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Guy Oliver is a Actor American born on 25 september 1878 at Chicago (USA)
George Guy Oliver (September 25, 1878 – September 1, 1932) was an American actor. He appeared in at least 189 silent film era motion pictures and 32 talkies in character roles between 1911 and 1931. His obituary gives him credit for at least 600. He directed three films in 1915.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Oliver began his career as a cornetist at six-years-old in Lamar, Missouri. After traveling with his family in a musical troupe, he decided to become an actor at age 21.
In 1908 he joined Lubin Studios in Philadelphia, earning $3.00 a day. After appearing with Eclair, Kinemacolor and the Selig Polyscope Company, Oliver went to California. He joined the company headed by Jesse L. Lasky in 1916, working for Lasky under a verbal contract.
Oliver appeared in at least 18 films starring Wallace Reid, and in those made by many other stars on the Paramount roster.
He was forced to retire and rest in 1931 because of his health, but the studio kept him on the payroll.
Guy Oliver died at age 53 from cancer at Hollywood Hospital in Hollywood, California.
(1928)
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Birth name George Guy Oliver
Nationality USA
Birth 25 september 1878 at Chicago (USA)
Death 1 september 1932 (at 53 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 25 september 1878 at Chicago (USA)
Death 1 september 1932 (at 53 years) at Hollywood (USA)
George Guy Oliver (September 25, 1878 – September 1, 1932) was an American actor. He appeared in at least 189 silent film era motion pictures and 32 talkies in character roles between 1911 and 1931. His obituary gives him credit for at least 600. He directed three films in 1915.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Oliver began his career as a cornetist at six-years-old in Lamar, Missouri. After traveling with his family in a musical troupe, he decided to become an actor at age 21.
In 1908 he joined Lubin Studios in Philadelphia, earning $3.00 a day. After appearing with Eclair, Kinemacolor and the Selig Polyscope Company, Oliver went to California. He joined the company headed by Jesse L. Lasky in 1916, working for Lasky under a verbal contract.
Oliver appeared in at least 18 films starring Wallace Reid, and in those made by many other stars on the Paramount roster.
He was forced to retire and rest in 1931 because of his health, but the studio kept him on the payroll.
Guy Oliver died at age 53 from cancer at Hollywood Hospital in Hollywood, California.
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Filmography of Guy Oliver (137 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | I Take This Woman | Actor | Sid |
| 1931 | Huckleberry Finn | Actor | Judge Thatcher |
| 1931 | Murder by the Clock | Actor | Watchman |
| 1931 | Skippy | Actor | Dad Burkey |
| 1931 | Up Pops the Devil | Actor | Waldo, Handyman |
| 1931 | Sooky | Actor | Mr. Moggs |
| 1931 | Caught | Actor | McNeill (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Conquering Horde | Actor | Mayor of Abilene |
| 1931 | Dude Ranch | Actor | Simonson |
| 1931 | Gun Smoke | Actor | Sheriff Posey Meed |
| 1931 | The Beloved Bachelor | Actor | John Adams |
| 1931 | Rich Man's Folly | Actor | Dayton |
| 1930 | True to the Navy | Actor | Watch Customer (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Devil's Holiday | Actor | Hammond |
| 1930 | Playboy of Paris | Actor | Street Cleaner (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Only the Brave | Actor | |
| 1930 | The Texan | Actor | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Burning Up | Actor | Townsman |
| 1930 | The Light of Western Stars | Actor | Sheriff Grip Jarvis |
| 1930 | The Benson Murder Case | Actor | Captain Hagedorn (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Kibitzer | Actor | McGinty |
| 1930 | Love Among the Millionaires | Actor | Bill - Telegrapher (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Wolf Song | Actor | |
| 1929 | Stairs of Sand | Actor | Sheriff Collishaw |
| 1929 | Woman Trap | Actor | Mr. Evans |
| 1929 | Half Way to Heaven | Actor | Farmer at Railroad Station |
| 1929 | The Studio Murder Mystery | Actor | Hank MacDonald - the Studio Watchman |
| 1929 | Sunset Pass | Actor | Clark |
| 1928 | Feel My Pulse | Actor | |
| 1928 | The Last Command | Actor | Wardrobe Attendant (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Three Week Ends | Actor | Pa O'Brien |
| 1928 | The Docks of New York | Actor | The Crimp |
| 1928 | The Vanishing Pioneer | Actor | Mr. Shelby |
| 1928 | Half a Bride | Actor | Chief Engineer |
| 1928 | Hot News | Actor | Uncredited |
| 1928 | Love and Learn | Actor | Detective |
| 1928 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Actor | Conductor |
| 1927 | Nevada | Actor | Sheriff of Lineville |
| 1927 | Arizona Bound | Actor | Sheriff |
| 1927 | Drums of the Desert | Actor | Indian Agent |
| 1927 | The Mysterious Rider | Actor | Jack Wilson |
| 1927 | Open Range | Actor | Jim Blake |
| 1926 | North of 36 | Actor | Maj. McCoyne |
| 1926 | The Eagle of the Sea | Actor | Beluche |
| 1926 | Old Ironsides | Actor | First Mate |
| 1926 | Man of the Forest | Actor | First Deputy |
| 1925 | The Air Mail | Actor | Bill Wade |
| 1925 | The Golden Bed | Actor | |
| 1925 | The Vanishing American | Actor | Kit Carson |
| 1925 | A Woman of the World | Actor | Judge Porter |
| 1924 | The Dawn of a Tomorrow | Actor | Black |
| 1924 | Changing Husbands | Actor | |
| 1924 | The Bedroom Window | Actor | Detective |
| 1923 | The Covered Wagon | Actor | Kit Carson |
| 1923 | Hollywood | Actor | Guy Oliver |
| 1923 | The Cheat | Actor | District Attorney |
| 1923 | To the Last Man | Actor | Bill |
| 1923 | Ruggles of Red Gap | Actor | Judge Ballard |
| 1923 | Mr. Billings Spends His Dime | Actor | John D. Starbock |
| 1923 | The Woman with Four Faces | Actor | Warden Cassidy |
| 1922 | Across the Continent | Actor | Irishman |
| 1922 | Manslaughter | Actor | Musician |
| 1922 | The World's Champion | Actor | Mooney |
| 1922 | The Cowboy and the Lady | Actor | Ross |
| 1922 | Pink Gods | Actor | Mark Escher |
| 1922 | Our Leading Citizen | Actor | |
| 1922 | A Homespun Vamp | Actor | Duncan Craig |
| 1921 | The Affairs of Anatol | Actor | Spencer's Butler |
| 1921 | The City of Silent Men | Actor | Mr. Bryant |
| 1921 | Fool's Paradise | Actor | Briggs |
| 1921 | The Little Minister | Actor | Thomas Whammond |
| 1921 | Moonlight and Honeysuckle | Actor | Congressman Hamil |
| 1921 | What Every Woman Knows | Actor | James Wylie |
| 1921 | A Virginia Courtship | Actor | Buck Lawton |
| 1921 | A Prince There Was | Actor | Bland |
| 1921 | Too Much Speed | Actor | 'Howdy' Zeeker |
| 1920 | The Round-Up | Actor | Uncle Jim Allen |
| 1920 | Double Speed | Actor | Pawn Broker |
| 1920 | Excuse My Dust | Actor | Darby |
| 1920 | The Sins of Rosanne | Actor | Hlangeli's Father |
| 1920 | Always Audacious | Actor | Martin Green |
| 1919 | Male and Female | Actor | |
| 1919 | Don't Change Your Husband | Actor | Mr. Frankel, Dressmaker (uncredited) |
| 1919 | Hawthorne of the U.S.A. | Actor | Count Henloe |
| 1919 | The Roaring Road | Actor | Tom Darby |
| 1919 | The Valley of the Giants | Actor | George Sea Otter |
| 1919 | Told in the Hills | Actor | Captain Hold |
| 1919 | In Mizzoura | Actor | |
| 1919 | Secret Service | Actor | Jonas |
| 1919 | Rustling a Bride | Actor | Ezry |
| 1919 | The Dub | Actor | Robbins |
| 1919 | The Heart of Youth | Actor | Calvin Prendergast |
| 1919 | The Lottery Man | Actor | |
| 1919 | The Poor Boob | Actor | |
| 1919 | Under the Top | Actor | Jay Trimmer |
| 1919 | Venus in the East | Actor | Doc. Naylor |
| 1919 | It Pays to Advertise | Actor | McChesney |
| 1918 | M'Liss | Actor | Snakebit Saunders |
| 1918 | Old Wives for New | Actor | Berkeley's Butler (uncredited) |
| 1918 | The Squaw Man | Actor | Kid Clarke |
| 1918 | The Whispering Chorus | Actor | Chief McFarland |
| 1918 | The Squaw Man | Actor | Kid Clarke |
| 1918 | Such a Little Pirate | Actor | Bad-Eye |
| 1918 | Rimrock Jones | Actor | Andrew McBain |
| 1918 | Less Than Kin | Actor | Peters |
| 1918 | The Bravest Way | Actor | The Lawyer |
| 1918 | Jules of the Strong Heart | Actor | Big Jim Burgess |
| 1917 | The Little American | Actor | Frederick von Austreim |
| 1917 | Nan of Music Mountain | Actor | Bull Page |
| 1917 | The Bottle Imp | Actor | Rollins |
| 1917 | The Call of the East | Actor | Cadger |
| 1917 | The Hostage | Actor | Vanvoyd |
| 1917 | Those Without Sin | Actor | Henry Melon |
| 1917 | The Golden Fetter | Actor | Edson |
| 1916 | The Regeneration of Jim Halsey | Actor | |
| 1916 | Thou Shalt Not Covet | Actor | My Neighbor |
| 1916 | The Three Wise Men | Actor | |
| 1916 | The Valiants of Virginia | Actor | |
| 1916 | Into the Primitive | Actor | Thomas Blake |
| 1916 | The Temptation of Adam | Actor | |
| 1916 | Why Love Is Blind | Actor | |
| 1915 | The Bridge of Time | Actor | |
| 1915 | The Coquette's Awakening | Actor | |
| 1915 | I'm Glad My Boy Grew Up to Be a Soldier | Actor | |
| 1915 | Ingratitude of Liz Taylor | Actor | |
| 1915 | The Carpet from Bagdad | Actor | Horace Wadsworth |
| 1915 | The Circular Staircase | Actor | |
| 1915 | The Poetic Justice of Omar Khan | Actor | Philip Hyde |
| 1914 | Me an' Bill | Actor | |
| 1914 | Memories | Actor | |
| 1914 | Ye Vengeful Vagabonds | Actor | |
| 1914 | The Fire Jugglers | Actor | |
| 1913 | The Adventures of Kathlyn | Actor | |
| 1912 | Saved from the Titanic | Actor | Jack's pal |
| 1912 | Robin Hood | Actor | Much |
| 1910 | The Girls of the Range | Actor | |
| - | His Father's Rifle | Actor |