1. George Macready claimed to be a descendent of the 19th-century English actor William Charles Macready, whose example he cited as the chief inspiration for his own pursuit of acting.
16 Facts About George Macready
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George Macready graduated from the local Classical High School and, in 1917, from Brown University.
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Shortly thereafter, George Macready suffered a disfiguring injury in a car accident, which, as the actor would later note, proved a mixed blessing: affording him a reliably steady supply of jobs, but only within a rigidly circumscribed range.
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George Macready made his Broadway debut in 1926, performing in the role of Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale in an adaptation of The Scarlet Letter.
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George Macready portrayed Prince Ernst in the original stage version of Victoria Regina, starring Helen Hayes.
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George Macready again played opposite Ford several years later in the postwar adventure The Green Glove.
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George Macready played the villain Younger Miles in the 1948 Randolph Scott film "Coroner Creek".
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George Macready played Marshal Sam Hughes in the 1949 Randolph Scott film "The Doolins of Oklahoma".
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George Macready made four guest appearances on Raymond Burr's Perry Mason, including the role of murder victim Milo Girard in the 1958 episode "The Case of the Purple Woman".
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George Macready was cast regularly in such series as Four Star Playhouse, General Electric Theater, The Ford Television Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Adventures in Paradise and The Islanders.
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George Macready was cast as Cyrus Canfield, a vengeful father searching for his runaway teenage daughter, played by Floy Dean, in the May 26,1962, series finale of NBC's The Tall Man.
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George Macready played publishing magnate Glenn Howard in the TV movie Fame Is the Name of the Game starring Anthony Franciosa, but was replaced by Gene Barry in the role when the film was used as the pilot for the television series The Name of the Game with Franciosa, Barry, and Robert Stack revolving in the lead.
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In 1931, George Macready married actress Elizabeth Dana Patterson; they divorced in 1943.
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An art collector, George Macready was a partner with colleague Vincent Price in a Beverly Hills art gallery called The Little Gallery, which they opened in 1943.
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Price and George Macready opened The Little Gallery in Beverly Hills.
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George Macready's body was donated to the UCLA School of Medicine.