Personal Info
Birth date
1865-06-26 (160 Years)
Day of death
1940-08-13
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
George Pearce
George Pierce
G. Pierce
George C. Pierce
George C. Pearce
Biography
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Filmography
The Awful Truth
7.195
Overview:
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.You Can't Take It with You
7.5
Overview:
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.Heart of the Rockies
6
Overview:
Cattle are being routinely stolen from a local ranch, and suspicion centers on a local mountain family. But the Three Mesquiteers are wise to the criminals' deeds. But when a ranger is shot and Stony is framed for the crime, it's up to Lullaby and Tucson to prove his innocence.Lone Cowboy
3.5
Overview:
Young Scooter O’Neal, orphaned after his father’s suicide, is sent out West to live with family friend Dobe Jones. Unaware of his father’s fate Scooter longs to return to his home in Chicago especially after discovering Dobe is an embittered ranch hand hellbent on seeking revenge on his duplicitous wife Eleanor and the man she ran off with. Dobe is dogged in his pursuit until he unwittingly puts Scooter’s life in danger. Seeing the error of his ways the pair ride off together in search of a new adventure.The Drop Kick
4.714
Overview:
College football player Jack Hamill finds his reputation on the line when he pays an innocent visit to a woman whose husband kills himself.A Wife on Trial
NYR
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Phyllis Narcissa, an underpaid children's librarian, eagerly accepts a dinner invitation from Horace de Guenther, one of her patrons, and happily entertains his invalid wife. Later, Mrs. de Guenther encourages Phyllis to meet with Mrs. Harrington, a dying rich woman whose son Allan, once a vigorous young man, was paralyzed in an auto accident. When Mrs. Harrington proposes to the librarian that she marry and take care of Allan in exchange for his wealth, Phyllis reluctantly consents. While struggling to cheer up the eternally gloomy Allan, Phyllis welcomes the visits of his friend, a doctor who informs her that her husband's paralysis may be psychosomatic.The Gambler of the West
NYR
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A family is attacked by Indians, the father killed and son captured. The widow remarries and her stepdaughter, Mabel, encourages her stepbrother to find his lost half-brother. Dick, influenced by a gambler, gambles away his money and tries to exploit Mabel, prompting her to join the search with a gambler she meets, Jack. They discover the brother is now an Indian chief, leading to further complications.Scandal Sheet
NYR
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Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.The Revenge Rider
NYR
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Cowboy Tim McCoy becomes an instrument of revenge when he discovers his parents have been killed.Traveling Salesman
NYR
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A practical joke makes a man get off before his intended stop, leading to all sorts of trouble.The Man Called Back
4.5
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Fresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert Florey dashed off The Man Called Back at bargain-basement Tiffany Studios. The film is set in the tropics; Conrad Nagel tops the cast as a dissipated, derelict doctor, hopelessly in love with married socialite Doris Kenyon. Doris' insane husband John Halliday commits suicide, but arranges the evidence so that his wife will be charged with murder.The Right of Way
5.2
Overview:
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued by a kindly couple, but suffers from amnesia. He starts life afresh and is happy, until the return of his memory sends him back to resolve his old involvements.Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
6
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The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr. Wiggs who wandered off long ago an has never been heard from. Do-gooder Miss Lucy brings them a real feast. Her boyfriend Bob arranges to take Wiggs' sick boy to a hospital. Their other boy makes some money peddling kindling and takes the family to a show. Mrs. Wiggs is called to the hopsital just in time to see her boy die. Her neighbor Miss Mazy wants to marry Mr. Stubbins who insists on tasting her cooking. Mrs. Wiggs sneaks her dishes past Stubbins who agrees to marriage. Mr. Wiggs appears suddenly, in tatters, with just the amount of money (twenty dollars) needed to save the family from foreclosure. Miss Lucy and Bob get married.'49–'17
5.731
Overview:
A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experience in this rather fanciful silent Western. The make-believe turns serious when a real gold mine is discovered nearby and a local girl is kidnapped by a nasty gambler.Mills of the Gods
NYR
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Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her irrepressible grandmother. Sparks fly when Jean meets Jim Devlin, the labor leader who’s spearheading a tense worker’s strike against the factory. After circumstances force Jean and Jim to spend a night together in his cabin, she begins questioning her family’s ruthless tactics. This hard-to-see Columbia film by British director Roy William Neill not only features Wray as a brunette but also includes an explosive depiction of labor strife. (Block Cinema)British Agent
5.5
Overview:
In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy.Every Woman's Husband
NYR
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A young woman whose domineering mother almost ruins her marriage eventually learns that mother does not always know best when her father commits suicide.Whom the Gods Would Destroy
NYR
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After a young inventor discovers a powerful new explosive, agents from a German chemical firm induce him to study at a German university. While there, he is repelled by certain aspects of the people, and he leaves for Belgium. When the war begins, the inventor saves a Belgian burgomaster's daughter from Prussian invaders. The inventor and the girl endure horrible suffering because of the war, but they find happiness at its end, while the formerly fighting nations direct their effort towards world peace at the Paris conferences. The assassination of Kurt Eisner of Bavaria occurs at the end.Man's Desire
NYR
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Tom Denton comes from the East to the Northwest lumber region and becomes co-owner of a lumber camp with Howard Patton, whose bored wife Vera insists on flirting with Tom despite his discouragement.The Midnight Alarm
NYR
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Shortly after being made the executor of a wealthy man's estate, a man murders his benefactor. He then makes a play for the widow, who rebuffs him. To escape his arduous pursuit, she takes her little daughter on a trip but dies in an auto accident. The daughter is rescued but disappears. Her grandparents spend years looking for her, as does the executor who killed her father--if she's found she'll inherit the estate and he won't get a penny. He aims to see that she's never found, and if she is he plans to see that she doesn't live long enough to make a claim to the estate.The Valiant
6
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A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives.Woman in Distress
6
Overview:
Investigating rumors that a priceless Rembrandt, believed destroyed years ago, is actually in the possession of an elderly spinster, a male newspaper reporter and his female rival determine that it is genuine but subsequently learn it has been stolen by a gang of art thieves who plan to kill the spinster to prevent her from later identifying it.Crown Jewels
NYR
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When a revolution breaks out in a small European monarchy, the king sends his crown jewels to an American banker, Maxwell Grey, to keep them out of danger. However, Madame Levine, the head of an international jewel theft ring, finds out and plans to steal the jewels. She poses as a wealthy society matron and befriends Grey. Young French refugee Diana De Lille, who at first was taken in by Madame Levine, begins to suspect that the woman is not who she says she is, and confides her suspicions to Kenneth Grey, the banker's son, who has fallen in love with her.Black Beauty
NYR
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Anna Sewell's "autobiography" of a horse named Black Beauty is here expanded to include the adventures of the humans who surround the horse.The Right to Love
5.333
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A woman becomes estranged from her daughter when the girl learns that she is illegitimate.Let Katie Do it
NYR
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Katy Standish is a family drudge on a New England farm. Her elder sister "enjoys" poor health and her mother sees to it that Katy not only does her own work but that of the weak or lazy elder, Priscilla. Oliver Putnam, a husky young farmer lad, comes a-courting of Katy, but her parents interfere so much that he is discouraged.Dynamite Ranch
5.5
Overview:
Howell breaks up a train robbery only to find that it's a fake. However the money is missing and he is blamed. He escapes and sets out to find the real thieves. He must also avoid being caught visiting the Collins ranch to see Doris.Home, James
NYR
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An artistic salesgirl falls in love with a chauffeur not realising he is actually the heir to a huge fortune.Watch Your Step
NYR
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Elmer Slocum has just served a jail sentence for speeding. On his first day of liberty he encounters a physician whose car has broken down and offers to take him to his patient; he is pursued by motorcops for speeding, wrecks his car in a closed street, and knocks down and believes he has killed a policeman. Elmer boards a freight train and makes his way to a small town in Iowa, where he meets Margaret Andrews.....Acting
1947Road to Hollywood as Mary's Father
1938You Can't Take It with You as Neighbor (uncredited)
1937The Awful Truth as 'Dad' (uncredited)
1937Heart of the Rockies as Old-Timer
1937Woman in Distress as Sam, the hotel proprietor
1935The Revenge Rider as Dr. Lindsay (as George Pearce)
1934Mills of the Gods as Doctor
1934Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch as Minister
1934British Agent as Lloyd George (as George Pearce)
1933Lone Cowboy as Doctor Patterson
1932The Man Called Back as Mr. Sanderson
1932Dynamite Ranch as Andrew Collins
1932Billboard Girl as Mr. Malone, Mary's Father
1932This Reckless Age as John Burke (as George Pearce)
1931Hold 'er Sheriff as Dad Martin
1931Scandal Sheet as Warden
1930The Right to Love as Dr. Scudder (as George Pearce)
1930The Right of Way as The Cure
1930A Hollywood Theme Song as 1st Mayor
1930The Lone Rider as Judge Stevens
1930Vengeance as Doctor
1929Masquerade as Andrew Graeme
1929The Valiant as Dr. Edmondson (uncredited)
1928Do Your Duty as Captain Dan Sheehan
1928Home, James as James Lacey Sr
1927The Drop Kick as The Dean
1927Quarantined Rivals as Mr. Peyton
1925The Narrow Street as Edgar Deems (as George Pearce)
1924Court Plaster as Dr. Brush
1924Hold Your Breath as Mayor
1924Nerve Tonic as Eddie's Doctor
1924Wandering Husbands as Bates
1924Daring Youth as Mr. Allen
1923The Country Kid as The Country Judge
1923The Printer's Devil as Ira Gates (as George Pearce)
1923The Midnight Alarm as Mr. Tilwell
1922The Primitive Lover as Judge Henseed
1922Watch Your Step as Lark Andrews
1921Fresh from the Farm as The Farmer
1921Three Word Brand as John Murray
1921Traveling Salesman as John Kimball
1921Black Beauty as Farmer Grey
1920Her Husband's Friend as Dr. Ogilvy
1919Man's Desire as Howard Patton
1919The Mayor of Filbert as Royal Denman
1919A Yankee Princess as Michael O'Reilly
1919Whom the Gods Would Destroy as Unknown
1919Easy Payments as Mr. Gordon
1918The Sea Flower as Von Linterman
1918Crown Jewels as Maxwell Grey
1918Every Woman's Husband as Jonathan Rhodes
1917'49–'17 as Ezra 'Pa' Bobbett
1917The Storm Woman as Unknown
1917A Wife on Trial as Wallis (as George Pearce)
1917The Reed Case as Senator Reed (as George Pearce)
1917Treason as Rodane Keestelt
1917A Jewel in Pawn as John Dane (as George Pearce)
1916The Little School Ma'am as Squire Tolliver
1916The Children in the House as Jasper Vincent
1916Little Meena's Romance as Jacob's Father
1916Daphne and the Pirate as Unknown
1916Martha's Vindication as Minister (as George Pearce)
1916Let Katie Do it as Father Standish
1915The Sable Lorcha as Murphy - Donald McNish's Partner
1915The Gambler of the West as Unknown
1914Three Weeks as Stefan - King of Veseria
1914A Fair Rebel as Major James Stillman