George Tarr

Who was George Tarr?

George Herrmann Tarr was a New Zealand actor, scenic artist, theatre manager and film-maker. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and died in Milford, Auckland, New Zealand.

After a career as a child actor from the age of five, he came to New Zealand about 1902. He worked on establishing cinemas before moving into film production in 1914. He produced two major films: Hinemoa and Ten Thousand Miles in the Southern Cross.

Tarr did not continue with film-making, and became a theatrical actor, producer and scenic artist.