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George Bancroft (actor)
American actor (1882–1956)
George Bancroft (September 30, 1882 – October 2, 1956) was an American film actor, whose career spanned seventeen years from 1925 to 1942.
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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).[1]
Early years
Bancroft was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1882. He attended Tomes Institute in Port Deposit, Maryland.[2]
Maritime work
After working on merchant marine vessels at age 14, Bancroft was an apprentice on USS Constellation and later served on USS Essex and West Indies.
Additionally, during the Battle of Manila Bay (1898), he was a gunner on USS Baltimore.[3] During his days in the Navy, he staged
