Answer the following question: Facts: - death place: hollywood , california , u.s. - caption: george b. seitz - yearsactive: 1913 -- 1944 - death date: 8 july 1944 - birth date: 3 january 1888 - name: george b. seitz - birthname: george brackett seitz - image: georgeb.seitz.jpg - birth place: boston , massachusetts , u.s. - occupation: actor , playwright , screenwriter , director Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of george b. seitz .
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george brackett seitz -lrb- january 3 , 1888 -- july 8 , 1944 -rrb- was an american playwright , screenwriter , film actor and director .he was known for his screenplays for action serials , including : '' the perils of pauline '' -lrb- 1914 -rrb- '' the exploits of elaine '' -lrb- 1914 -rrb- '' the shielding shadow '' -lrb- 1916 -rrb- '' the black secret '' -lrb- 1919 -rrb- '' the iron claw '' -lrb- 1916 -rrb- '' the phantom foe '' -lrb- 1920 -rrb- '' the last of the mohicans '' -lrb- 1936 -rrb- seitz was born in boston , massachusetts , started his career as a playwright , and also wrote some fiction for '' up-market '' pulp magazines such as '' adventure '' and '' people 's magazine '' .seitz did much of his early work in fort lee , new jersey when many other early film studios in america 's first motion picture industry were based there .he was the director of 107 films , the writer of 31 screenplays , and an actor in 7 films .he worked at columbia pictures and at mgm where he directed 11 of the '' andy hardy '' series of films of the 1930s & 1940s .he died in hollywood , california .although an acquaintance of the cinematographer john f. seitz , they were not related .he was the father of george b. seitz jr. , who was a writer/director active in the 1940s and 1950s in films and television .