George Seaton

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George Seaton (April 17, 1911 - July 28, 1979) was an American playwright, film director and producer. He was born in South Bend, Indiana.

He began his career as radio actor 'George Stenius' in Detroit, Michigan and is credited as being the first actor to play The Lone Ranger. He was nominated for the 1954 Academy Award for Directing for The Country Girl and is perhaps most famous as the director and co-writer of Miracle on 34th Street (1947). He received The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1961.

Seaton died of cancer in Beverly Hills, California.

Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
Junior Miss (1945)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
Apartment for Peggy (1948)
Chicken Every Sunday (1948)
The Big Lift (1950)
For Heaven's Sake (1950)
Anything Can Happen (1952)
Little Boy Lost (1953)
The Country Girl (1954)
The Proud and Profane (1956)
Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot (1956)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
The Hook (1963)
36 Hours (1964)
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)
Airport (1970)
Showdown (1973)

Preceded by Sol Lesser	Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1961	Succeeded by Steve Broidy

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Categories: American dramatists and playwrights | American film directors | Hollywood Walk of Fame | Cancer deaths | 1911 births | 1979 deaths

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