George Berrell

Acting

George Berrell

Born December 16, 1849 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died April 20, 1933 · aged 83

George Berrell was an American stage and screen actor.

Known For

PollyannaPollyanna · 1920
Pollyanna
★ 6.51920
MovieComedyDrama
When Pollyanna is orphaned, she's sent to live with her crotchety Aunt Polly. Pollyanna discovers that many of the people in her aunt's New England hometown are as ill-tempered as her aunt. But Pollyanna's incurable optimism - exemplified by her "glad game", in which she looks for the bright side of every situation - brings a change to the staid old community.
Society SecretsSociety Secrets · 1921
Society Secrets
★ 8.01921
MovieComedy
Amos Kerran and his wife live a traditional, old-fashioned life on a Connecticut farm, while their son and daughter, Arthur and Maybelle, are successes in New York society. The children want to invite their parents to the city at Christmastime but are ashamed of their unrefined appearance.
Hell-Roarin' ReformHell-Roarin' Reform · 1919
Hell-Roarin' Reform
★ 7.01919
MovieWestern
Tom Mix plays Tim, a goodhearted cowpuncher who, while riding down a trail, gets robbed of the money he was carrying for the Belgian Babies' Milk Fund.
The Lair of the WolfThe Lair of the Wolf · 1917
The Lair of the Wolf
1917
MovieDrama
Widow Margaret Dennis, unaware of the abusive nature of Oliver Cathcart, agrees to become his wife. Among other cruelties, Cathcart has ruined the Taylor family in a bad business deal, causing the death of Mrs. Taylor, turning Mr. Taylor into a worthless drunk and embittering their son Raymond, who swears revenge on Cathcart. Margaret's son Jim, learning of all this, forces his mother to choose between him and Cathcart.
The City of MasksThe City of Masks · 1920
The City of Masks
★ 10.01920
MovieComedyDrama
After immigrating to America, a handful of European nobles find themselves living and working as common laborers. They join together one night a week to maintain the Continental style they once were accustomed to.
The Sea BeastThe Sea Beast · 1926
The Sea Beast
★ 6.71926
MovieAdventureFantasy
Based on Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick."
HypocritesHypocrites · 1915
Hypocrites
★ 5.61915
MovieDrama
The story of St. Gabriel, who was killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Purity, who is also represented by a ghostly naked girl that flits through the film.
The Everlasting WhisperThe Everlasting Whisper · 1925
The Everlasting Whisper
★ 9.01925
MovieWestern
Mark King comes to the aid of an old miner who, in gratitude, reveals the location of a secret gold mine. To get to the mine, King must fight an evil claim jumper, whose fiance he once saved from falling off a cliff.

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The BarbarianThe Barbarian · 1921
The Barbarian
★ 10.01921
MovieDrama
Elliot Straive is a college professor who has left the evils of civilization behind to raise his son Eric in the purity of the Canadian wilderness. James Heatherton sends Mark Grant to get the mining rights to Straive's land as vast deposits of iron ore have been discovered there. Grant arrives as the elder Straive lies dying and has written a final note to his absent son. Grant tears off the portion of the letter with Straive's signature and forges a concession to the mining rights above the signature. Heatherton, dissatisfied with the unwitnessed signature of a dead man, decides to to himself to get Eric Straive to sign the concession. He sends his family on ahead on vacation. The family hires Eric as a guide, thinking him to be a mere backwoods barbarian. Eric and Heatherton's daughter Floria fall in love, but the relationship falters when she confesses that she has lied to him about why they are there. Grant returns upon the scene and tries to force Eric to sign.

Elliott Straive

As the Sun Went DownAs the Sun Went Down · 1919
As the Sun Went Down
1919
MovieDramaWestern
Although a female, gunfighter "Colonel Billy" is feared by the men of Rattlesnake Gulch, a mining camp in California. The women, however, won't have anything to do with her because of stories about her "loose ways" during the Gold Rush. One day Gerald Morton, an actor, arrives at the camp from San Francisco with his wife Mabel, their baby and preacher Albert Atherton As a prank, the townspeople send Atherton to board with Billy, who is in love with a gold prospector named Faro Bill. Atherton convinces Billy to change her ways; however, Morton strikes gold, and the resulting news reaches San Francisco and attracts a new and different element to Rattlesnake Gulch, resulting in a need for Billy's skills to be used again.

Piety Pete