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name: "George F. Marion"
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born: "16 July 1860"
died: "30 November 1945"
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# George F. Marion

Actor. Born 16 July 1860 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 30 November 1945.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 July 1860, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 30 November 1945
- **Also known as:** George Francis Marion, George Marion Jr., George Marion, George F. Marion Sr., George Marion Sr., George Francis Marion Sr.
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_F._Marion, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3760487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0547975/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/116260

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Big House*](https://film.one/film/the-big-house.md) (78)

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## Biography

George F. Marion (also credited as George Francis Marion) was an American stage and film actor and director. Born in San Francisco in 1860, he began his career on Broadway, where he originated the role of Chris Christopherson in Eugene O'Neill's *Anna Christie* in 1921. He later appeared in the 1923 silent film version starring Blanche Sweet and the 1930 sound adaptation with Greta Garbo.

Marion acted in around 35 films between 1915 and 1935. His notable screen roles include Pop in the prison drama *The Big House* (1930) and Chris Christopherson in *Anna Christie* (1930). He also directed two silent films early in his career. He died in Carmel, California, in 1945. His son, George Marion Jr., became a Hollywood screenwriter.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Big House* (1930), Fi1m 78, as Pop — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-house.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Metropolitan* (1935), as Perontelli
- *Death from a Distance* (1935), as Jim Gray
- *The Fighting Westerner* (1935), as Jim Ballard
- *Port of Lost Dreams* (1934), as Capt. Morgan Rock
- *Her First Mate* (1933), as Sam
- *6 Hours to Live* (1932), as Professor Otto Bauer
- *Laughing Sinners* (1931), as Humpty
- *Hook, Line and Sinker* (1930), as Ritz de la Rivera Bellboy
- *Man to Man* (1930), as Jim McCord
- *A Lady's Morals* (1930), as Innkeeper
- *The Pay-Off* (1930), as Mouse
- *The Sea Bat* (1930), as Antone
- *The Big House* (1930), as Pop — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-house.md)
- *Anna Christie* (1930), as Chris Christofferson
- *The Bishop Murder Case* (1929), as Adolph Drukker
- *The Isle of Lost Ships* (1929), as Old Sea Captain (uncredited)
- *Evangeline* (1929), as René La Blanc
- *A Texas Steer* (1927), as Fishback
- *Skedaddle Gold* (1927), as George F.
- *Loco Luck* (1927), as 'Dad' Perkins (postmaster)
- *Rolling Home* (1926), as Selectman
- *The Wise Guy* (1926), as Horace Palmer
- *The Highbinders* (1926), as Wadsworth Ladd
- *Clothes Make the Pirate* (1926), as Jennison
- *Tumbleweeds* (1925), as Old Man
- *The White Monkey* (1925), as Soames Forsyte
- *Straight Through* (1925), as Parson Sanderson
- *On the Go* (1925), as Eb Moots
- *Bringin' Home the Bacon* (1924), as Noel Simms
- *Galloping Gallagher* (1924), as (as George Marion)
- *Anna Christie* (1923), as Chris
- *A Million to Burn* (1923), as Old Ben Marlowe
- *The Girl I Loved* (1923), as The Judge
- *Gun-Shy* (1922), as The Undertaker
- *Go Straight* (1921), as Jim Boyd
- *Madame X* (1916), Director
- *Excuse Me* (1915), as Porter

## Gallery

- ![George Marion, film actor, from the American drama film Anna Christie (1923). Subjects: actors](https://film.one/media/person/1224807/gallery-439385394146.jpg) George Marion, film actor, from the American drama film Anna Christie (1923). Subjects: actors — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/George_Marion%2C_film_actor_%28SAYRE_6107%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![George F. Marion](https://film.one/media/person/1224807/gallery-e60c8cd70d8c.jpg) George F. Marion — film screenshot (Maury M. Cohen Prod. / Invicincible Films), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/George_F._Marion_in_Death_from_a_Distance.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![George F. Marion](https://film.one/media/person/1224807/gallery-9e88b0d3dd9f.jpg) George F. Marion — Image via TMDB

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