Georges Carpentier: Georges Carpentier. Actor: Hold Everything. Georges Carpentier was a French boxer who reigned as the world's light heavyweight champion in 1920-22. He is best remembered for his fight for the world's heavyweight crown with champ Jack Dempsey, one of the highlights of the Roaring Twenties. Born on January 12, 1894, in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, France, he first fought professionally as a welterweight and then worked his way up the weight classes,...
Known For: Hold Everything (Georges La Verne), The Wonder Man (Henri D'Alour), Show of Shows (Boulevardier in 'If I Could Learn to Love' Number), A Gypsy Cavalier (Valerius Carew)