George Periolat (February 5, 1874 – February 20, 1940) was an American actor. Biography Born in Chicago, Illinois, George Periolat began his career as a Broadway actor. Making his film debut with the Essanay Studios in Chicago, he moved to Hollywood in 1911 and starred in over 170 films throughout his career. He was a very versatile actor, often playing multiple roles in a single production, as when he played two leading characters, the count and the crook, in the 1916 production of The Counterfeit Earl. The story of Norma Desmond, though fictitious, is not far removed from the plight of many silent film stars, and the advent of the sound film brought about a swift end to Periolat's career. He made his last appearance in 1932's What Price Hollywood?. On February 20, 1940, he committed suicide by ingesting arsenic in his Hollywood mansion. Outside his acting career, George Periolat was an amateur photographer, and a grandson of Clemens Periolat. Filmography 1910s The Water War (1911) The Angel of Paradise Ranch (1911) From the Four Hundred to the Herd (1912) The Maid and the Man (1912) The Thread of Life (1912) The Evil Inheritance (1912) as The Father Where There's a Heart (1912) as The Prospector Her Own Country (1912) Nell of the Pampas (1912) Cupid Never Ages (1913) Calamity Anne's Beauty (1913) The Road to Ruin (1913) Oil on Troubled Waters (1913) Calamity Anne's Parcel Post (1913) The Wishing Seat (1913) Her Big Story (1913) A Husband's Mistake (1913) Quicksands (1913) Truth in the Wilderness (1913) The Scapegoat (1913) For the Flag (1913) For the Crown (1913) Calamity Anne, Heroine (1913) Travellers of the Road (1913) The Badge of Honor (1913) A Pitfall of the Installment Plan (1913) The Step Brothers (1913) The Restless Spirit (1913) In the Days of Trajan (1913) The Girl and the Greaser (1913) The Passerby (1913) The Tale of the Ticker (1913) The Barrier of Bars (1913) The Dread Inheritance (1913) as The Father Incognito (1913) Rory o' the Bogs (1913) The Field Foreman (1913) The Magic Skin (1914) The Man Who Lied (1914) The Man Between (1914) Hearts and Flowers (1914) The Acid Test (1914) Sealed Orders (1914) The Bolted Door (1914) The Lion (1914) Samson (1914) as Manoah, Samson's father As Fate Willed (1914) Toilers of the Sea (1914) The Call Back (1914) The Sheep Herder (1914) The Sandhill Lovers (1914) as