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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

8

Gender

Male

Birthday

1877-09-27

Day of Death

1963-12-11 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Billy

Gaston Bell

Biography

From Wikipedia George Gaston Bell (September 27, 1877 - December 13, 1963) was an American stage and film actor active over the early decades of the twentieth century. Bell entered film around 1912 with the Majestic Motion Picture Company, appearing that year in at least two short films, Opportunity and A Warrior Bold. The following year Bell made several short films for Kinemacolor Film Company before joining the Lubin Manufacturing Company to play in films written by playwright Charles Klein. In 1915 he played John Froment II opposite Theda Bara in the William Fox silent film, Destruction. His last known motion picture was the 1919 film, The Heart of a Gypsy by Charles Miller Productions. By late 1918 Bell was back on the road touring in The Naughty Wife by Fred Jackson and the next year with the Max Marcin comedy, Cheating Cheaters. Around this time his ten-year marriage to Adelaide (née Cronley) Bell ended in a Reno, Nevada courtroom. Bell later retired to Woodstock, New York to manage an inn, write plays and serve as the first director of the Woodstock Community Players. He died there in December, 1963, aged 86.

Known For

Acting

The Wolf

1914

The Wolf

as

McDonald's assistant

The Third Degree

1913

The Third Degree

as

Howard Jeffries, Jr.

The Lion and the Mouse

1914

The Lion and the Mouse

as

Jefferson Ryder

Destruction

1915

Destruction

as

John Froment III

The House Next Door

1914

The House Next Door

as

Cecil Cotswolt

The Fortune Hunter

1914

The Fortune Hunter

as

Willie Bartlett

The Heart of a Gypsy

1919

The Heart of a Gypsy

as

Secret Agent

Production

Crew

Directing