Mr. Prentice — Merrily We Go to Hell Character Profile

About Mr. Prentice

Joan's protective father who initially opposes her marriage to the alcoholic reporter Jerry. He later intervenes to keep Jerry away from Joan after her illness and childbirth, ultimately revealing the tragic news of the baby's death to Jerry.

Character Facts

Played by

George Irving

Appears in

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Merrily We Go to Hell

• Joan Prentice (Sylvia Sidney)
• Jerry Corbett (Fredric March)
• Claire Hempstead (Adrianne Allen)
• Buck (Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher)
• Vi (Esther Howard)
• Charlie Baxter (Cary Grant)
• Richard Damery (Charles Coleman)
• Charlcie (Florence Britton)
• Greg Boleslavsky (Kent Taylor)
• Baritone Bartender (uncredited) (Robert Greig)
• Prentice's Butler (uncredited) (Leonard Carey)
• June (uncredited) (Mildred Boyd)