untamed Heiress (1954)

Andrew "Cactus" Clayton

San Antone (1953)

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Spoilers, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) You Disappointed Corpse, You!

My Favorite Spy (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Kay Kyser's In The Army

Biography

George Cleveland was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Cleveland started his acting career landing roles in such films as "City Limits" (1934), "Mystery Liner" (1934) and the comedic adaptation "The House of Mystery" (1934) with Ed Lowry. He also appeared in "The Star Packer" (1934) with John Wayne, "The Man From Utah" (1934) and "The Spanish Cape Mystery" (1935) with Helen Twelvetrees. He kept working in film throughout the forties, starring in "Midnight Limited" (1940), "Queen of the Yukon" (1940) and "The Ape" (1940). He also appeared in the Jackie Moran adventure "The Old Swimmin' Hole" (1940). In the latter part of his career, he continued to act in the comedy "It's in the Bag" (1945) with Fred Allen, "Senorita From the West" (1945) and "She Wouldn't Say Yes" (1945). He also appeared in "Sunbonnet Sue" (1945) with Gale Storm and the Lon Chaney Jr. mystery "Pillow of Death" (1945). Cleveland was most recently credited in the western "Blue Steel" (1991) with John Wayne. Cleveland passed away in July 1957 at the age of 71.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

I Conquer the Sea! (1936)

Dialogue Director

Cast (Feature Film)

The Outlaw's Daughter (1954)

Fireman Save My Child (1954)

Racing Blood (1954)

Untamed Heiress (1954)

Andrew "Cactus" Clayton

San Antone (1953)

Affair with a Stranger (1953)

Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)

"Colonel" Wallace

The WAC from Walla Walla (1952)

Jud "Gramps" Canova II

Flaming Feather (1952)

Cripple Creek (1952)

Hardrock Hanson

Carson City (1952)

Frenchie (1951)

Jeff[erson A.] Harding

Fort Defiance (1951)

Boy from Indiana (1950)

[Robert Bruce] MacDougal

Please Believe Me (1950)

Trigger, Jr. (1950)

Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)

Judge Ben Grant

Home in San Antone (1949)

Albuquerque (1948)

Miraculous Journey (1948)

The Plunderers (1948)

Sheriff Sam Borden

A Date with Judy (1948)

Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)

My Wild Irish Rose (1947)

Captain Brennan

Mother Wore Tights (1947)

Grandfather McKinley

Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? (1947)

The Show-Off (1946)

Courage of Lassie (1946)

Step by Step (1946)

[Captain Caleb] Simpson

The Runaround (1946)

Little Giant (1946)

Uncle Clarence Goodring

Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

Wild Beauty (1946)

Boys' Ranch (1946)

Wake Up and Dream (1946)

Professor Feverfew

Pillow of Death (1945)

Song of the Sarong (1945)

[Captain William] Beemis

Sunbonnet Sue (1945)

Senorita from the West (1945)

It's in the Bag! (1945)

God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)

Catherine's father

She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)

Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)

The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)

When the Lights Go on Again (1944)

Gramps [Pat Benson]

My Pal Wolf (1944)

My Best Gal (1944)

Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)

Roderick Stuart

Man from Frisco (1944)

Mayor Sam Winter

Can't Help Singing (1944)

It Happened Tomorrow (1944)

Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1943)

The Man from Music Mountain (1943)

Sheriff Hal Darcy

Ladies' Day (1943)

The Woman of the Town (1943)

Judge Blackburn

Johnny Come Lately (1943)

Willie Ferguson

Drums of Fu Manchu (1943)

Professor Parker

Cowboy in Manhattan (1943)

Klondike Kate (1943)

Judge Horace Crossit

Army Surgeon (1942)

Powder Town (1942)

The Traitor Within (1942)

My Favorite Spy (1942)

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942)

Chief inspector

The Falcon Takes Over (1942)

Valley of the Sun (1942)

Obliging Young Lady (1942)

The Big Street (1942)

Highways by Night (1942)

Call Out the Marines (1942)

The Spoilers (1942)

A Girl, a Guy and a Gob (1941)

Man at Large (1941)

Sheriff [Pickering]

Riders of the Purple Sage (1941)

Sunset in Wyoming (1941)

Nevada City (1941)

Look Who's Laughing (1941)

Playmates (1941)

Mr. Pennypacker

All That Money Can Buy (1941)

Two in a Taxi (1941)

Gas station proprietor

The Old Swimmin' Hole (1940)

West of Abilene (1940)

Midnight Limited (1940)

Chasing Trouble (1940)

Blazing Six Shooters (1940)

Haunted House (1940)

One Man's Law (1940)

Hidden Enemy (1940)

Queen of the Yukon (1940)

Hi-Yo Silver (1940)

Pioneers of the West (1940)

Stunt Pilot (1939)

Overland Mail (1939)

The Phantom Stage (1939)

Home on the Prairie (1939)

Streets of New York (1939)

Konga, the Wild Stallion (1939)

Wolf Call (1939)

Mutiny in the Big House (1939)

Romance of the Limberlost (1938)

The Port of Missing Girls (1938)

Rose of the Rio Grande (1938)

Prison Break (1938)

Ghost Town Riders (1938)

Judge [Stillwell]

Outlaws of Sonora (1938)

Man who pays reward

Outside the Law (1938)

Under the Big Top (1938)

The Lone Ranger (1938)

Adventure's End (1937)

The Man in Blue (1937)

A Girl with Ideas (1937)

Night Key (1937)

Swing It Professor (1937)

Paradise Express (1937)

Westbound Limited (1937)

Division superintendent

Behind the Mike (1937)

Prescription for Romance (1937)

The Toast of New York (1937)

Breezing Home (1937)

Boy of the Streets (1937)

The Devil Diamond (1937)

Don't Get Personal (1936)

Revolt of the Zombies (1936)

Phantom Patrol (1936)

Inspector McCloud

I Conquer the Sea! (1936)

North of Nome (1936)

Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936)

Brilliant Marriage (1936)

Rio Grande Romance (1936)

Sheriff Williams

Black Gold (1936)

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936)

Forced Landing (1935)

The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935)

She Gets Her Man (1935)

Drunk in lunch room

School for Girls (1935)

The Public Menace (1935)

His Night Out (1935)

After the Dance (1935)

The Keeper of the Bees (1935)

Make a Million (1935)

Blue Steel (1934)

Girl O' My Dreams (1934)

City Limits (1934)

Mystery Liner (1934)

The Star Packer (1934)

Monte Carlo Nights (1934)

The Man from Utah (1934)

Writer (Feature Film)

Sunny Skies (1930)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Oiltown U.S.A. (1953)

Cast (Short)

Forbidden Passage (1941)

Soak the Old (1940)

Life Events

1903

Stage acting debut

Videos

Spoilers, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) You Disappointed Corpse, You! Nome, Alaska, 1900, with escort Bronco (Richard Barthelmess), saloon owner Cherry (Marlene Dietrich) meets boyfriend Roy (John Wayne) at the boat, not expecting pretty Helen (Margaret Lindsay) with her uncle the judge (Harry Carey), as clowny miners Flapjack and Banty (Russell Simpson, George Cleveland) get into trouble, in The Spoilers, 1942, from a Rex Beach novel.

My Favorite Spy (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Kay Kyser's In The Army Late for his wedding, bandleader Kay Kyser overhears a routine on a park bench (George Cleveland, Hobart Cavanaugh) then crosses paths with trumpeter-comic Ish Kabibble, but not with betrothed Terry (Ellen Drew), opening My Favorite Spy, 1942.

Girl, A Guy And A Gob, A (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Why Doesn't He Assert Himself? First scene, Edmond O'Brien is Stephen, the rich "guy" at the opera with snooty fiancée and mom (Marguerite Chapman, Nella Walker), not expecting to meet the "girl" (Lucille Ball) and family (George Cleveland, Kathleen Howard, Lloyd Corrigan), in RKO's A Girl, A Guy And A Gob (1941).

Girl, A Guy And A Gob, A (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Tatoo Artist In Singapore First scene for the “gob,” George Murphy as wrestler and navy man “Coffee Cup,” surprising girlfriend Dot (Lucille Ball), and her mother (Kathleen Howard), father (George Cleveland) and brother (Lloyd Corrigan), in RKO’s A Girl, A Guy And A Gob, 1941, also starring Edmond O’Brien.

It Happened Tomorrow (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Yesterday's News Newsmen are celebrating the promotion of Larry (Dick Powell) from obit desk and getting wisdom from ancient librarian Pop Benson (John Philliber) in Rene` Clair's It Happened Tomorrow, 1944.

Angel On My Shoulder (1946) -- (Movie Clip) She's All Yours Barbara (Anne Baxter) meets her fiance', the virtuous Judge Parker (Paul Muni), knowing that he's been behaving strangely, but not knowing his body has been taken over gangster Nick, and shadowed by invisible "Nick" the Devil (Claude Rains), in Angel In My Shoulder, 1946.

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