George W. Pyper

{{short description|American screenwriter}} {{Infobox person | name = George W. Pyper | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = April 6, 1886 | birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | death_date = January 18, 1965 (aged 78) | death_place = Van Nuys, California, United States | other_names = | occupation = Writer | years_active = 1920–1929 (film) }} '''George W. Pyper''' (1886–1965) was an American screenwriter of the silent era.<ref>Katchmer p.307</ref><ref>Mavis p.10</ref> He was also a novelist. Pyper wrote the scripts for many productions made by FBO and Rayart Pictures, generally action films and westerns. He also worked on several serials for Universal Pictures.

==Partial filmography== {{div col}} * ''The Branded Four'' (1920) * ''The Vanishing Dagger'' (1920) * ''The Diamond Queen'' (1921) * ''Broad Daylight'' (1922) * ''The Ghost City'' (1923) * ''The Riddle Rider'' (1924) * ''The Air Hawk'' (1924) * ''The Fighting Ranger'' (1925) * ''A Daughter of the Sioux'' (1925) * ''Flyin' Thru'' (1925) * ''The Riding Comet'' (1925) * ''A Two-Fisted Sheriff'' (1925) * ''Tonio, Son of the Sierras'' (1925) * ''Riders of Mystery'' (1925) * ''Scar Hanan'' (1925) * ''Fort Frayne'' (1926) * ''The Baited Trap'' (1926) * ''A Captain's Courage'' (1926) * ''Wolves of the Desert'' (1926) * ''The Gallant Fool'' (1926) * ''Avenging Fangs'' (1927) * ''The Fighting Stallion'' (1927) * ''Daring Deeds'' (1927) * ''The Royal American'' (1927) * ''The Silent Hero'' (1927) * ''The Wheel of Destiny'' (1927) * ''Heroes in Blue'' (1927) * ''The Cruise of the Hellion'' (1927) * ''The Racing Fool'' (1927) * ''The City of Purple Dreams'' (1928) * ''Into the Night'' (1928) * ''Son of the Golden West'' (1928) * ''Isle of Lost Men'' (1928) * ''The Law's Lash'' (1928) * ''Marlie the Killer'' (1928) * ''All Faces West'' (1929) * ''Outlawed'' (1929) * ''The Drifter'' (1929) {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0701557}}

==Bibliography== * George A. Katchmer. ''Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known''. McFarland, 1991. * Mavis, Paul. ''The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999''. McFarland and Company, 2001.

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