George F. Marion

George F. Marion, Sr.
Marion with Blanche Sweet in Anna Christie, 1923
Born	(1860-07-16)July 16, 1860 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	November 30, 1945(1945-11-30) (aged 85) Carmel, California, U.S.
Burial place	Saint Dominic's Catholic Cemetery, Carmel, California
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Years active	1915-1935

George F. Marion Sr. ((1860-07-16)July 16, 1860 – (1945-11-30)November 30, 1945) was an American stage actor and director, a film actor and director of two silent films. Marion acted in 35 films between 1915 and 1935. He is best remembered for playing the father Chris Christopherson to the Broadway production of Anna Christie of Pauline Lord (1921 Broadway) and the two film versions of Anna Christie of Blanche Sweet (1923 silent) and Greta Garbo (1930 talkie). His son George Marion, Jr. was a famous Hollywood screenwriter. Marion died in Carmel, California in 1945, at the age of 85.

Selected filmography

• Excuse Me (1915) as Porter
• Madame X (1916)
• Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire (1917)
• Anna Christie (1923) as Chris Christopherson
• Clothes Make the Pirate (1925)
• Tumbleweeds (1925)
• The White Monkey (1925)
• The Wise Guy (1926)
• Rolling Home (1926)
• A Texas Steer (1927)
• Skedaddle Gold (1927)
• Loco Luck (1927)
• Lock, Stock and Barrel (1930) as the bellboy of the hotel Ritz de la Riviera
• Anna Christie (1930) as Chris Christopherson
• The Bishop Murder Case (1930) as Adolph Drukker
• The Sea Bat (1930)
• Man to Man (1930)
• Laughing Sinners (1931) as Humpty
• Six Hours to Live (1932)
• Her First Mate (1933)
• Death from a Distance (1935)
• Metropolitan (1935) as Papa Perontelli

External links

• Works by or about George F. Marion at Internet Archive
• George F. Marion at IMDb
• George F. Marion at the Internet Broadway Database
• George F. Marion at Find a Grave