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George Bancroft
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George Bancroft was an American actor born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1882. He served as a military officer in the United States Navy and was educated at the United States Naval Academy. His professional acting career began in 1921, during which he worked as a stage and film actor. He was a native English speaker and wrote in English.
Bancroft was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He died in Santa Monica in 1956. He is buried at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery.
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Film & TV
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
George Bancroft was an American screen actor of the 1920s and 1930s.
Known for
- Going Hollywood: The '30s — (archive footage)1984
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983
- Whistling in Dixie — Sheriff Claude Stagg1942
- Syncopation — Steve Porter1942
- The Bugle Sounds — 'Russ' Russell1942
- Texas — Windy Miller1941
- North West Mounted Police — Jacques Corbeau1940
- Young Tom Edison — Samuel 'Sam' Edison1940
- When the Daltons Rode — Caleb Winters1940
- Green Hell — Jim 'Tex' Morgan1940
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Educated at
- United States Naval Academy
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Image
- 1930 George Bancroft (cropped).jpg
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- place of burial
- Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
- Commons category
- George Bancroft (actor)
- date of birth
- 1882-01-01
- date of death
- 1956-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- start of work period
- 1921-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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