George Dewhurst

George Dewhurst was born in 1889 in Preston, in Lancashire. An actor, screenwriter and director of British cinema, he made some twenty films from 1917 to 1943, including several versions of the same music-hall comedy and, in 1926, an adaptation of the story of the barber of Fleet Street. Hired by a Dublin producer, he made a film in Ireland the same year. He died on 8 November 1968 in Tooting, in south London.

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• Feature filmIrish DestinyGeorge Dewhurst · 1926Cinema