- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGeorge Sinclair Loane
- Height5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
- A former railroad clerk, Tucker made a name for himself in 1913 with a film entitled Traffic in Souls (1913), a six-reel expose of white slavery. Tucker and Carl Laemmle financed the sum of $57,000 to make the film in New York, the film ultimately grossed $450,000. The success of the film enabled Laemmle, under pressure from Thomas Edison's Patent Trust, to follow the exodus to Hollywood and create his own studio, Universal City. Tucker was married to actress Elisabeth Risdon.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jack Backstreet
- SpousesElisabeth Risdon(September 11, 1915 - June 20, 1921) (his death)Pauline Louise Meade(August 16, 1905 - February 5, 1908) (her death, 1 child)
- Tucker is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Section 19 (Secret Garden), Lot 237, Grave 1. His marker reads simply, "G. L. T. 1921".
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