George Herrmann Tarr

Actor, scenic artist, theatre manager, film-maker
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IntroActor, scenic artist, theatre manager, film-maker
PlacesAustralia New Zealand
wasActor Child actor Film producer
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth1881, Sydney, Australia
Death7 January 1968Milford, New Zealand (aged 87 years)
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Biography

George Herrmann Tarr (1881–1968) was a New Zealand actor, scenic artist, theatre manager and film-maker. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and died in Milford, Auckland, New Zealand.

After a career as a child actor from the age of five, he came to New Zealand about 1902. He worked on establishing cinemas before moving into film production in 1914. He produced two major films: Hinemoa (1914) and Ten Thousand Miles in the Southern Cross (1922).

Tarr did not continue with film-making, and became a theatrical actor, producer and scenic artist.

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