Birthday:
Jan 20, 1898
Place of Birth: Aleppo, Syria
Place of Birth: Aleppo, Syria
John George
John George was a Syrian actor who came to the United States in 1912 via France. He appeared in numerous films beginning in 1916. Much later in his career he appeared in several television series. The vast majority of his roles throughout the years were uncredited bit parts. Mr. George's original name was Tufei Filhela; on his 1925 United States citizenship naturalization Declaration of Intention document, he signed his name "Tufei Filhela known as John George". His surname was neither Filthela nor Fatella, as today sometimes is claimed.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Unknown | Cojo | 1927 |
| The Reward of the Faithless | Dwarf (uncredited) | 1917 |
| Miracles of the Jungle | See'er of All | 1921 |
| Rancho Notorious | Race Spectator (uncredited) | 1952 |
| The Undercover Man | Onlooker at Murder Scene | 1949 |
| Outside the Law | Humpy (uncredited) | 1921 |
| Drácula | Scientist (uncredited) | 1931 |
| Condemned! | Inmate | 1929 |
| Desert Legion | Dwarf (uncredited) | 1953 |
| The Big Sky | Passerby (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Trapped | Al, Tony's Midget Henchman | 1931 |
| The Creeper | Waiter | 1948 |
| The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | 1947 | |
| The Volga Boatman | Red Army Soldier | 1926 |
| Master Will Shakespeare | Townsman (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Son of India | Beggar (uncredited) | 1931 |
| Way for a Sailor | (uncredited) | 1930 |
| Ocean's Eleven | Vendor (uncredited) | 1960 |
| Man Of The People | Man On Street (uncredited) | 1937 |
| City in Darkness | Victor the Gypsy, gangland bistro patron (cameo extra) | 1939 |
| Black Orchids | Ali Bara | 1917 |
| Let Freedom Ring | Railroad Worker (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Lucky Night | Flower Man (uncredited) | 1939 |
| At the Circus | Man Leaving Diner (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Tower of London | Spy (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Hallelujah, I'm a Bum | Bum (uncredited) | 1933 |
| Dracula | Small Scientist (uncredited) | 1931 |
| Bride of Frankenstein | Villager (uncredited) | 1935 |
| The Preview Murder Mystery | The Gnome (Uncredited) | 1936 |
| The Killing | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) | 1956 |
| East of Eden | Townsman at Carnival (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Scaramouche | Polichinelle | 1923 |
| Glory Alley | Vendor (uncredited) | 1952 |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Passerby (uncredited) | 1951 |
| The Conquering Power | Villager (uncredited) | 1921 |
| The Red Lily | Doorkeeper (uncredited) | 1924 |
| The Square Jungle | 1955 | |
| A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Newsboy Outside Opera House (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Captain Caution | Sailor (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Phantom Raiders | Man in Cafe (uncredited) | 1940 |
| The Blue Angel | Club Patron (uncredited) | 1959 |
| Dark Streets of Cairo | Second Peddler Asked to Delay Inspector (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Bombay Mail | Vendor (uncredited) | 1934 |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Marcher in Parade (uncredited) | 1956 |
| I Live My Life | Greek Following Kay (Uncredited) | 1935 |
| The Egyptian | Man in Street (uncredited) | 1954 |
| Island of Lost Souls | Beast (uncredited) | 1932 |
| Mark of the Vampire | Gypsy (uncredited) | 1935 |
| The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Argentine Ranch Resident (uncredited) | 1921 |
| Pat and Mike | Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited) | 1952 |
| The Silver Chalice | Audience Member (uncredited) | 1954 |
| The King of Kings | (uncredited) | 1927 |
| The Prince and the Pauper | Beggar | 1937 |
| Shoes | Department Store Customer (uncredited) | 1916 |
| Charlie Chan in Egypt | Harip, The Grave Opener (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Frauds and Frenzies | Prisoner (uncredited) | 1918 |
| Babes in Toyland | Barnaby's Minion (uncredited) | 1934 |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | (uncredited) | 1923 |
| Rose Marie | Barfly (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Mare Nostrum | Servant (uncredited) | 1926 |
| Voltaire | Protester in Montage | 1933 |
| Riffraff | Fisherman (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Chandu the Magician | Bidder at Slave Market (uncredited) | 1932 |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Assassin | 1922 |
| San Francisco | Custodian at Blackie Norton's (uncredited) | 1936 |
| The Garden of Allah | Waiter (uncredited) | 1936 |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Hunchback (uncredited) | 1945 |
| The Hoodlum Saint | Mug (uncredited) | 1946 |
| The Whistler | Bum (Uncredited) | 1944 |
| Crisis | Man In Street Crowd (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Triumph | Backstage Extra (uncredited) | 1917 |
| The Monkey's Paw | Hindu (uncredited) | 1933 |
| The Black Cat | Cultist (uncredited) | 1934 |
| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Peasant (uncredited) | 1949 |
| Dante's Inferno | Abdullah (uncredited) | 1935 |
| The Road to Mandalay | Servant | 1926 |
| The Desert Song | Riff (uncredited) | 1943 |
| I Want to Live! | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | 1958 |
| Some Shimmiers | Ruffian (uncredited) | 1920 |
| The Miracle | Bullfight Spectator | 1959 |
| Heller in Pink Tights | Cheyenne Audience Member | 1960 |
| Where the Pavement Ends | Napuka Joe | 1923 |
| Road to Zanzibar | Carnival Crowd Extra (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Scaramouche | Show Spectator (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Code of the Sea | Demon (uncredited) | 1924 |
| Ringside Maisie | Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited) | 1941 |
| The Prodigal | Citizen (uncredited) | 1955 |
| The Volga Boatman | Soldier (uncredited) | 1926 |
| Shadow of the Thin Man | Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Singin' in the Rain | Audience Member (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Road to Morocco | Food Vendor (uncredited) | 1942 |
| Kiss Me Deadly | Popcorn Vendor (uncredited) | 1955 |
| The Bells | Mesmerist Announcer (uncredited) | 1926 |
| Du Barry was a Lady | Villager (uncredited) | 1943 |
| One-Eyed Jacks | Townsman (uncredited) | 1961 |
| Helen's Babies | Gypsy (uncredited) | 1924 |
| Iron Man | Card Player (uncredited) | 1931 |
| Devil and the Deep | (uncredited) | 1932 |
| The Cat's-Paw | Gangster (uncredited) | 1934 |
| Under a Texas Moon | (uncredited) | 1930 |
| The Road to Romance | 1927 | |
| Smart Money | Extra on Train (uncredited) | 1931 |
| The Unholy Garden | Arab | 1931 |
| Hell Divers | Barfly (uncredited) | 1932 |
| The Charlatan | Count Merlin's Assistant (uncredited) | 1929 |
| Outside the Law | Humpy | 1930 |
| My Best Girl | Newspaper Seller (uncredited) | 1927 |
| The Night of Love | Jester | 1927 |
| The Man Who Laughs | Dwarf (uncredited) | 1928 |
| The Big City | The Arab | 1928 |
| The Devil Is a Woman | Street Beggar (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Public Hero Number 1 | Convict (uncredited) | 1935 |
| The Black Room | Inn Waiter (uncredited) | 1935 |
| California | Miner (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Stand-In | Man at Studio Gate (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Canyon Passage | Miner (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Flight to Tangier | Cart Vendor | 1953 |
| Apache | Shoeshine Man (uncredited) | 1954 |
| If I Were King | Beggar | 1938 |
| The Flame and the Arrow | Townsman (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Under Two Flags | Arab (uncredited) | 1936 |
| The President's Lady | Spectator at Speech (uncredited) | 1953 |
| Kiss the Blood Off My Hands | Midget (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Her Highness and the Bellboy | News Vendor (uncredited) | 1945 |
| The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo | (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Trouble for Two | Small Man with Entourage (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Here Come the Girls | Audience Member (uncredited) | 1953 |
| A Song to Remember | Servant (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Son of Paleface | Johnny (uncredited) | 1952 |
| The Conqueror | Drummer (uncredited) | 1956 |
| My Favorite Spy | Merchant (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Two in a Crowd | (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Two Sisters from Boston | Man Operating Winking-Eye Poster (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Ten Tall Men | Tovic (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Deep in My Heart | Street Vendor (uncredited) | 1954 |
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Newspaper Vendor (uncredited) | 1956 |
| The Jungle Princess | Native (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Killer McCoy | Man at Gym (uncredited) | 1947 |
| The Spanish Main | Pirate (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Against All Flags | Pirate at Auction (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Off Limits | Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited) | 1952 |
| The Circus Show-Up | Roustabout (uncredited) | 1932 |
| The Trail of the Octopus | Borno - The Ape Man | 1919 |
| I Walk Alone | Little Man at Newstand (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Sherlock Holmes | Bird Shop Thug (uncredited) | 1932 |
| Trifling Women | Achmet | 1922 |
| Two Arabian Knights | Arab on Ship (uncredited) | 1927 |
| More About Nostradamus | Townsman (uncredited) | 1941 |
| The Spectacle Maker | The Court Jester | 1934 |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Townsman (uncredited) | 1939 |
| East of Java | Crewman | 1935 |
| The Phantom of Paris | First Prisoner | 1931 |
| The Gunfighter | Townsman at Funeral (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Don Juan | Hunchback (uncredited) | 1926 |
| We're No Angels | Vendor (uncredited) | 1955 |
| A Thousand and One Nights | Dwarf at Table in Inn | 1945 |
| The Devil's Playground | Shorty | 1946 |
| Reunion in France | Citizen (uncredited) | 1942 |
| A Shadowed Shadow | 1916 | |
| The Mark of Zorro | Prisoner in Jail | 1920 |
| The Horse Soldiers | Townsman (uncredited) | 1959 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Have Gun, Will Travel | Townsman (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Have Gun, Will Travel | Padre (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Gunsmoke | Barfly (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Dr. Fu Manchu | Kolb | 1956 |
| Bonanza | Townsman (uncredited) | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Reporter at Hearing (uncredited) | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Spectator Outside Arena (uncredited) | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Roustabout (uncredited) | 1959 |
| The Rebel | Townsman (uncredited) | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Miner (uncredited) | 1959 |
| Have Gun, Will Travel | Barfly (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Have Gun, Will Travel | Marcher (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Have Gun, Will Travel | Score Keeper (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Have Gun, Will Travel | Hotel Carlton Shoe Shiner (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Gunsmoke | Townsman (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Longbranch Customer (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Trial Spectator (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Annie Oakley | Worker at Show (uncredited) | 1954 |
| Adventures of Superman | Dwarf in Pool Hall (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Dragnet | Derelict (uncredited) | 1951 |
