- Descendants own his hat, cane and gloves, as well as his scrap books and family photographs.
- Lived at 704 Summit Dr, Laguna Beach, CA 92651.
- Lived at 1660 Agate St, Laguna Beach, CA 92651.
- Won a Variety Award (a forerunner of the Academy Award).
- Enjoyed ocean cruising, during which he performed with other passengers and he made several trips to Britain, France, and later, in 1928, to Sydney, to visit his family for ten days, whom he had not seen for sixteen years.
- Was taught by Walter Bentley at the College of Elocution and Dramatic Art, later joining the Walter Bentley Players.
- Owned a large Spanish-style home in Laguna Beach, which still stands on what is now Rembrandt Drive, he rented room 806 at the Hollywood Athletic Club, and owned an apartment in Paris, France.
- Later worked as a draftsman for the Los Angeles city council.
- Claimed to have been in the Australian Army and the Royal Flying Corp's crack Squadron 85, as well as claiming to have French parentage, that his birth took place on a French ocean liner off the coast of Australia and that he had studied law and received his education in Paris.
- As an early collector of Silent art; he built an impressive collection of silent films, (which were later acquired by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), press cuttings, photographs, and costumes, having saved all of them, his favorite being that worn by his Hamlet.
- Owned and drove a Kissel roadster.
- His hobbies were literature, music, painting, history, walking, athletics, research and archaeology.
- Had a tenor voice.
- Kept a clipping detailing a negative commentary, by a leading lady, on his comedic ability and intelligence in his pocket and showed it to people.
- Initially, offended and disgusted, he turned down his role in Are Parents People? (1925).
- He was good friends with Malcolm St. Clair and his first wife; Cordelia St Clair.
- A favorite activity of many Hollywood stars of the 1920s was to spend an evening at the club and then go up to George's room to watch the old silent movies he'd collected.
- Held a letter of recommendation written and signed by D.W. Griffith.
- His US fan mail address was Hotel Algonquin, NY and his European fan mail address was Hotel Royal, Avenue Friedland, L'Etoile, Paris.
- Said that he had worked in any capacity on the set of D.W. Griffith including prop boy and being put in charge of firing people.
- Acted in and directed movies in the US, Britain and Europe.
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