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Portrait of George Bancroft

Acting

George Bancroft

Career

Active from 1923 to 1984, with a break from 1943 to 1983, busiest in 1927 and 1940 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
28
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Angels with Dirty Faces
Angels with Dirty Faces
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
George Bancroft Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.8, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    1.0, average 2.5
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 6
  • Romance 5
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Early Cinema 3
  • Melodrama 3
  • Crime Drama 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Lighthearted 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Classic Western 2
  • Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

56
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)

as (archive footage)

1940s

9 titles · average score 60
Whistling in Dixie
Whistling in Dixie (1942)
GoodWatch score 63

as Sheriff Claude Stagg

Syncopation
Syncopation (1942)
GoodWatch score 56

as Steve Porter

The Bugle Sounds
The Bugle Sounds (1942)
GoodWatch score 64

as 'Russ' Russell

Texas
Texas (1941)
GoodWatch score 67

as Windy Miller

Young Tom Edison
Young Tom Edison (1940)
GoodWatch score 68

as Samuel 'Sam' Edison

Little Men
Little Men (1940)
GoodWatch score 50

as Major I.I. Burdle

North West Mounted Police
North West Mounted Police (1940)
GoodWatch score 63

as Jacques Corbeau

Green Hell
Green Hell (1940)
GoodWatch score 54

as Jim 'Tex' Morgan

When the Daltons Rode
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
GoodWatch score 61

as Caleb Winters

1930s

23 titles · average score 66
Stagecoach
Stagecoach (1939)
GoodWatch score 87

as Marshal Curly Wilcox

Each Dawn I Die
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
GoodWatch score 60

as Prison Warden John Armstrong

Angels with Dirty Faces
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
GoodWatch score 90

as Mac Keefer

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
GoodWatch score 84

as MacWade

Wedding Present
Wedding Present (1936)
GoodWatch score 56

as Pete Stagg

Elmer and Elsie
Elmer and Elsie (1934)

as Elmer Beebe

Blood Money
Blood Money (1933)
GoodWatch score 76

as Bill Bailey

The World and the Flesh
The World and the Flesh (1932)

as Kylenko

Lady and Gent
Lady and Gent (1932)
GoodWatch score 58

as Percival 'Slag' Bailey

Rich Man's Folly
Rich Man's Folly (1931)

as Brock Trumbull

Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet (1931)

as Mark Flint

Ladies Love Brutes
Ladies Love Brutes (1930)

as Joe Forziati

1920s

23 titles · average score 79
Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt (1929)
GoodWatch score 63

as Thunderbolt Jim Lang

The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street (1929)

as The Wolf

The Mighty
The Mighty (1929)

as Blake Greeson

The Docks of New York
The Docks of New York (1928)
GoodWatch score 87

as Bill Roberts

The Drag Net
The Drag Net (1928)

as Two-Gun Nolan

The Showdown
The Showdown (1928)

as Cardan

Underworld
Underworld (1927)
GoodWatch score 83

as Bull Weed

Tell It to Sweeney
Tell It to Sweeney (1927)

as Cannonball Casey

The Rough Riders
The Rough Riders (1927)

as Happy Joe

Old Ironsides
Old Ironsides (1926)
GoodWatch score 83

as Gunner

The Pony Express
The Pony Express (1925)

as Jack Slade

Teeth
Teeth (1924)

as Dan Angus