John George
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 20, 1898, Aleppo, Syria
- Died
- August 25, 1968
- Movies
- 165
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1961 | One-Eyed Jacks | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Ocean's Eleven | Vendor (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Heller in Pink Tights | Cheyenne Audience Member |
| 1959 | The Miracle | Bullfight Spectator |
| 1959 | The Blue Angel | Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Timbuktu | Praying Sudanese Peasant (uncredited) |
| 1958 | I Want to Live! | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Marcher in Parade (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Newspaper Vendor (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Killing | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Conqueror | Drummer Boy (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Square Jungle | News Vendor (uncredited) |
| 1955 | We're No Angels | Vendor (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Prodigal | Citizen (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Kiss Me Deadly | Popcorn Vendor (uncredited) |
| 1955 | East of Eden | Townsman at Carnival (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Silver Chalice | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Deep in My Heart | Street Vendor (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Egyptian | Man in Street (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Apache | Shoeshine Man (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Flight to Tangier | Cart Vendor |
| 1953 | Here Come the Girls | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The President's Lady | Spectator at Speech (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Desert Legion | Dwarf (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Off Limits | Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Big Sky | Passerby (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Son of Ali Baba | Villager (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Son of Paleface | Johnny (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Pat and Mike | Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Glory Alley | Vendor (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Scaramouche | Show Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Race Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Singin' in the Rain | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| 1951 | My Favorite Spy | Merchant (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Ten Tall Men | Tovic (uncredited) |
| 1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Passerby (uncredited) |
| 1951 | M | Man in Mob (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Pygmy Island | Pygmy in Rescue Party |
| 1950 | Crisis | Man In Street Crowd (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Flame and the Arrow | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Gunfighter | Townsman at Funeral (uncredited) |
| 1949 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Peasant (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Undercover Man | Onlooker at Murder Scene (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Kiss the Blood Off My Hands | Midget (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Creeper | Waiter |
| 1948 | Berlin Express | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1947 | I Walk Alone | Little Man at Newstand (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Killer McCoy | Man at Gym (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | |
| 1947 | California | Miner (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Devil's Playground | Shorty |
| 1946 | Canyon Passage | Miner (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Two Sisters from Boston | Man Operating Winking-Eye Poster (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint | Mug (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Her Highness and the Bellboy | News Vendor (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Spanish Main | Pirate (uncredited) |
| 1945 | A Thousand and One Nights | Dwarf at Table in Inn |
| 1945 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Hunchback (uncredited) |
| 1945 | A Song to Remember | Servant (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Whistler | Bum (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Desert Song | Riff (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady | Villager (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Reunion in France | Citizen (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Road to Morocco | Food Vendor (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Shadow of the Thin Man | Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Ringside Maisie | Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Road to Zanzibar | Man in Carnival Crowd (uncredited) |
| 1941 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Newsboy Outside Opera House (uncredited) |
| 1941 | More About Nostradamus | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Dark Streets of Cairo | Second Peddler Asked to Delay Inspector (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Captain Caution | Sailor (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Phantom Raiders | Man in Cafe (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Tower of London | Spy (uncredited) |
| 1939 | City in Darkness | Victor the Gypsy, gangland bistro patron (cameo extra) |
| 1939 | At the Circus | Man Leaving Diner (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Lucky Night | Flower Man (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Let Freedom Ring | Railroad Worker (uncredited) |
| 1938 | If I Were King | Beggar (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Stand-In | Man at Studio Gate (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Prince and the Pauper | Beggar |
| 1937 | Man Of The People | Man On Street (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Jungle Princess | Native (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Garden of Allah | Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Two in a Crowd | (uncredited) |
| 1936 | San Francisco | Custodian at Blackie Norton's (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Master Will Shakespeare | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Trouble for Two | Small Man with Entourage (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Under Two Flags | Arab (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Preview Murder Mystery | The Gnome (Uncredited) |
| 1936 | Rose Marie | Barfly (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Riffraff | Fisherman (uncredited) |
| 1935 | East of Java | Crewman |
| 1935 | The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo | (uncredited) |
| 1935 | I Live My Life | Greek Following Kay (Uncredited) |
| 1935 | Dante's Inferno | Abdullah (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Black Room | Inn Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Charlie Chan in Egypt | Harip, The Grave Opener (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Public Hero Number 1 | Convict (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Devil Is a Woman | Street Beggar (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Mark of the Vampire | Gypsy (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Bride of Frankenstein | Villager (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Babes in Toyland | Barnaby's Minion (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Spectacle Maker | The Court Jester |
| 1934 | The Cat's-Paw | Gangster (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Black Cat | Cultist (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Bombay Mail | Vendor (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Voltaire | Protester in Montage |
| 1933 | Hallelujah, I'm a Bum | Bum (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Monkey's Paw | Hindu (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Island of Lost Souls | Beast (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Sherlock Holmes | Bird Shop Thug (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Chandu the Magician | Bidder at Slave Market (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Circus Show-Up | Roustabout (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Hell Divers | Barfly (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Trapped | Al, Tony's Midget Henchman |
| 1931 | The Unholy Garden | Arab |
| 1931 | The Phantom of Paris | First Prisoner |
| 1931 | Son of India | Beggar (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Smart Money | Extra on Train (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Iron Man | Card Player (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Drácula | Scientist (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Dracula | Small Scientist (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Way for a Sailor | (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Outside the Law | Humpy |
| 1930 | Under a Texas Moon | (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Condemned! | Inmate |
| 1929 | The Charlatan | Count Merlin's Assistant (uncredited) |
| 1928 | The Man Who Laughs | Dwarf (uncredited) |
| 1928 | The Big City | The Arab |
| 1927 | My Best Girl | Newspaper Seller (uncredited) |
| 1927 | The Road to Romance | |
| 1927 | Two Arabian Knights | Arab on Ship (uncredited) |
| 1927 | The Unknown | Cojo |
| 1927 | The King of Kings | (uncredited) |
| 1927 | The Night of Love | Jester |
| 1926 | Don Juan | Hunchback (uncredited) |
| 1926 | The Bells | Mesmerist Announcer (uncredited) |
| 1926 | The Road to Mandalay | Servant |
| 1926 | The Volga Boatman | Red Army Soldier, Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Mare Nostrum | Servant (uncredited) |
| 1924 | Helen's Babies | Gypsy (uncredited) |
| 1924 | The Red Lily | Doorkeeper (uncredited) |
| 1924 | Code of the Sea | Demon (uncredited) |
| 1924 | When a Girl Loves | Grishka |
| 1923 | Scaramouche | Polichinelle |
| 1923 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | (uncredited) |
| 1923 | Where the Pavement Ends | Napuka Joe |
| 1922 | Trifling Women | Achmet |
| 1922 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Assassin |
| 1921 | Miracles of the Jungle | See'er of All |
| 1921 | The Conquering Power | Villager (uncredited) |
| 1921 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Argentine Ranch Resident (uncredited) |
| 1921 | Outside the Law | Humpy (uncredited) |
| 1920 | The Mark of Zorro | Prisoner in Jail |
| 1920 | Some Shimmiers | Ruffian (uncredited) |
| 1919 | The Trail of the Octopus | Borno - The Ape Man |
| 1918 | Frauds and Frenzies | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| 1917 | Triumph | Backstage Extra (uncredited) |
| 1917 | The Reward of the Faithless | Dwarf (uncredited) |
| 1917 | Black Orchids | Ali Bara |
| 1916 | A Shadowed Shadow | |
| 1916 | Shoes | Department Store Customer (uncredited) |
| 1916 | Bobbie of the Ballet | Tenement Dweller |
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