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George Cleveland

16th September 1885 Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada Acting

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.

157 Movies 2 TV Shows 159 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Frenchie poster
Frenchie 25th December 1950 as Mayor Jefferson Harding
Kazan poster
Kazan 13th July 1949 as Trapper
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Rimfire 25th March 1949 as Judge Gardner
Boys' Ranch poster
Boys' Ranch 18th July 1946 as Butch's Grandfather (uncredited)
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Dakota 15th December 1945 as Mr. Plummer
Alaska poster
Alaska 18th November 1944 as Pete
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Two-Faced Woman 31st December 1941 as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Ape poster
The Ape 30th September 1940 as Mr. Howley
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Tomboy 20th April 1940 as Uncle Matt
Night Key poster
Night Key 18th April 1937 as Sam Adams - Company Engineer (uncredited)
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Lassie 12th September 1954 as George 'Gramps' Miller