George F. Marion Sr. was an American stage actor and director, a film actor and director of two silent films. George F. Marion, who was born in San Francisco, California

California

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 was father of writer George Marion Jr. and he died of a heart attack at the age of 85 years in Carmel

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

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, California

California

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, USA. Marion acted in 35 films between years 1915 and 1935. He is best remembered for playing the father Chris Christopherson to the Broadway Anna Christie of Pauline Lord

Pauline Lord

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(1921 Broadway) and the two film Anna Christies of Blanche Sweet(1923 silent) and Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

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(1930 talkie). His son George Marion, Jr. was a famous Hollywood screenwriter.

Selected filmography

• Madame X
  Madame X (1916 film)
  Madame X is a 1916 silent drama film directed by George F. Marion.-Plot:A woman is thrown out of her home by her jealous husband and sinks into depravity. Twenty years later, she finds herself accused of murder for saving her son, who does not know who she is...
  
  (1916)
• Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire
  Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire
  Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire is a 1917 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Bebe Daniels* Snub Pollard* Bud Jamison* Charles Stevenson - * W.L...
  
  (1917)
• Anna Christie
  Anna Christie (1923 film)
  Anna Christie is a 1923 silent era drama motion picture based on the play by Eugene O'Neill and starring Blanche Sweet and William Russell. It was considered by Eugene O'Neill himself to be the best version of his play....
  
  (1923) as Chris Christopherson
• Clothes Make the Pirate
  Clothes Make the Pirate
  Clothes Make the Pirate is a 1925 silent film starring Leon Errol and Dorothy Gish. The 90-minute silent adventure movie was written by Marion Fairfax from the novel by Holman Francis Day and directed by Maurice Tourneur...
  
  (1925)
• Anna Christie
  Anna Christie (1930 film)
  Anna Christie is a 1930 MGM Pre-Code drama film adaptation of the 1922 play by Eugene O'Neill. It was adapted by Frances Marion, produced and directed by Clarence Brown with Paul Bern and Irving Thalberg as co-producers. The cinematography was by William H...
  
  (1930) as Chris Christopherson
• The Sea Bat
  The Sea Bat
  The Sea Bat is a 1930 thriller film directed by Lionel Barrymore and Wesley Ruggles, starring Raquel Torres and featuring Boris Karloff. Part of the movie was filmed on location in Mazatlán, Mexico....
  
  (1930)
• Metropolitan
  Metropolitan (1935 film)
  Metropolitan is a 1935 back-stage drama film interlaced with songs and musical segments from opera.Directed by Ryszard Bolesławski , it featured the famous baritone Lawrence Tibbett , with Virginia Bruce as his leading lady...
  
  (1935) as Papa Perontelli

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