Let George do it

I have been trying to find the origin of "Let George do it."
I had thought that it might be from the title of the 1940 George Formby film. Then I found a reference to "Let George Do It" on the Internet Movie Database as the working title of the 1928 Laurel and Hardy short "From Soup to Nuts."

Are there any references to "Let George do it" prior to 1928?

A quick search on Google News Archive shows a lot of hits starting from around 1909-1910. For example, a New York Times story from Sept. 15, 1912 says:
"My line of work is what is known in dramatic stock parlance as utility business, a theatrical synonym for 'Let George do it.'"

The OED has an entry from around then too - from The Bookman, May 1910:

"What's going to happen when Lovey asks papa to hold Snookums and that hitherto devoted parent replies, 'Let George do it.'"

Who was George? Maybe a real person: more likely not.