George Field (actor)

George Field
Field, 1910s
Born	(1877-03-18)March 18, 1877 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	March 9, 1925(1925-03-09) (aged 47) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1912 – 1924
Spouse	Winifred Greenwood

George Field (March 18, 1877 – March 9, 1925) was an American silent film actor.^[1][2]

Early life

George Blankman Field was born to George Durgin Field and Elizabeth Blankman. Elizabeth was the daughter of dentist and attorney Dr. Henry Gerrit Blankman, born 3 May 1813 in Amsterdam, North Holland. He arrived in San Francisco from New York in June 1849. Elizabeth's mother was Magdelena del Valle, the niece and ward of the famous ^{[clarification needed]} Mexican General Mariano de Vallejo and his brother Jose de Jesus de Vallejo.^{[citation needed]}

Career

George began his career as a stage actor in the popular San Francisco theatre scene but was signed into film in 1912 and had starred in 207 films by 1924.^[1][2] He received a glowing review as Mozart in Footprints of Mozart (1914).^[3]

He also had a bit part in "Don Q Son of Zorro," where he was credited as George Blankman. George and Winifred Greenwood worked at Flying A Studios in Santa Barbara. George later worked for Dustin Farnum, after whom Dustin Hoffman was named.^{[citation needed]}

George also starred with Charlotte Burton in films such as In the Firelight.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

He was married to his co-star Winifred L. Greenwood who herself starred in at least 222 films. They married in 1913 and were divorced circa 1918.^{[citation needed]}

However, illness cut his career short and he was forced to leave acting in late 1924. He died at age 47 on March 9, 1925, after a battle with tuberculosis.^[1]

George's funeral notice appeared in The Los Angeles Times and stated that he was the beloved husband of Mary L. Field.^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

• In the Firelight (1913)
• The Shriner's Daughter (1913)
• The Flirt and the Bandit (1913)
• While There's Life (1913)
• When a Woman Waits (1914)
• In Tune (1914)
• The Beggar Child (1914)
• The Archeologist (1914)
• A Slice of Life (1914)
• The Final Impulse (1914)
• The Redemption of a Pal (1914)
• The Wrong Birds (1914)
• The Song of the Sea Shell (1914)
• This Is th' Life (1914)
• The Butterfly (1914)
• The Lure of the Sawdust (1914)
• Mein Lieber Katrina (1914)
• Footprints of Mozart (1914) <red name=Mozart />
• A Soul Astray (1914)
• Calamity Anne's Love Affair (1914)
• The Town of Nazareth (1914)
• Unto the Weak (1914)
• The Resolve (1915)
• The Diamond from the Sky (1915)
• Wife Wanted (1915)
• The Fate of the Dolphin (1916)
• Riddle Gawne (1918)
• The Light of Western Stars (1918)
• The Testing of Mildred Vane (1918)
• Inside the Lines (1918)
• The End of the Game (1919)
• The Tiger's Trail (1919)
• A White Man's Chance (1919)
• The Fighting Line (1919)
• The Gray Wolf's Ghost (1919)
• The Kid and the Cowboy (1919)
• A Sagebrush Hamlet (1919)
• The Moon Riders (1920)
• His Nose in the Book (1920)
• The Rattler's Hiss (1920)
• Held Up for the Makin's (1920)
• Hair Trigger Stuff (1920)
• The Prospector's Vengeance (1920)
• Diamonds Adrift (1921)
• Blood and Sand (1922)
• North of the Rio Grande (1922)
• Adam's Rib (1923)
• Trigger Fingers (1924)

References

1. Katchmer, George A. (2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. p. 116. ISBN 9781476609058. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
2. Kingsley, Grace (October 19, 2021). Movie Mavens: US Newspaper Women Take On the Movies, 1914-1923. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252052903. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
3. Pick of the Programmes: What We Think of Them, in The Bioscope, Volume 24, 1914. June 11, 1914. pp. 1173, 1176. Retrieved August 15, 2025.

External links

• George Field at IMDb