George Periolat


George Periolat was an American actor.

Biography

Born in Chicago, Illinois, George Periolat began his career as a Broadway actor. Making his film debut with the Essanay Studios in Chicago, he moved to Hollywood in 1911 and starred in over 170 films throughout his career. He was a very versatile actor, often playing multiple roles in a single production, as when he played two leading characters, the count and the crook, in the 1916 production of The Counterfeit Earl. The story of Norma Desmond, though fictitious, is not far removed from the plight of many silent film stars, and the advent of the sound film brought about a swift end to Periolat's career. He made his last appearance in 1932's What Price Hollywood?. On February 20, 1940, he died by ingesting arsenic in his Hollywood mansion.
Outside his acting career, George Periolat was an amateur photographer, and a grandson of Clemens Periolat.

Personal life and death

George Periolat was born on February 5, 1874, the youngest child to Clement Periolat and Mary Jane Periolat. He had two older brothers, James who was 12 years older than him and Albert who was 10 years older.
While starting his acting career in Chicago he also worked in his family's fur business as a sales clerk.
Periolat was found dead in his Hollywood mansion on February 20, 1940, having ingested arsenic. Police Detective F. G. Kull said Periolat had been struggle with health issues for three years at the time of his death, and that there was "no evidence of foul play or that he had taken his own life".

Filmography

1910s

  • The Water War
  • The Angel of Paradise Ranch
  • From the Four Hundred to the Herd
  • The Maid and the Man
  • The Thread of Life
  • The Evil Inheritance as The Father
  • Where There's a Heart as The Prospector
  • Her Own Country
  • Nell of the Pampas
  • Cupid Never Ages
  • Calamity Anne's Beauty
  • The Road to Ruin
  • Oil on Troubled Waters
  • Calamity Anne's Parcel Post
  • The Wishing Seat
  • Her Big Story
  • A Husband's Mistake
  • Quicksands
  • Truth in the Wilderness
  • The Scapegoat
  • For the Flag
  • For the Crown
  • Calamity Anne, Heroine
  • Travellers of the Road
  • The Badge of Honor
  • A Pitfall of the Installment Plan
  • The Step Brothers
  • The Restless Spirit
  • In the Days of Trajan
  • The Girl and the Greaser
  • The Passerby
  • The Tale of the Ticker
  • The Barrier of Bars
  • The Dread Inheritance as The Father
  • Incognito
  • Rory o' the Bogs
  • The Field Foreman
  • The Magic Skin
  • The Man Who Lied
  • The Man Between
  • Hearts and Flowers
  • The Acid Test
  • Sealed Orders
  • The Bolted Door
  • The Lion
  • Samson as Manoah, Samson's father
  • As Fate Willed
  • Toilers of the Sea
  • The Call Back
  • The Sheep Herder
  • The Sandhill Lovers as Hardy, the Rustler
  • A Twentieth Century Pirate
  • At Mexico's Mercy
  • Value Received
  • Out of the Valley
  • Man and His Brother
  • There Is a Destiny
  • Weight and Measures
  • The Man from Nowhere
  • Little Meg and I
  • A Kentucky Gentleman
  • The Proof of a Man
  • Disillusioned
  • His Father's Son
  • His Heart His Hand and His Sword
  • The Empire of Illusion
  • The Inn of the Winged Gods
  • The King and the Man
  • A Bogus Bandit
  • Smouldering Fires
  • The Storm
  • The Guardian of the Flock
  • The Stool Pigeon as Oswald Trumble
  • The Diamond from the Sky as Luke Lovell
  • The Palace of Dust
  • When a Queen Loved O'Rourke
  • The Road to Paradise as Prince Vladislav
  • Curly
  • Viviana
  • The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
  • Life's Harmony
  • The Silken Spider
  • The Code of Honor
  • Ways of the World
  • The Wayfarers
  • Realization
  • The Counterfeit Earl
  • The Touch on the Key
  • Four Months
  • Jealousy's First Wife
  • The Gentle Conspiracy
  • Tangled Skeins
  • Killed by Whom?
  • The Quicksands of Deceit
  • The Dancer
  • Pastures Green
  • The Little Troubadour
  • Enchantment
  • The Atonement
  • The Sable Blessing as Crow
  • Philip Holden - Waster as Miles Holden
  • And the Law Says as Dr. Cartmell
  • The Valley of Decision as Dr. Brainard
  • The Gentle Intruder
  • The Gilded Youth
  • Double Revenge
  • Nature's Calling
  • The Old Sheriff
  • Environment as David Holcombe
  • Annie-for-Spite as Andrew Walters
  • Her Country's Call as Jim Slocum
  • Periwinkle as Ephraiam Rawlins
  • Melissa of the Hills as Cyrus Kimball
  • Sands of Sacrifice as Enoch Foyle
  • Southern Pride as James Morgan
  • A Game of Wits as Cyrus Browning
  • The Mate of the Sally Ann as Captain Ward
  • Rosemary Climbs the Heights as Godfrey Van Voort
  • Beauty and the Rogue as Thomas Lee
  • Social Briars as Peter Andrews
  • The Ghost of Rosy Taylor as Charles Eldridge/Joseph Sayles
  • The Eyes of Julia Deep as Timothy Black
  • Wives and Other Wives as Judge Corcoran
  • The Amazing Impostor as Henry Hope
  • Put Up Your Hands as Peter Barton
  • The Intrusion of Isabel as Henry Whitney
  • Trixie from Broadway as Broadway Benham
  • A Sporting Chance as Edward Craig
  • The Tiger Lily as Luigi
  • The Hellion as Signor Enrico
  • Beckoning Roads as John Graysoon
  • Eve in Exile as Jim Ricardo

    1920s

  • Judy of Rogue's Harbor as Peter Kingsland
  • The Dangerous Talent as Peyton Dodge
  • Nurse Marjorie as Andrew Danbury
  • Parlor, Bedroom and Bath as Fred Leslie
  • Life's Twist as Mr. Boyd Chester
  • The Mark of Zorro as Gov. Alvarado
  • Two Weeks with Pay as Ginsberg
  • The Kiss as Don Luis Baldarama
  • Who Am I? as John Collins
  • They Shall Pay as Amos Colby
  • Wealth as Irving Seaton
  • Her Face Value as James R. Greenwood
  • A Parisian Scandal as Count Louis Oudoff
  • Shattered Idols as The High Priest
  • Gay and Devilish as Nethercote
  • Dust Flower as Ott
  • Blood and Sand as Marquis of Guevera
  • The Young Rajah as General Gadi
  • The Tiger's Claw as Henry Frazer Halehurst
  • The Barefoot Boy as Si Parker
  • Rosita as Rosita's father
  • Slave of Desire as The Duke
  • The Yankee Consul as Don Rafael Desschado
  • Lovers' Lane as Dr. Stone
  • The Red Lily as Papa Bouchard
  • The Girl on the Stairs as Dr. Bourget
  • Any Woman as Robert Cartwright
  • Fighting Youth as Judge Manley
  • The Phantom Express as John Lane
  • The Nutcracker as Señor Gómez
  • Atta Boy
  • In Search of a Hero as Frenchman
  • Butterflies in the Rain
  • The Mile-a-Minute Man as C.O. 'Old Ironsides' Rockett
  • The Prairie King as Ramon Fernandez
  • Speedy Smith as Charles C. Smith
  • Through Thick and Thin as James Morris
  • Fangs of Destiny as Colonel Shelby
  • Alias the Deacon
  • The Secret Hour as Doctor
  • Black Butterflies as Hatch
  • Night Watch as Fargasson
  • When Dreams Come True as Robert Swayne
  • The Fatal Warning as William Rogers
  • One Splendid Hour as Senator Walsh

    1930s

  • Cracked Nuts as Royal Advisor
  • ''What Price Hollywood?''