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George Bancroft

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American actor (1882-1956)

United StatesActorsLived 1882 to 1956 · aged 74
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George Bancroft was an American film actor, whose career spanned seventeen years from 1925 to 1942. A star of pre-Code Hollywood, he is best known as the tough guy lead in four Josef von Sternberg films, the last of which, Thunderbolt (1929) earned him a Best Actor Award nomination.

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Filmography 40

Stagecoach1939 · ★ 7.6
Angels with Dirty Faces1938 · ★ 7.5
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936 · ★ 7.5
The Skin Game1931 · ★ 5.4
The Docks of New York1928 · ★ 6.9
Underworld1927 · ★ 7.0
Each Dawn I Die1939 · ★ 6.8
North West Mounted Police1940
Thunderbolt1929
Texas1941
When the Daltons Rode1940
Wedding Present1936
Old Ironsides1926
Young Tom Edison1940
Green Hell1940
Little Men1940
Paramount on Parade1930
Blood Money1933
Espionage Agent1939
Lady and Gent1932
White Gold1927
Syncopation1942
The Pony Express1925
Submarine Patrol1938
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983
Rich Man's Folly1931
Whistling in Dixie1942
Ladies Love Brutes1930
The Wolf of Wall Street1929
The Bugle Sounds1942
Rulers of the Sea1939
Teeth1924
The World and the Flesh1932
The Mighty1929
Hell-Ship Morgan1936
Going Hollywood: The '30s1984
The Rough Riders1927
Racketeers in Exile1937
The Drag Net1928
Derelict1930

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George Bancroft was an American film actor, whose career spanned seventeen years from 1925 to 1942. A star of pre-Code Hollywood, he is best known as the tough guy lead in four Josef von Sternberg films, the last of which, Thunderbolt (1929) earned him a Best Actor Award nomination. He was later a supporting actor in a number of notable movies, including Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and Stagecoach (1939).

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United States
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Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1882 to 1956 · aged 74
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