George Macready

George Peabody Macready, Jr. famously known as George Macready was an actor and the Broadway personality. George Macready was born on August 29, 1899, in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. He went to The Classical High school, and his graduation is from the Brown University. He did not enter the acting career straight after his studies. He worked at a bank and then he was a newspaperman for a brief time. Then he came into the acting career.

Polish stage director suggested George Macready, and inspired him to go to the acting career. He refined his skills and then he appeared first in Broadway called 'The Scarlet Letter' in 1926. Though he went into other forms, he continued in the Broadway till 1958 and did fifteen dramas where he touched both comedy, tragedy. His famous roles appear in Shakespearean plays like Benedict in ' Much Ado About Nothing Click to look into! >> Read More... ', ' Macbeth Click to look into! >> Read More... ', 'Romeo and Juliet,' etc. He acted twice with some legends in Broadway like Katharine Cornell, Helen Hayes, etc.

The scar on his right cheek was because of a car accident in his college days in 1919. This made him appear like a malevolent villain. The can't-hide feature on the face made him stick to the villain roles, mostly in the later years. In the 1940's, he did six movies on an average. He appeared in comedies, tragedies, thrillers, period pieces, western, etc. His roles in The Seventh Cross, Missing Juror, Counter Attack, etc. are remarkable. His role as Ballin Mundson in 'Glida' is one of the movies in which he acted remarkably, and his fans can never forget his performance.

George Macready tried his hand in the early days of TV too. He appeared in many anthology series like 'The Ford Television Theatre', 'Four Star Playhouse', etc. Later he made his presence felt in some westerns like The Rough Riders. He was busy with his TV roles in the 1960's. In the film, 'Tora! Tora! Tora! he played the role of United States Secretary of state Cordell Hull, and he made a memorable and professional acting. All in all, he is mostly remembered as a villain rather than a hero.

As a person, George Macready is the lover of art. Sometimes he is termed as the connoisseur of art. He, along with his friend opened Los Angeles Art Gallery during World War ll. He married Elizabeth Dana Macready in 1931, and they have three children Michael Macready, Marcia Macready, Elizabeth Macready. His grandson John Macready is an Olympic gymnast. George Macready died because of emphysema in 1973 and donated his corpse to a medical school.