George Cleveland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Alan Cleveland (September 17, 1885 – July 15, 1957) was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1933 and 1954. Cleveland is perhaps best remembered today as George "Gramps" Miller in the early years of the long running US series Lassie. The early seasons in which Cleveland appeared were retitled Jeff's Collie for syndicated reruns and DVD release. He played the grumpy but-kind hearted father-in-law of farm woman Ellen Miller (Jan Clayton), and grandfather of Lassie's owner, Jeff (Tommy Rettig). Cleveland appeared in the first three seasons (1954–1956) and in the first 12 episodes of the fourth season (1957). His death in July 1957 was written into the 13th episode of the fourth season (1957) and became the storyline motive for the selling of the farm and the departure of the Millers for Capitol City.

Known For: Acting

Born: Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1885-09-16

Died: 1957-07-15

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1930	The Thoroughbred	Detective	46
2	1934	Mystery Liner	Simms, the Steward	46
3	1934	School for Girls	Reeves	60
4	1934	House of Mystery	Detective Clancy (uncredited)	47
5	1934	Blue Steel	Hank - Innkeeper	49
6	1934	The Man from Utah	Nevada Sheriff	47
7	1934	Monte Carlo Nights	Croupier	59
8	1934	The Shadow Gang	Jake	0
9	1934	The Star Packer	Jake	44
10	1934	Girl o' My Dreams	Newsreel Company man	45
11	1935	The Keeper of the Bees	Judge	60
12	1935	Make a Million	Fake Blind Beggar	57
13	1935	Cheers of the Crowd	Newsreel Man	55
14	1935	His Night Out	Detective	0
15	1935	The Spanish Cape Mystery	Jorum	54
16	1936	Black Gold	Clemmons	50
17	1936	I Conquer the Sea!	Caleb Ashley	0
18	1936	Brilliant Marriage	Bartender	45
19	1936	Flash Gordon	Professor Hensley	63
20	1936	Revolt of the Zombies	General Duval	31
21	1936	Two-Fisted Gentleman	Mr. Bainbridge	0
22	1936	Phantom Patrol	Inspector McCloud	45
23	1936	Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island	Goebel, Gang Scientist	74
24	1936	North of Nome	Ship Captain	60
25	1937	The Devil Diamond	George Davis	47
26	1937	Paradise Express	Farmer Beasley	70
27	1937	Swing It Professor	Dean Wiley	0
28	1937	Night Key	Sam Adams - Company Engineer (uncredited)	62
29	1937	The Toast of New York	Perkins - Luke's Secretary in Boston (uncredited)	58
30	1937	Trapped by G-Men	Miner	0
31	1937	Behind the Mike	Stable Man	0
32	1937	Adventure's End	Tom	55
33	1938	Boy of the Streets	Tim 'Flannel-Mouth' Farley	50
34	1938	The Lone Ranger	George Blanchard	0
35	1938	Born to Be Wild	Stevens (uncredited)	70
36	1938	Port of Missing Girls	Clinton	0
37	1938	Rocket Ship	Professor Henson	48
38	1938	Rose of the Rio Grande	Pedro	0
39	1938	Romance of the Limberlost	Nathan	0
40	1938	Prison Break	Ding	51
41	1938	Under the Big Top	Joe	55
42	1938	The Strange Case of Dr. Meade	Thurber	50
43	1938	Ghost Town Riders	Judge Stillwell	0
44	1939	Convict's Code	Gas Station Attendant	65
45	1939	Home on the Prairie	Jim Wheeler	50
46	1939	The Phantom Stage	Sidekick Grizzly	0
47	1939	The Sap Takes a Wrap	Maloney	0
48	1939	Streets of New York	Pop O'Toole	56
49	1939	Wolf Call	Dr. MacTavish	45
50	1939	Stunt Pilot	Sheriff	0
51	1939	Konga, the Wild Stallion	Tabor	0
52	1939	Dick Tracy's G-Men	Gramps Williams	37
53	1939	Mutiny in the Big House	Convict 'Dad' Schultz	44
54	1939	Overland Mail	Frank Porter, aka Saunders	20
55	1940	Hidden Enemy	John MacGregor	50
56	1940	Chasing Trouble	Lester	50
57	1940	Pioneers of the West	Dr. Bailey	0
58	1940	Drums of Fu Manchu	Dr. James Parker	61
59	1940	Midnight Limited	Professor Van Dillon	50
60	1940	Hi-Yo Silver	George Blanchard	0
61	1940	Blazing Six Shooters	Mark Rawlins	0
62	1940	Tomboy	Uncle Matt	0
63	1940	One Man's Law	Judge Wingate	0
64	1940	Haunted House	Albert Henshaw	44
65	1940	Soak the Old	John Arnold	60
66	1940	Queen of the Yukon	Grub	50
67	1940	The Ape	Mr. Howley	49
68	1940	West of Abilene	Bill Burnside	0
69	1940	The Old Swimmin' Hole	Grandpa Harper	0
70	1941	Forbidden Passage	Anna's Father (uncredited)	63
71	1941	A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob	Pop Duncan	47
72	1941	Nevada City	Hank Liddell	50
73	1941	Sunset in Wyoming	Asa Wentworth aka Gramp	0
74	1941	Sucker List	Old Man	60
75	1941	Wide Open Town	Pete Carter	0
76	1941	Riders of the Purple Sage	Doctor	0
77	1941	All That Money Can Buy	Cy Bibber	70
78	1941	Look Who's Laughing	Kelsey	55
79	1941	Two-Faced Woman	Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)	64
80	1942	Valley of the Sun	Bill Yard	58
81	1942	Obliging Young Lady	Clarence, manager of Lake Mohawk Lodge	50
82	1942	The Falcon Takes Over	Jerry (Uncredited)	60
83	1942	Powder Town	Gus the Janitor	37
84	1942	The Spoilers	Banty	62
85	1942	My Favorite Spy	Gus	52
86	1942	The Big Street	Colonel Samuel Venus	58
87	1942	Mexican Spitfire's Elephant	Chief Customs Inspector	52
88	1942	Highways by Night	Judkins - Hotel Manager	60
89	1942	Seven Miles from Alcatraz	Captain Porter	45
90	1942	Army Surgeon	Col. John Wishart	58
91	1942	The Traitor Within	'Pop' Betts	0
92	1943	Ladies' Day	Doc	43
93	1943	Cowboy in Manhattan	Wild Bill	0
94	1943	Johnny Come Lately	Willie Ferguson	67
95	1943	Man from Music Mountain	Sheriff Hal Darcey	50
96	1943	Klondike Kate	Judge Horace Crawford	57
97	1943	The Woman of the Town	Judge Blackburn	60
98	1944	My Best Gal	Ralph Hodges	0
99	1944	It Happened Tomorrow	Mr. Gordon	67
100	1944	The Yellow Rose of Texas	Captain 'Cap' Joe	55
101	1944	Abroad with Two Yanks	Roderick Stuart	60
102	1944	My Pal, Wolf	Wilson	73
103	1944	When the Lights Go On Again	Gramps	55
104	1944	Alaska	Pete	50
105	1944	Can't Help Singing	Marshal	51
106	1945	Song of the Sarong	Capt. William T. Reemis	50
107	1945	God Is My Co-Pilot	Father of Catherine Scott (uncredited)	70
108	1945	It's in the Bag!	Busby	50
109	1945	Sunbonnet Sue	Casey, Tavern Owner	50
110	1945	Senorita from the West	Cap	50
111	1945	Her Highness and the Bellboy	Dr. Elfson	63
112	1945	She Wouldn't Say Yes	Ticket Seller	59
113	1945	Pillow of Death	Samuel 'Sam' Kincaid	65
114	1945	Dakota	Mr. Plummer	51
115	1946	Little Giant	Clarence Goodring	53
116	1946	The Runaround	Feenan the cabbie	0
117	1946	Boys' Ranch	Butch's Grandfather (uncredited)	65
118	1946	Wild Beauty	Barney Skeets	0
119	1946	Step by Step	Capt. Caleb Simpson	62
120	1946	Angel on My Shoulder	Albert	64
121	1946	Courage of Lassie	Old Man	57
122	1946	The Show-Off	Pop Fisher	70
123	1946	Wake Up and Dream	Prof. Feverfew	65
124	1947	Easy Come, Easy Go	Gilligan	0
125	1947	I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now	John McCullen	50
126	1947	Mother Wore Tights	Grandfather McKinley	53
127	1947	The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap	Judge Benbow	61
128	1947	My Wild Irish Rose	Captain Brennan	60
129	1948	Albuquerque	John Armin	68
130	1948	Fury at Furnace Creek	Judge	60
131	1948	A Date with Judy	Gramps	60
132	1948	Miraculous Journey	The Hermit	47
133	1948	The Plunderers	Sheriff Sam Borden	56
134	1949	Rimfire	Judge Gardner	57
135	1949	Home in San Antone	Grandpa Gibson	0
136	1949	Kazan	Trapper	0
137	1949	Miss Grant Takes Richmond	Judge Grant	54
138	1950	The Boy From Indiana	Robert Bruce Mac Dougall	0
139	1950	Please Believe Me	Mr. Cooper	50
140	1950	Trigger, Jr.	Colonel Harkrider	46
141	1950	Frenchie	Mayor Jefferson Harding	57
142	1951	Fort Defiance	Uncle Charlie Tallon	63
143	1952	Flaming Feather	Doc Fallon	58
144	1952	Carson City	Henry Dodson	61
145	1952	Cripple Creek	'Hardrock' Hanson	57
146	1952	The WAC From Walla Walla	Gramps Canova	0
147	1953	San Antone	Colonel Allerby	50
148	1953	Affair with a Stranger	Pop	43
149	1953	Walking My Baby Back Home	Col. Dan Wallace	90
150	1954	Untamed Heiress	Andrew 'Cactus' Clayton	60
151	1954	Fireman Save My Child	Chief Rorty	80
152	1954	The Outlaw's Daughter	Lem Creel	0
153	1966	Spaceship to the Unknown	Prof. Henson (archive footage)	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
2	1954	Lassie	George 'Gramps' Miller	61