Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Hearts of Men

One More American

The Marcellini Millions

The Bond Between

The Alien

The Italian

George Beban (December 13, 1873 – October 5, 1928) was an American actor, director, writer and producer.  Beban began as a child performer in San Francisco, California, and became a well-known vaudevillian and stage actor in the 1890s and 1900s.  He was best known for his portrayal of Italian immigrant characters, including his starring roles in the play The Sign of the Rose and the 1915 silent film classic The Italian.  Though strongly associated with his Italian immigrant roles, Beban was born in San Francisco, could not speak a word of Italian [not likely: in Dalmatia Italian was largely spoken, his father's name - Rocco - is in fact Italian, and Telegraph Hill was an Italian area of San Francisco], and was the son of parents from Dalmatia (in modern-day Croatia) and Ireland.



George Beban

Acted in

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Hearts of Men

One More American

The Marcellini Millions

The Bond Between

The Alien

The Italian