George Bancroft
| Sign | Libra |
| Born | Sep 30, 1882 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | Oct 2, 1956 Santa Monica, CA |
| Age | Died at 74 |
| Final Resting PlaceWoodlawn Cemetery | |
George Bancroft | |
| Job | Actor |
| Top Roles | MacWade, Marshal Curley Wilcox, Pete Stagg, Second Stranger, Jim 'Tex' Morgan |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Crime, Western, Comedy, War |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, New York, Prison |
| Top Collaborators | B.P. Schulberg (Producer), Josef von Sternberg (Director), James Flavin, Cecil B. DeMille (Director) |
| Shares birthday with | Angie Dickinson, Deborah Kerr, Bill Walsh see more.. |
George Bancroft Overview:
Actor, George Bancroft, was born on Sep 30, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bancroft died at the age of 74 on Oct 2, 1956 in Santa Monica, CA and was laid to rest in Woodlawn Cemetery in Santa Monica, CA.
HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although Bancroft was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1928/29 | Best Actor | Thunderbolt (1929) | Thunderbolt Jim Lang | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
: What a Star, What a Character!
By The Lady Eve on Dec 16, 2018 From Lady Eve's Reel LifeBig, blustery was in his mid-40s when he became a film star, breaking out in 1927 with a linchpin performance as mob boss "Bull Weed" in Underworld, Josef von Sternberg's prototypical gangster film. Bancroft was third-billed under dependably wooden Clive Brook, fluttery leading lady ... Read full article
Supporting Players:
By Amanda Garrett on Mar 21, 2015 From Old Hollywood Filmsis remembered today for his memorable supporting roles in films like Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), but, throughout his colorful life, Bancroft was a silent film star, a rancher and a Naval hero. is a familiar face to many old Hollywood films fans for his stella... Read full article
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George Bancroft Quotes:
Russell 'Russ': I get up and fight my weight in wildcats before breakfast.
[reading Babe's first column about Deeds]
MacWade: "At two o'clock this morning, Mr. Deeds held up traffic while he fed a bagful of doughnuts to a horse. When asked why he was doing it, he replied, 'I just wanted to see how many doughnuts this horse would eat before he asked for a cup of coffee.'"
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