Biography
In films from 1919, Dutch vaudeville comic George Davis played one of the featured clowns in
Lon Chaney's
He Who Gets Slapped (1924) and was also in
Buster Keaton's Sherlock, Jr. that same year. In the sound era, Davis specialized in playing waiters but would also turn up as bus drivers, counter men, and circus performers, often assuming a French accent. When told that Davis' business as a hotel porter included carrying
Greta Garbo's bags, the soviet envoy opined: "That's no business. That's social injustice." "Depends on the tip," replied Davis. He continued to play often humorous bits well into the '50s, appearing in such television shows as
Cisco Kid and
Perry Mason. The veteran performer died of cancer at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide