Biography

George C. Ahern was born in Oakland, California to Irish parents Daniel J. Ahern, who was born in California and Annie Gallen Ahern, born in County Fermanagh, Ireland. His best friend was John Sheehan and together they started out acting on stage in Oakland. George toured with Grace Nile in "A Tonic for Temper" in the east, and in 1910 George and Jack were living in a boarding house for actors in New York City. George returned to California and began working in silent films while living in Santa Barbara, California. In 1918 he and Sheehan enlisted in the US Army and were sent together to France, where he died on the first day of the battle of Meuse-Argonne. He is buried in the military cemetery there.
- IMDb mini biography by: Patricia Smethurst