George LeMaire (born Meyer Goldstick;[1] December 22, 1884 – January 20, 1930) was an American vaudeville comedian[2] who appears in several films and worked as a director and producer for Pathé.[3][4] He was a "veteran straight man" who worked in comedy duos.[1][5] His comedy partners included Eddie Cantor, Joe Phillips,[6] and Louis Simon.[7]
On January 20, 1930, he died from a heart attack.[3]
Rufus LeMaire was his brother.
Theater
- The Dream Girl (operetta), as William Addison
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1919[8]
- George LeMaire's Broadway Brevities (1920)[9][10]
- George White's Scandals of 1922[10]
Filmography
- Blockade (1928 film), writer
- Taxi 13 (1928), dialogue writer
- At the Dentist's (1929)
- Dancing Around (1929)
- The Plumbers Are Coming (1929)
- What A Day![7] (1929)
- Barber's College (1930)
- A Tight Squeeze (1930)[11]
- The New Waiter (1930), a George LeMaire Comedy[12]
- The Seventh Commandment (1932)
References
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