George Bancroft (September 30, 1882 - October 2, 1956) was an American actor best known for Stagecoach (1939), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), and Thunderbolt (1929).
He was married to Octavia Broske and Edna Brothers and had one child with Broske.
Bancroft died in 1956 at the age of 74 from undisclosed causes.
Filmography
- 1921: The Journeys End as The Ironworker
- 1922: The Prodigal Judge as Cavendish
- 1923: Driven as Lem Tolliver
- 1924: Teeth as Dan Angus
- 1924: The Deadwood Coach as Tex Wilson
- 1925: Code Of The West as Enoch Thurman
- 1925: The Rainbow Trail as Jake Willets
- 1925: The Pony Express as Jack Slade
- 1925: The Splendid Road as Buck Lockwell
- 1926: The Enchanted Hill as Ira Todd
- 1926: Sea Horses as Cochran
- 1926: The Runaway as Lesher Skidmore
- 1926: Old Ironsides as Gunner
- 1927: White Gold as Sam Randall
- 1927: Too Many Crooks as Bert the Boxman
- 1927: Underworld as 'Bull' Weed
- 1927: Tell It To Sweeney as Cannonball Casey
- 1927: The Rough Riders as Happy Joe
- 1928: The Showdown as Cardan
- 1928: The Dragnet as Two-Gun Nolan
- 1928: The Docks Of New York as Bill Roberts
- 1929: The Wolf Of Wall Street 1929 as The Wolf
- 1929: Thunderbolt as Thunderbolt
- 1929: The Mighty as Blake Greeson
- 1930: Paramount On Parade as Mug
- 1930: Ladies Love Brutes as Joe Fortziati
- 1930: Derelict as Bill Rafferty
- 1931: Scandal Sheet as Mark Flint
- 1931: Rich Mans Folly as Brock Trumbull
- 1932: The World And The Flesh as Kylenko
- 1932: Lady And Gent as Slag Bailey
- 1933: Blood Money as Bill Bailey
- 1934: Elmer And Elsie as Elmer Beebe
- 1936: Hell Ship Morgan as Capt. Ira 'Hell-Ship' Morgan
- 1936: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as MacWade
- 1936: Wedding Present as Pete Stagg
- 1937: A Doctors Diary as Dr. Clem Driscoll
- 1937: John Meades Woman as Tim Matthews
- 1937: Racketeers In Exile as William Waldo
- 1938: Submarine Patrol as Capt. Leeds
- 1938: Angels with Dirty Faces as Mac Keefer
- 1939: Stagecoach as Marshal Curley Wilcox
- 1939: Each Dawn I Die as John Armstrong
- 1939: Espionage Agent as Donald Garrett
- 1939: Rules Of The Sea as Capt. Oliver
- 1940: Green Hell as 'Tex' Morgan
- 1940: Young Tom Edison as Samuel 'Sam' Edison
- 1940: When The Daltons Rode as Caleb Winters
- 1940: North West Mounted Police as Jacques Corbeau
- 1940: Little Men as Maj. Burdle
- 1941: Texas as Windy Miller
- 1942: The Bugle Sounds as Russell
- 1942: Syncopation as Steve Porter
- 1942: Whistling In Dixie as Sheriff Claude Stagg
Theatre Roles
- 1923: Cinders as Great Scott
- 1923-1924: The Rise Of Rosie O Reilly as Johnson
