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(29 July 1888, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 28 May 1959, Los Angeles, California)
 Leading
man in US action pictures of the silent era, then villain in
hundreds of "B" westerns of the 30s through early 50s.
George Chesebro was an American character actor who, after a few
leading roles in silent films, became an omnipresent bit player in
"B" westerns. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Chesebro became
involved in traveling stock theater productions before the age of
20, and by 1911 was a seasoned performer. He played in a musical
spectacular that toured Asia for two years, then returned to America
and played in stock and vaudeville. Moving to Los Angeles in 1915,
Chesebro began to supplement his vaudeville career with movie work
and quickly began moving up the ladder of film success.
After WWI he starring in several popular serials. His popularity and
the size of his roles waned during the 1920s, and with the arrival
of talkies he was most often seen as heavies, henchmen and cops in a
huge number of westerns and crime dramas, most of them low-budget.
He became a fixture in "B" westerns, rarely billed but always
familiar, and finished out his career in the 1950s with the demise
of the B-Western. Occasional TV appearances marked his retirement. |
