ACTOR

George Bancroft

1882 - 1956

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George Bancroft (September 30, 1882 – October 2, 1956) was an American film actor, whose career spanned seventeen years from 1925 to 1942. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Bancroft has received more than 413,077 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). George Bancroft is the 3,719th most popular actor (up from 3,954th in 2019), the 5,572nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,008th in 2019) and the 1,680th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, George Bancroft ranks 3,719 out of 13,578. Before him are Darlene Cates, Gustaf Skarsgård, Jackie Shroff, Camilla Horn, Adriana Caselotti, and Pearl White. After him are Costas Mandylor, Julian Fellowes, Jude Ciccolella, Thomas H. Ince, Lori Singer, and Alan Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, George Bancroft ranks 175. Before him are Walter Jakobsson, Giorgio Abetti, Elisabeth Abegg, Ossip Bernstein, Wilhelm Nusselt, and Osip Piatnitsky. After him are Mykhailo Boychuk, Giovanni Amendola, Jim Lightbody, Pierre Mac Orlan, Amelita Galli-Curci, and Lydia Lipkowska. Among people deceased in 1956, George Bancroft ranks 137. Before him are Lorenzo Perosi, Violet Gibson, Lars Sonck, Walther Kossel, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, and Touria Chaoui. After him are Teresa Feoderovna Ries, Sergei Vasilenko, Jan Šrámek, E. T. Whittaker, Benjamin Glazer, and Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Bancroft ranks 5,572 out of 20,380. Before him are Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954), Maclyn McCarty (1911), Bruce Kulick (1953), J. Lawton Collins (1896), Adriana Caselotti (1916), and Pearl White (1889). After him are Jude Ciccolella (1947), Thomas H. Ince (1880), Arthur Laffer (1940), Lori Singer (1957), Charles Martin Smith (1953), and Mary Blair (1911).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, George Bancroft ranks 1,680. Before him are Mark Forest (1933), Mike Wallace (1918), James Eckhouse (1955), Darlene Cates (1947), Adriana Caselotti (1916), and Pearl White (1889). After him are Jude Ciccolella (1947), Thomas H. Ince (1880), Lori Singer (1957), Charles Martin Smith (1953), David Proval (1942), and Victor Sen Yung (1914).

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