Georg Alexander or George Alexander ~ This is a vintage original cigarette card form the Lloyd Cigarettes series Bunte Filmbilder issued in 1936. This is card #65. It is about the size of a US baseball card. This particular example is in excellent condition.

Born in 1888, German actor Georg Alexander became one of the most active of German stars from the silent era through his death in late-1945. He made his film debut in 1915 in Der Schwiegervater seines Leutnants, it was followed by Sonne und Schatten (1915) and Die Liebe, sie war nur ein Traum (1916). In 1917 he married actress Aud Egede Nissen, with whom he founded his own production company. Their first film project was Die Geburt der Venus (1917).

Over the next few years Alexander worked both as an actor and as a director. When he founded his own production company "Alexander-Film-GmbH" in 1919 he concentrated more again to the acting and played in the movies Der Mann ohne Namen (1921), Lady Hamilton (1921), Eifersucht (1925), Die Frau ohne Namen (1927), Venus im Frack (1927) and Schwarzwaldmädel (1929).

Alexander was often busy in the 1930s, too. He appeared in movies like Der verjüngte Adolar (1931), Madame wünscht keine Kinder (1932), Die englische Heirat (1934), Der alte und der junge König (1934), Heimat (1938), Der Kleinstadtpoet (1940) and Frau Luna (1942).

Besides his film activity, Alexander was also interested in sport. He was a jockey and even held a record at one time with a horse jump over the height of 1.85 meters.

Not to be mistaken for the British actor of the same name.