George Bancroft

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George Bancroft was raised in Philadelphia and attended high school at Tomes Institute (Philadelphia). He won an impressive appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis and graduated as a commissioned officer. He served in the Navy for the prescribed period of required service but no more. He decided to turn to show business, first ... See full bio »

Born:

September 30, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

October 2, 1956 (age 74) in Santa Monica, California, USA

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Known For

Stagecoach Marshal Curley Wilcox

(1939)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town MacWade

(1936)

Thunderbolt Thunderbolt Jim Lang

(1929)

Angels with Dirty Faces Mac Keefer

(1938)

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Actor (54 credits)

1942 Whistling in Dixie
Sheriff Claude Stagg

1942 Syncopation
Steve Porter

1942 The Bugle Sounds
'Russ' Russell

1941 Texas
Windy Miller

1940 Little Men
Major Burdle

1940 North West Mounted Police
Jacques Corbeau

1940 When the Daltons Rode
Caleb Winters

1940 Young Tom Edison
Samuel 'Sam' Edison

1940 Green Hell
'Tex' Morgan

1939 Rulers of the Sea
Captain Oliver

1939 Espionage Agent
Donald Garrett

1939 Each Dawn I Die
John Armstrong

1939 Stagecoach
Marshal Curley Wilcox

1938 Angels with Dirty Faces
Mac Keefer

1938 Submarine Patrol
Capt. Leeds

1937 Racketeers in Exile
William Waldo

1937 John Meade's Woman
Tim Mathews

1937 A Doctor's Diary
Dr. Clem Driscoll

1936 Wedding Present
Pete Stagg

1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
MacWade

1936 Hell-Ship Morgan
Captain Ira 'Hell-Ship' Morgan

1934 Elmer and Elsie
Elmer Beebe

1933 Blood Money
Bill Bailey

1932 Lady and Gent
Stag Bailey

1932 The World and the Flesh
Kylenko

1931 Rich Man's Folly
Brock Trumbull

1931 Scandal Sheet
Mark Flint

1930 Derelict
Bill Rafferty

1930 Ladies Love Brutes
Joe Forziati

1930 Paramount on Parade
Mug (Impulses)

1929 The Mighty
Blake Greeson

1929 Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt Jim Lang

1929 The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf

1928 The Docks of New York
Bill Roberts

1928 The Dragnet
Two-Gun Nolan

1928 The Showdown
Cardan

1927 The Rough Riders
Happy Joe

1927 Tell It to Sweeney
Cannonball Casey

1927 Underworld
'Bull' Weed

1927 Too Many Crooks
Bert the Boxman

1927 White Gold
Sam Randall

1926 Old Ironsides
Gunner

1926 The Runaway
Lesher Skidmore

1926 Sea Horses
Cochran

1926 The Enchanted Hill
Ira Todd

1925 The Splendid Road
Buck Lockwell

1925 The Pony Express
Jack Slade

1925 The Rainbow Trail
Jake Willets

1925 Code of the West
Enoch Thurman

1924 The Deadwood Coach
Tex Wilson - in play

1924 Teeth
Dan Angus

1923 Driven
Lem Tolliver

1922 The Prodigal Judge
Cavendish

1921 The Journey's End
The Ironworker

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Self (5 credits)

1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (Short)
Himself (uncredited)

1932 The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (Second Series) (Short)
Himself

1931 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 8 (Documentary short)
Himself

1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 23 (Short)
Himself, at Premiere

1927 A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (Documentary short)
Himself

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Archive footage (11 credits)

2016 I Am Not Your Negro (Documentary)
Marshal Curley Wilcox (clip from Stagecoach (1939)) (uncredited)

2011 Vito (Documentary)
Bill Bailey

2008 Spisok korabley (Documentary)

2007 John Wayne Behind the Scenes (Video documentary)

1990 Hollywood Mavericks (Documentary)
Bill Roberts

1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (Documentary)

1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (Documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

1974 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney (TV Special documentary)
John Armstrong

1971 The American West of John Ford (TV Movie documentary)
Marshal Curley Wilcox (uncredited)

1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series)
Marshal Curley Wilcox (clip from Stagecoach (1939))

- They Went That-a-way (1963) ... Marshal Curley Wilcox (clip from Stagecoach (1939)) (uncredited)

1939 Land of Liberty

Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage Play: Cinders. Musical comedy. Music by Rudolf Friml. Book by Edward Clark. Lyrics by Edward Clark. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle. Directed by Edward Royce. Dresden Theatre: 3 Apr 1923- 28 Apr 1923 (31 performances). Cast: George Bancroft (as "Great Scott") [Broadway debut], Abner Barnhart (as "Cliff"), Louise Bateman (as "... See more »