George Fawcett

George Fawcett
Fawcett in the play The Great John Ganton, 1909
Born	August 25, 1860 Alexandria, Virginia, US
Died	June 6, 1939 (aged 78) Nantucket, Massachusetts, US
Alma mater	University of Virginia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1915–1933
Spouse	Percy Haswell (m. 1895) (1 daughter)

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.

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