George Fawcett (August 25, 1860 – June 6, 1939) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era.
Biography
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1860, Fawcett graduated from the University of Virginia. His initial inclination was to be an attorney, but he became a Shakespearean actor instead.
Fawcett had his own acting troupe, the Fawcett Stock Company. He appeared on stage 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 actress May Irwin. He portrayed Inspector Cochrane in the 1914-1915 hit Broadway play The Law of the Land at the 48th Street Theatre.
Fawcett's film debut came in 1915 in The Majesty of the Law, and he appeared in 151 films between 1915 and 1933. He also directed films. He returned to the stage in 1930 in a production of The Great John Ganton at the Vine Theater in Los Angeles.
Fawcett married actress Percy Haswell, and they had one daughter. Fawcett died in Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1939.
Partial filmography
References
External links
- George Fawcett at IMDb
- George Fawcett at the Internet Broadway Database
- George Fawcett and Percy Haswell Fawcett papers, 1857–1903, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
