- Birthday
- 1866-12-31
- Deathday
- 1947-04-26
- Place of Birth
- Freeport, Long Island, New York, USA
George Ali
ActingBiography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Ali (born George Bolingbroke; c.1866−April 26, 1947) was an actor who specialized in the "skin game", playing animals in stage and cinema productions, known as an animal impersonator. He performed in a number of stage plays, working as lions, tigers, and bears, but it was as the canine nursemaid Nana and the Crocodile in the 1924 film adaptation of Peter Pan for which he seems best remembered. Barrie had written the part expecting it to be played by a boy, but adults were cast for the technically demanding role. Ali played the character at the age ...
