Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Brackett Seitz (January 3, 1888 – July 8, 1944) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film actor and director. He was known for his screenplays for action serials, such as The Perils of Pauline (1914) and The Exploits of Elaine (1914). He was the director of more than one hundred films, the writer of more than thirty screenplays, and an actor in seven films. He worked at Columbia Pictures and at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer where he directed eleven films in the Andy Hardy series of the 1930s and 1940s.
Directed 99
1940s
- 1944
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Director
- 1942
Pierre of the Plains
Director
Mr. Gardenia Jones
Director
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Director
A Yank on the Burma Road
Director
- 1941
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Director
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Director
- 1940
Gallant Sons
Director
Sky Murder
Director
1930s
- 1939
Judge Hardy and Son
Director
Thunder Afloat
Director
6,000 Enemies
Director
The Hardys Ride High
Director
- 1938
Out West with the Hardys
Director
Yellow Jack
Director
Judge Hardy's Children
Director
- 1937
You're Only Young Once
Director
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Director
Between Two Women
Director
The 13th Chair
Director
A Family Affair
Director
Mama Steps Out
Director
Under Cover of Night
Director
- 1936
Mad Holiday
Director
Absolute Quiet
Director
Exclusive Story
Director
- 1935
Kind Lady
Director
Alibi Racket
Director
Woman Wanted
Director
Calm Yourself
Director
Murder in the Fleet
Second Unit Director
Times Square Lady
Director
Shadow of Doubt
Director
Buried Loot
Director
- 1934
The Fighting Ranger
Director
Lazy River
Director
- 1933
The Women in His Life
Director
The Thrill Hunter
Director
Treason
Director
- 1932
Passport to Paradise
Director
Sin's Pay Day
Director
Docks of San Francisco
Director
Temptation's Workshop
Director
Sally of the Subway
Director
- 1931
Shanghaied Love
Director
Arizona
Director
The Drums of Jeopardy
Director
Danger Lights
Director
The Lion and the Lamb
Director
- 1930
Guilty?
Director
Murder on the Roof
Director
1920s
- 1929
Black Magic
Director
- 1928
Blockade
Director
The Circus Kid
Director
Court Martial
Director
Beware of Blondes
Director
After the Storm
Director
- 1927
The Warning
Director
The Tigress
Director
The Isle of Forgotten Women
Director
The Great Mail Robbery
Director
The Blood Ship
Director
- 1926
Jim the Conqueror
Director
Pals in Paradise
Director
The Last Frontier
Director
Desert Gold
Director
- 1925
The Vanishing American
Director
Wild Horse Mesa
Director
Sunken Silver
Director
- 1924
Galloping Hoofs
Director
Into the Net
Director
The Fortieth Door
Director
Leatherstocking
Director
- 1923
The Way of a Man
Director
Plunder
Director
- 1922
Speed
Director
Go Get 'Em Hutch
Director
- 1921
Hurricane Hutch
Director
The Sky Ranger
Director
- 1920
Rogues and Romance
Director
Pirate Gold
Director
1910s
- 1919
Bound and Gagged
Director
The Black Secret
Director
The Lightning Raider
Director
- 1918
The House of Hate
Director
- 1917
The Fatal Ring
Director
- 1916
The Iron Claw
Director
- 1915
The Romance of Elaine
Director
- 1914
The Exploits of Elaine
Director
Wrote 20
1930s
- 1933
Above the Clouds
Story
- 1932
Passport to Paradise
Writer, Story
Behind Stone Walls
Screenplay
Sally of the Subway
Adaptation, Story
1920s
- 1927
The Warning
Screenplay
- 1923
The Way of a Man
Writer
- 1920
Rogues and Romance
Writer
The Phantom Foe
Writer
1910s
- 1919
The Lightning Raider
Writer
- 1918
The Naulahka
Writer
- 1917
The Last of the Carnabys
Writer
The Fatal Ring
Writer
Blind Man's Luck
Writer
The Hunting of the Hawk
Writer
- 1916
The Shielding Shadow
Writer
The Iron Claw
Writer
- 1915
The Lilac Splash
Adaptation
- 1914
The Exploits of Elaine
Writer
Detective Craig's Coup
Story
The Perils of Pauline
Writer
Acted in 8
1920s
- 1921
The Sky Ranger
George Oliver Rockwell
- 1920
Rogues and Romance
Reginald Van Ransen
Pirate Gold
Movie
1910s
- 1919
Bound and Gagged
Archibald A. Barlow
The Black Secret
German spy
- 1916
The Iron Claw
Movie
- 1915
The Romance of Elaine
Movie
- 1914
The Exploits of Elaine
Movie
Produced 6
1940s
- 1941
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Producer
1920s
- 1923
Plunder
Producer
- 1922
Go Get 'Em Hutch
Producer
- 1921
The Yellow Arm
Producer
The Sky Ranger
Producer
1910s
- 1919
Bound and Gagged
Producer
Appearances1
1930s
- 1938
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)