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Biography
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, earned him a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He was later a supporting player in a number of notable movies, including Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and Stagecoach (1939).
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1929 · nominated
Filmography15 titles
Stagecoach
1939as Marshal Curly Wilcox
1939as Marshal Curly Wilcox
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936as MacWade
1936as MacWade
Underworld
1927as Bull Weed
1927as Bull Weed
The Docks of New York
1928as Bill Roberts
1928as Bill Roberts
Syncopation
1942as Steve Porter
1942as Steve Porter
Each Dawn I Die
1939as Prison Warden John Armstrong
1939as Prison Warden John Armstrong
Texas
1941as Windy Miller
1941as Windy Miller
Old Ironsides
1926as Gunner
1926as Gunner
The Pony Express
1925as Jack Slade
1925as Jack Slade
When the Daltons Rode
1940as Caleb Winters
1940as Caleb Winters
The Mighty
1929as Blake Greeson
1929as Blake Greeson
Young Tom Edison
1940as Samuel 'Sam' Edison
1940as Samuel 'Sam' Edison
Thunderbolt
1929as Thunderbolt Jim Lang
1929as Thunderbolt Jim Lang
Little Men
1940as Major I.I. Burdle
1940as Major I.I. Burdle
The Skin Game
1931as Second Stranger
1931as Second Stranger