About George Gaul
Lived 1885 – 1939 (aged 54). George Gaul was an American actor and stage actor.
George Gaul (September 22, 1885 – October 6, 1939) was an American stage actor in the first half of the 20th century. As far as is known Gaul never appeared in motion pictures but was one America's most successful stage actors in the 1920s. He was born in Philadelphia to John Gall and his wife Rebecca (née Baxter). He was educated at Lawrenceville Preparatory School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and made his Broadway debut in 1909. Over the course of his career he toured with Billie Burke, Otis Skinner and Charles Coburn. In the 1920s he appeared in the Theatre Guild's The S.S. Tenacity and Back to Methuselah. He's best remembered for originating the part of Chico in the original Broadway production of Seventh Heaven in 1922. One of his last plays was Eugene O'Neill's Dynamo. Gaul made his last stage appearance in 1932.
Select theatre credits The Richest Girl (1909) The Silent Voice (1914) Seventeen (1918) Jonathan Makes a Wish (1918) The Ouija Board (1920) The Lady of the Lamp (1920) The S.S. Tenacity (1922) Seventh Heaven (1922) Aloma of the South Seas (1925) Faust (1928) Troilus and Cressida (1932)
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American actor (1885-1939)
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George Gaul was born on 22 September 1885 in Philadelphia.
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George Gaul died on 6 October 1939.
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George Gaul was an actor and stage actor.
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