George P. Breakston

George P. Breakston

Born: January 22, 1920
Died: May 21, 1973
in Paris, France
George Paul Breakston (January 22, 1920 – May 21, 1973) was a French-American actor, producer and film director, active in Hollywood from his days as a child actor in Andy Hardy films in the 1930s to a period as an independent producer/director in the 1950s.

Movies for George P. Breakston...

The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Title: The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Character: Beezy
Released: March 3, 1942
Type: Movie
While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.
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Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Title: Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Character: Beezy Anderson
Released: February 21, 1941
Type: Movie
All set to graduate from high school , Andy Hardy flunks his English exam -- in spite of the fact that Aunt Milly is his teacher, and that the Judge has gone to all the trouble of getting him his very own private secretary.
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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Title: Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Character: Beezy Anderson
Released: July 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.
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The Grapes of Wrath
Title: The Grapes of Wrath
Character: Boy (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
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Swanee River
Title: Swanee River
Character: Ambrose
Released: December 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.
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Judge Hardy and Son
Title: Judge Hardy and Son
Character: Beezy Anderson
Released: December 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.
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Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Title: Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Character: Beezy
Released: July 21, 1939
Type: Movie
Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with his pretty teacher. Meanwhile, Judge Hardy has his own problems when he gets conned into forming a phony aluminum corporation.
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Jesse James
Title: Jesse James
Character: Farmer Boy
Released: January 14, 1939
Type: Movie
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
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Love Finds Andy Hardy
Title: Love Finds Andy Hardy
Character: Beezy Anderson
Released: July 22, 1938
Type: Movie
Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.
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A Criminal Is Born
Title: A Criminal Is Born
Character: Henry
Released: June 5, 1938
Type: Movie
An entry in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series, this short tells the true story of how a young man, ignored by his parents, gets into a gang and starts a crime spree which leads to murder.
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Second Wife
Title: Second Wife
Character: Jerry Stephenson
Released: August 21, 1936
Type: Movie
Kenneth discovers that his son by his first wife is ill in a remote Swiss village, and is forced to leave Wife Number Two alone during childbirth.
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Boulder Dam
Title: Boulder Dam
Character: Stan Vangarick
Released: March 7, 1936
Type: Movie
Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on the run.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character: Body Double for Mickey Rooney (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1935
Type: Movie
Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile, a troupe of amateur actors rehearses a play. When the fairy Puck uses a magic flower to make people fall in love, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...
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The Return Of Peter Grimm
Title: The Return Of Peter Grimm
Character: William Van Dam
Released: September 13, 1935
Type: Movie
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.
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The Dark Angel
Title: The Dark Angel
Character: Joe Gallop
Released: September 8, 1935
Type: Movie
Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. Gerald graciously gives them his blessing. Then, Gerald and Alan go to war. Angered over a misunderstanding involving Alan and Kitty, Gerald sends Alan on a dangerous mission that will change all their lives forever.
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Life Returns
Title: Life Returns
Character: Danny Kendrick
Released: January 2, 1935
Type: Movie
A doctor who has spent his career working on ways to revive the dead sees his chance to prove his theory by performing his procedures on a recently deceased dog.
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Title: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Character: Jimmy Wiggs
Released: October 28, 1934
Type: Movie
The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr. Wiggs who wandered off long ago an has never been heard from. Do-gooder Miss Lucy brings them a real feast. Her boyfriend Bob arranges to take Wiggs' sick boy to a hospital. Their other boy makes some money peddling kindling and takes the family to a show. Mrs. Wiggs is called to the hopsital just in time to see her boy die. Her neighbor Miss Mazy wants to marry Mr. Stubbins who insists on tasting her cooking. Mrs. Wiggs sneaks her dishes past Stubbins who agrees to marriage. Mr. Wiggs appears suddenly, in tatters, with just the amount of money (twenty dollars) needed to save the family from foreclosure. Miss Lucy and Bob get married.
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Great Expectations
Title: Great Expectations
Character: Young Pip
Released: October 22, 1934
Type: Movie
A young boy, Pip, encounters an escaped prisoner, Magwitch, and steals food for him. After the convict is captured, Pip meets the reclusive Miss Havisham and her niece, Estella, eventually becoming friends with the girl. Wealth comes to Pip via a mysterious benefactor and he goes off to London for an education. As adults, Pip and Estella become romantic, and Pip learns the identity of his patron.
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A Successful Failure
Title: A Successful Failure
Character: Tommy Cushing
Released: October 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his boss at the newspaper sees is that Cushing is getting too old to keep up with his work. So his loyal co-worker Phil decides to see what he can do to help everyone see what his friend has to offer.
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No Greater Glory
Title: No Greater Glory
Character: Nemecsek
Released: March 30, 1934
Type: Movie
A frail boy fights to win acceptance from the leader of a street gang.
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It Happened One Night
Title: It Happened One Night
Character: Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1934
Type: Movie
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.