Date of Birth 1 March 1875, Greenwich, London, England, UK Date of Death 1 July 1955, Hollywood, California, USA Birth Name George F. Benge Height 5' 9" (1.75 m) Spouse Sarah L. Benge (? - 1954) (her death) Trivia Screen and stage actor, and stage producer. Along with Charles Coleman and Robert Greig, Hollywood's most familiar butler in the 1930s and the 1940s. In addition to his trademark butler/valet roles, the venerable, balding character actor played a number of other servile parts -- ushers, waiters, footmen. He also played other benevolent types such as clergyman, monks and professors. His last film appearance in The Scarlet Coat (1955), he played, naturally, a servant.
