George Bancroft

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Biographyvia wikipedia

George Bancroft (September 30, 1882 – October 2, 1956) 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).

Filmography (56 movies)

Derelict movie poster
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Derelict

1930

as Bill Rafferty

Going Hollywood: The '30s movie poster
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Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

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A Doctor's Diary

1937

as Dr. Clem Driscoll

The Wolf of Wall Street movie poster
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The Wolf of Wall Street

1929

as The Wolf

Stagecoach movie poster
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Stagecoach

1939

as Marshal Curly Wilcox

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town movie poster
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

as MacWade

Angels with Dirty Faces movie poster
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Angels with Dirty Faces

1938

as Mac Keefer

Underworld movie poster
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Underworld

1927

as Bull Weed

Blood Money movie poster
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Blood Money

1933

as Bill Bailey

The Docks of New York movie poster
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The Docks of New York

1928

as Bill Roberts

Each Dawn I Die movie poster
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Each Dawn I Die

1939

as Prison Warden John Armstrong

Submarine Patrol movie poster
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Submarine Patrol

1938

as Capt. Leeds

Wedding Present movie poster
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Wedding Present

1936

as Pete Stagg

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Rulers of the Sea

1939

as Capt. Oliver

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage movie poster
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Texas movie poster
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Texas

1941

as Windy Miller

The World and the Flesh movie poster
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The World and the Flesh

1932

as Kylenko

North West Mounted Police movie poster
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North West Mounted Police

1940

as Jacques Corbeau

Syncopation movie poster
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Syncopation

1942

as Steve Porter

Old Ironsides movie poster
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Old Ironsides

1926

as Gunner

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Paramount on Parade

1930

as Mug

Racketeers in Exile movie poster
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Racketeers in Exile

1937

as William Waldo

When the Daltons Rode movie poster
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When the Daltons Rode

1940

as Caleb Winters

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) movie poster
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Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

1931

as Self

The Drag Net movie poster
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The Drag Net

1928

as Two-Gun Nolan

The Bugle Sounds movie poster
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The Bugle Sounds

1942

as 'Russ' Russell

White Gold movie poster
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White Gold

1927

as Sam Randall

Espionage Agent movie poster
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Espionage Agent

1939

as Dudley Garrett

The Pony Express movie poster
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The Pony Express

1925

as Jack Slade

Young Tom Edison movie poster
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Young Tom Edison

1940

as Samuel 'Sam' Edison

Lady and Gent movie poster
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Lady and Gent

1932

as Percival 'Slag' Bailey

Ladies Love Brutes movie poster
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Ladies Love Brutes

1930

as Joe Forziati

Thunderbolt movie poster
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Thunderbolt

1929

as Thunderbolt Jim Lang

Little Men movie poster
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Little Men

1940

as Major I.I. Burdle

Hell-Ship Morgan movie poster
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Hell-Ship Morgan

1936

as Captain Ira 'Hell-Ship' Morgan

The Skin Game movie poster
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The Skin Game

1931

as Second Stranger

The Mighty movie poster
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The Mighty

1929

as Blake Greeson

Whistling in Dixie movie poster
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Whistling in Dixie

1942

as Sheriff Claude Stagg

Rich Man's Folly movie poster
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Rich Man's Folly

1931

as Brock Trumbull

The Rough Riders movie poster
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The Rough Riders

1927

as Happy Joe

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Green Hell

1940

as Jim 'Tex' Morgan

Teeth movie poster
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Teeth

1924

as Dan Angus

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Driven

1923

as Lem Tolliver

The Enchanted Hill movie poster

The Enchanted Hill

1926

as Ira Todd

Too Many Crooks movie poster

Too Many Crooks

1927

as Bert the Boxman

The Showdown movie poster

The Showdown

1928

as Cardan

The Prodigal Judge movie poster

The Prodigal Judge

1922

as Cavendish

The Splendid Road movie poster

The Splendid Road

1925

as Buck Lockwell

The Runaway movie poster

The Runaway

1926

as Lesher Skidmore

Land of Liberty movie poster

Land of Liberty

1939

as (archive footage)

The Deadwood Coach movie poster

The Deadwood Coach

1924

as Tex Wilson

John Meade's Woman movie poster

John Meade's Woman

1937

as Tim Mathews

The Rainbow Trail movie poster

The Rainbow Trail

1925

as Jake Willets

Scandal Sheet movie poster

Scandal Sheet

1931

as Mark Flint

Sea Horses movie poster

Sea Horses

1926

as Cochran

Code of the West movie poster

Code of the West

1925

as Enoch Thurman

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