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  George Bancroft
George Bancroft was an actor born in 1882.
Christopher George was an actor born in 1929.
Gladys George was a movie actress born in 1900 and deceased in 1954.
www.hollywooddictionary.org /Bancroft,_George.htm   (255 words)

  
  Bancroft - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Bancroft, two English actors, who were responsible for several important reforms of theater production in the mid-19th century.
Bancroft, Anne (1931-2005), American film and theater actor, known for being equally adept at comic and dramatic roles.
Bancroft, George (historian and statesman) (1800-1891), often called the father of American history.
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 The Probert Encyclopaedia - People and Peoples (F)
George II was a son of George I and King of England from 1727 to 1760.
George VI was King of England from 1936 to 1952.
Groucho Marx was an actor and one of the Marx Brothers.
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 George Bancroft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Bancroft (Worcester, Massachusetts, October 3, 1800 – Washington, DC, January 17, 1891) was an American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state and at the national level.
Bancroft's father had devoted his son to the work of the ministry; but the young man's first experiments at preaching, shortly after his return from Europe in 1822, were unsatisfactory.
The naturalization treaties, named the "Bancroft treaties" in his honor, which he negotiated successively with Prussia and the other north German states were the first international recognition of the right of expatriation, a principle since incorporated in the law of nations.
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 George Bancroft (actor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Bancroft (September 30, 1882 - October 2, 1956) was an American actor.
Bancroft's first starring role was in Pony Express (1925), and the next year in Old Ironsides, but he went from historical pictures to the gritty world of the underground in such films as Underworld (1927) and Docks of New York (1928).
By 1934 he had slipped to being a supporting actor, although he still appeared in such classics as Mr.
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 Brief Biographies of Jackson Era Characters (B)
He also took various of his curiosities, such as the midget Tom Thumb, and a fl woman supposed to be George Washington's (childhood) nurse, and a "mermaid" on tours throughout the country.
Benson, George W. "Lawyer turned businessman from Brooklyn, CT".
This resulted in a venture with George and Richard Flower that resulted in the founding of Albion IL.
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 Frances Dee - A Tribute: Rich Man's Folly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
George Bancroft plays the Dombey role, in the persona of one Brock Trumbull V, shipbuilder extraordinaire.
Of course, Dorothy did not realize what a cold fish she got in marrying George, because all he cares about is one thing: having a male heir to continue the family business, period.
Bancroft insists it has to be a son.
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 Comedy Central: Movies - George Bancroft - Biography
A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, 6'2," 195-pound George Bancroft briefly served in the Navy before entering show business as a theater manager.
Schulberg particularly treasured the moment when the actor refused to obey his director's orders that he fall down after being shot by the villain, explaining, "One bullet can't kill Bancroft!" When his particular screen "type" became commonplace in the early '30s, Bancroft's stardom faded.
George Bancroft retired in 1942 to become a rancher, a profession he pursued until his death 14 years later.
www.comedycentral.com /movies/person/3272/bio.jhtml   (299 words)

  
 Stock Maven® Classic Films Movies Actor: George Bancroft
Starring: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, George Bancroft, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell, Huntz Hall, Bernard Punsly, Joe Downing, Edward Pawley, Adrian Morris, Frankie Burke, William Tracy, Marilyn Knowlden, Wade Boteler
Starring: James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan, George Bancroft, Max Rosenbloom, Stanley Ridges, Alan Baxter, Victor Jory, John Wray, Edward Pawley, Willard Robertson, Emma Dunn, Paul Hurst, Louis Jean Heydt, Joe Downing, Thurston Hall, William B. Davidson, Clay Clement, Charles Trowbridge, Harry Cording
Starring: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille, Raymond Walburn, H.B. Warner, Ruth Donnelly, Walter Catlett, John Wray
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It is difficult to list all film and TV credits for these actors as many were so prolific in their careers.
We intend to adhere to those actors and actresses whose faces are known but whose names are not; as well as the classic character actors.
It should be noted that actors who were listed as passing away in Woodland Hills, Cailfornia most likely were staying at the Motion Picture Country Home for retired actors and movie personnel.
www.dougmacaulay.com /kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_1.php   (452 words)

  
 Actor Born in Philadelphia whose last name begins with A or B   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Actor Born in Philadelphia whose last name begins with A or B
Actors Born in Philadelphia and Surrounding Areas (A-B)
El Brendel (Born 03/25/1890) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Was a character actor in the movies
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 The Austin Chronicle Screens: Review - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
When your last film was the first motion picture to win all five major Academy Awards (picture, director, actor, actress, screenplay), as was the verdict with Frank Capra's 1934 sleeper It Happened One Night, any version of sophomore slump is not an option.
Cooper was thought robbed for not winning Best Actor, while Arthur spent her entire career (and its subsequent afterlife) unappreciated as one of the screen's truly great comediennes.
A Christmas Story strikes a balance between being sentimental and irreverent, with Peter Billingsley putting in one of the better performances ever from a child actor and the rest of the cast clearly having a good time.
www.austinchronicle.com /gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:95770   (414 words)

  
 Wallace Beery
Beery shared the screen with fellow character actor George Bancroft.
They were a perfect compliment to one another and traded many memorable screen moments as an "unofficial" screen team.
Beery also teamed up with veteran character actor Raymond Hatton in several "buddy" comedies in the late 1920's, such as Behind the Front (Famous Players-Lasky, 1926) and We're in the Navy Now (Famous Players-Lasky, 1926).
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 Academy Award for Best Actor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ; nominations are made by Academy members are actors and actresses.
the Academy's practice the films below are listed by release year: example the Oscar for "Best Actor in was announced during the award ceremony held 2000.
When I was young, I didn't express it in quite so haughty a way, possibly because I was jealous and wished that I could watch the Banana Splits like everyone else.
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 1928-29 Academy Awards® Winners and History
WARNER BAXTER in "In Old Arizona", George Bancroft in "Thunderbolt", Chester Morris in "Alibi", Paul Muni in "The Valiant", Lewis Stone in "The Patriot"
42nd Street (1933).] In the set of nominees for Best Actor, future Oscar-winner Paul Muni, in his first feature-film role, received his first nomination (in a career total of five) for his role as James Dyke, an enigmatic, convicted drifter/murderer awaiting execution in director William Howard's The Valiant.
Controversial was the Best Actress award, a 'career' award for silent star Mary Pickford (the former 'Biograph Girl' and curly-haired ingenue known as 'America's Sweetheart'), for her role as the heartless, Southern small-town flirtatious belle Norma Besant who perjures herself at her father's murder trial in director Sam Taylor's critically-denounced film Coquette.
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 Credits for the National Film Registry, 1989-2004 (Sorted by craft)
Fluellen, Joel Actor LEARNING TREE, THE Flynn, Errol Actor ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, THE Foldi, Erzsebet Actor ALL THAT JAZZ Fonda, Henry Actor GRAPES OF WRATH, THE Fonda, Henry Actor LADY EVE, THE Fonda, Henry Actor MY DARLING CLEMENTINE Fonda, Henry Actor OX-BOW INCIDENT, THE Fonda, Henry Actor YOUNG MR.
Foulger, Byron Actor PRISONER OF ZENDA, THE Foulger, Byron Actor SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS Fowley, Douglas Actor SINGIN' IN THE RAIN Francis, Noel Actor I AM A FUGITIVE...
Randolf, Anders Actor THE BLACK PIRATE Rankin, Gil Actor MIDNIGHT COWBOY Rathbone, Basil Actor ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, THE Rathbone, Basil Actor THE COURT JESTER Ratib, Gamil Actor LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Ratoff, Gregory Actor ALL ABOUT EVE Raucourt, Jules Actor LIFE AND DEATH OF 9413...
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 NFR Credits, 1989-2004 (sorted by performer)
Bland, R. Henderson Actor FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS Blandick, Clara Actress WIZARD OF OZ, THE Blane, Sally Actress I AM A FUGITIVE...
Fowley, Douglas Actor SINGIN' IN THE RAIN Fox, Virginia Actress COPS Fox, William Producer REGENERATION Fraker, William, A.S.C. Cinematographer ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST Frampton, Hollis Director NOSTALGIA Frampton, Hollis Writer NOSTALGIA Frampton, Hollis Cinematographer NOSTALGIA Francis, Kay Actress TROUBLE IN PARADISE Francis, Noel Actor I AM A FUGITIVE...
George, Chief Dan Actor OUTLAW JOSEY WALES George, Maude Actress THE WEDDING MARCH George, Peter Screenplay DOCTOR STRANGELOVE George, Peter Literary Source DOCTOR STRANGELOVE George Shearing Quintet Performers JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY George, Voya Actor LIFE AND DEATH OF 9414...
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 Silent Era : People : Actors : George Bancroft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
People active in the silent era and people who keep the silent era alive.
George Bancroft became popular character actor while under contract to Paramount.
Silent Era Home Page > People > Actors > George Bancroft
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 Movies.com: Celebrity Profile - George Bancroft
When the Daltons Rode - (1940) - Actor
The Docks of New York - (1928) - Actor
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 Academy Awards® Winners (1927/8 - 1939)
GEORGE ARLISS in "Disraeli", George Arliss in "The Green Goddess", Wallace Beery in "The Big House", Maurice Chevalier in "The Big Pond", Maurice Chevalier in "The Love Parade", Ronald Colman in "Bulldog Drummond", Ronald Colman in "Condemned", Lawrence Tibbett in "The Rogue Song"
LUISE RAINER in "The Great Ziegfeld", Irene Dunne in "Theodora Goes Wild", Gladys George in "Valiant Is the Word for Carrie", Carole Lombard in "My Man Godfrey", Norma Shearer in "Romeo and Juliet"
WALTER BRENNAN in "Come and Get It", Mischa Auer in "My Man Godfrey", Stuart Erwin in "Pigskin Parade", Basil Rathbone in "Romeo and Juliet", Akim Tamiroff in "The General Died at Dawn"
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