George Foster Platt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George Foster Platt

American director

Date of Birth: 27-Jul-1866

Place of Birth: Petersburg, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 16-Nov-1928

Profession: film director, theater director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About George Foster Platt

  • George Foster Platt (July 27, 1866 - November 16, 1928) was a stage actor as well as a director of stage and filmed shows.
  • He was part of Thanhouser's short-lived Jacksonville, Florida production unit.Platt was born in Petersburg, Virginia. He started his career working as an assistant to Winthrop Ames at the Little Theatre.
  • He directed the Modern Players troupe at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee in 1917 drawing a positive review from Sheldon Cheney.Woman's Politics, a comedy in three acts, was copyrighted in his name in 1899.
  • He directed a version of The Affairs of Anatol in 1912.He worked for Thanhouser.
  • He survived the auto crash that killed Clinton H.
  • Stagg May 5, 1916. He directed the 1918 Broadway musical comedy The Squab Farm about the film industry featuring three film directors in the cast. In April 1892, Platt married actress Beatrice Tait in Philadelphia.A collection of his papers are part of the Shubert archives in New York.

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