George Seaton

Infobox Actor
name = George Seaton
birthname = George Stenius
birthdate = birth date|1911|4|17
birthplace = South Bend, Indiana
deathdate = death date and age|1979|7|28|1911|4|17
deathplace = Los Angeles, California
spouse = Phyllis Loughton (1936-1979)
occupation = screenwriter, director, producer
yearsactive = 1934 - 1979
academyawards = Best Adapted Screenplay
1947 "Miracle on 34th Street"
1954 "The Country Girl"
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
1962 Outstanding Contributions to Humanitarian Causes
goldenglobeawards = Best Screenplay
1947 "Miracle on 34th Street"
awards = Walk of Fame - Motion Picture
1750 Vine Street

George Seaton (April 17, 1911 - July 28, 1979) was an American Academy Award-winning 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.

elected filmography as director

*"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)
*"" (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)

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title=Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
before=Sol Lesser
years=1961
after=Steve Broidy

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