George P. Breakston

Known for Acting

1/22/1920

Paris, France

Biography

George Paul Breakston (January 22, 1920 – May 21, 1973) was a French-American actor, producer and film director, active in Hollywood from his days as a child actor in Andy Hardy films in the 1930s to a period as an independent producer/director in the 1950s.

Known For (21 credits)

5.7

Movie

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

1942

While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.

5.4

Movie

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

1941

All set to graduate from high school , Andy Hardy flunks his English exam -- in spite of the fact that Aunt Milly is his teacher, and that the Judge has gone to all the trouble of getting him his very own private secretary.

5.4

Movie

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

1940

Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.

7.8

Movie

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.

6.7

Movie

Swanee River

1939

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.

5.6

Movie

Judge Hardy and Son

1939

Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.

5.7

Movie

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

1939

Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with his pretty teacher. Meanwhile, Judge Hardy has his own problems when he gets conned into forming a phony aluminum corporation.

6.4

Movie

Jesse James

1939

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.

6.2

Movie

Love Finds Andy Hardy

1938

Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.

8.0

Movie

A Criminal Is Born

1938

An entry in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series, this short tells the true story of how a young man, ignored by his parents, gets into a gang and starts a crime spree which leads to murder.

Movie

Second Wife

1936

Kenneth discovers that his son by his first wife is ill in a remote Swiss village, and is forced to leave Wife Number Two alone during childbirth.

4.0

Movie

Boulder Dam

1936

Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on the run.