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Former playwright George B. Seitz left the theater for Hollywood in 1913, and before long he was turning out screenplays for action serials such as The Perils of Pauline (1914), The Exploits of Elaine (1914), and The Iron Claw (1916). In addition to writing and sometimes starring in these productions, he began to direct them as well, with great success. A prolific director, Seitz, unlike many of his B-picture colleagues, survived the transition from silents to talkies quite well, and directed everything from comedies to dramas to westerns at most of the studios around town. Although he spent a good amount of time at Columbia, he came to be most closely associated with MGM, where he directed - among others - almost all of the entries in the fondly remembered "Andy Hardy" series.

Was not, as has been often stated, related to cinematographer <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0005870/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">John F. Seitz</a>, although the two were friends and had actually worked together.

Father of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0782690/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">George B. Seitz Jr.</a>

Co-founder of Astra Film Corp., active from 1916-20.

Bore a startling resemblance to <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0197314/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Dan Dailey</a>.

Directed MGM &#39;s <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0028850/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">A Family Affair (1937)</a> and, when it grossed three times what it had cost, the studio turned it into a franchise. Seitz directed 12 of the 15 resulting &quot;Andy Hardy&quot; films.

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