Known for Acting
George Peabody Macready, Jr. (August 29, 1899 – July 2, 1973) was an American stage, film, and television actor often cast in roles as polished villains. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Macready, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
August 29, 1899
Died
July 3, 1973 (age 73)
Birthplace
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Filmography
74 films, 47 shows


The Return of Count Yorga
1971 · 1h 37m · US
Count Yorga continues to prey on the local community while living by a nearby orphanage. He also intends to take a new wife, while feeding his bevy of female vampires.


Count Yorga, Vampire
1970 · 1h 33m · US
Posing as a hip medium, a bloodthirsty old-world undead gent attracts young lovelies to his mansion by holding séances in modern-day Los Angeles.


Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · 2h 24m · JP
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.


Daughter of the Mind
1969 · 1h 30m · US
Professor Samuel Hale Constable is a government expert in the field of cybernetics. He and his wheelchair-bound wife Lenore became parents late in life, only to lose their daughter Mary before she reached adolescence. Now their daughter's spirit seems to be reaching out to her grief-stricken father from beyond the grave, encouraging him to give up the important project on which he's been working.


Night Gallery
1969 · 1h 38m · US
This anthology telefilm aired on NBC on November 8, 1969, and tells three strange tales: "The Cemetery," directed by Boris Sagal; "Eyes," directed by Steven Spielberg; and "The Escape Route," directed by Barry Shear. This film also served as a backdoor pilot for the TV series of the same name, which premiered on December 16, 1970.


The Young Lawyers
1969 · 1h 14m · US
Attorney Michael Cannon leaves his Boston law firm to become director of the Neighborhood Law Office, where he guides three law students on a case involving two visiting musicians accused of robbing and beating up a cab driver. TV-pilot that was an ABC Movie of the Week in October of 1969 and then became a TV-series as part of the 1970-71 season.


Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966 · 1h 40m · US
A brash, big-time investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her diary and tries to find her killer among the names contained in it.


The Great Race
1965 · 2h 40m · US
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
Asylum for a Spy
Asylum for a Spy
1965 · 1h 30m · US
A spy wants to "come in from the cold" since his last assignment resulted in the death of two innocent people. But the service cannot let a man quit.


The Human Duplicators
1965 · 1h 20m · IT
An alien is dispatched from a faraway galaxy to take over the Earth by "duplicating" humans and creating a race of zombies.


Where Love Has Gone
1964 · 1h 51m · US
A divorced couple's teen-age daughter stands trial for stabbing her mother's latest lover.


Seven Days in May
1964 · 1h 58m · US
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.


Dead Ringer
1964 · 1h 56m · US
The working class twin sister of a callous wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes the identity of the dead woman. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.


Taras Bulba
1962 · 1h 59m · US
Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.


Two Weeks in Another Town
1962 · 1h 47m · US
After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old director in Rome as a chance for personal and professional redemption.


In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960 · 1h 28m · US
Rod Serling's teleplay depicting the struggles of Jews living in the Warsaw Ghetto in the months before the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.


Jet Over The Atlantic
1959 · 1h 35m · US
Director Byron Haskin's 1960 airplane-in jeopardy drama stars Guy Madison, Virginia Mayo, George Raft, Ilona Massey, Margaret Lindsay, George Macready, Brett Halsey, Anna Lee and Mary Anderson.


The Alligator People
1959 · 1h 14m · US
Under therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story, verified by lie detector, of her forgotten marriage to a man who disappeared on the day of their honeymoon, and of her search for him which takes her to a lonely mansion in a remote section of swampland tenanted by snakes, alligators, a drunken one-armed lout, a mysterious doctor, and a cold-hearted elderly woman who lives alone in a brooding manse.


Plunderers of Painted Flats
1959 · 1h 17m · US
To scare the squatters from the cattle country he claims as his own, rancher Ed Sampson orders the Martin farm house burned. Galt Martin is killed, and his eldest son, Joe, is pistol-whipped. Timmy Martin sees the killer, Cass Becker and points him out when he and Joe are in Painted Flats. Cass forces Joe to put on a gun but Ned East, a retired gunfighter, saves the inexperienced Joe by forcing Cass to draw on him, and Ned is the winner.


Gunfire at Indian Gap
1957 · 1h 10m · US
A stagecoach is attacked by a group of outlaws who make off with a pile of money. Unfortunately for Mexican Juan, the sheriff believes he's one of the criminals and has him locked up. But the beautiful Cheel thinks Juan is innocent, and offers to help him escape. Overhearing their plan, the real mastermind behind the heist forces Juan to act as the runner for the money.


Paths of Glory
1957 · 1h 28m · US
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.


The Abductors
1957 · 1h 20m · US
Two men botch the kidnapping of a warden's daughter, then plot to ransom Abraham Lincoln's corpse.


Thunder Over Arizona
1956 · 1h 10m · US
Ervin Plummer-played by the estimable George Macready, who like his good friend Vincent Price was a man of culture and erudition who specialised in bad guy roles-is a grasping avaricious businessman with a hunger for gold.


A Kiss Before Dying
1956 · 1h 34m · US
A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
Premonition
Premonition
1955 · 24m
A man returning to his home town finds his father has died, and suspects his friends are covering up the true details of his death


Vera Cruz
1954 · 1h 34m · US
After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.


Duffy of San Quentin
1954 · 1h 18m · US
San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.


The Golden Blade
1953 · 1h 21m · US
A dashing merchant uses the magic sword of Damascus to free a Baghdad princess from the clutches of a grand vizier and his son.


The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953 · 1h 22m · US
Having been a spy for Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a wanted man, flees to Prescott Arizona where he runs into Jules Mourret who knows of his past. He takes a job on the stage line that Mourret is trying to steal gold from. When Mourret's men kill a friend of his he sets out to get Mourret and his men. When his plan to have another gang get Mourret fails, he has to go after them himself.


Julius Caesar
1953 · 2h 1m · US
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.


I Beheld His Glory
1953 · 56m · US
Cornelius is a Roman Centurion who, upon orders from the Apostle Thomas, is sent to proclaim the glories of Christ. Cornelius recounts Jesus' Entry in Jerusalem, the Last Supper, Crucifixion, and His appearance before Mary Magdalene.


Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953 · 1h 33m
A nobleman searches for a hidden treasure in Guatemala.


The Green Glove
1952 · 1h 29m · FR
In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded gauntlet (a stolen religious relic). Years later, financial reverses lead Mike to return in search of the object. In Paris, he must dodge mysterious followers and a corpse that's hard to explain; so he and attractive tour guide Christine decamp on a cross-country pursuit that becomes love on the run...then takes yet another turn.


Detective Story
1951 · 1h 43m · US
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.


The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · 1h 28m · US
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.


The Golden Horde
1951 · 1h 16m · US
The Princess of Samarkand and an English knight confront the armies of Genghis Khan.


Tarzan's Peril
1951 · 1h 18m · US
Escaped convicts are selling weapons to a warlike native tribe.


The Desert Hawk
1950 · 1h 17m · US
A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.


A Lady Without Passport
1950 · 1h 14m · US
An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smuggling ring.


Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950 · 1h 30m · US
The son of Robin Hood carries on his late father's tradition.


Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950 · 1h 31m · US
When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They've been taken prisoner by the Spanish Marquis de Riconete who is now using them as slave labor harvesting pearls from the sea.


The Nevadan
1950 · 1h 21m · US
A mysterious stranger crosses paths with an outlaw bank robber and a greedy rancher.


The Art Director
1949 · 7m · US
A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors' responsibilities and the demands on their talents. They read a script carefully and design a set to capture the time and place, the social strata, and the mood. They must be scholars of the history of architecture, furnishings, and fashion. They choose the colors on a set in anticipation of the lighting and the mood. Their work also sets styles, from Art Deco in the 20's to 30s modernism. Then it's on to the next project. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.


The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 · 1h 30m · US
When the Daltons are killed at Coffeyville, gang member Bill Doolin, arriving late, escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder, he becomes the leader of the Doolin gang. He eventually leaves the gang and tries to start a new life under a new name, but the old gang members appear and his true identity becomes known. Once again he becomes an outlaw trying to escape from the law.


Johnny Allegro
1949 · 1h 21m · US
Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hunted.


Alias Nick Beal
1949 · 1h 33m · US
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.


Knock on Any Door
1949 · 1h 40m · US
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.


The Gallant Blade
1948 · 1h 21m · US
Larry Parks in a Cinecolor swashbuckler.


Beyond Glory
1948 · 1h 22m · US
Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him, he falls for her, she encourages him to go to West Point. While there he faces serious disciplinary review for having forced a plebe into resigning. He may even be court-martialled.


Coroner Creek
1948 · 1h 30m · US
A man is bent on taking revenge on those responsible for his fiancée's death.


The Big Clock
1948 · 1h 35m · US
George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.


The Black Arrow
1948 · 1h 16m · US
A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is now an outlaw. However, he becomes suspicious about the exact circumstances of his father's death and determines to find out exactly what happened.


The Swordsman
1948 · 1h 20m · US
Young lovers brings two fighting clans together.


Down to Earth
1947 · 1h 41m · US
Upset at a new Broadway musical mocking The Nine Muses, Greek goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth to land a part in the show and change it.


The Return of Monte Cristo
1946 · 1h 31m · US
The grandson of Edmond Dantes was cheated out of his fortune and falsely imprisoned, only to escape and wreak vengeance on his betrayers by assuming the guise of the Count of Monte Cristo. Just like grandpa, the younger Dantes is framed by a trio of connivers and shipped off to Devil's Island. Escaping with a fellow convict, political radical Bombelles, Dantes adopts the bearded guise of an elderly man in order to destroy his enemies and reclaim his birthright.


The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946 · 1h 22m · US
Broadway gossip columnist Gilbert Archer investigates his friend's murder, finds clues linking it to a valuable Da Vinci painting, putting himself and Patricia Foster in danger from those after the artwork


The Man Who Dared
1946 · 1h 6m · US
A crusading reporter plans his own arrest and conviction for first degree murder, trying to show that the death sentence should be outlawed when based on circumstantial evidence alone, but his plan goes awry.


Gilda
1946 · 1h 50m · US
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.


The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946 · 1h 26m · US
Robin Hood's swashbuckling son comes to the rescue when England's boy-king is captured by the evil, power-hungry William of Pembroke.


My Name Is Julia Ross
1945 · 1h 5m · US
Julia Ross secures employment with a wealthy widow and goes to live at her house. Two days later, she awakens in a different house in different clothes and with a new identity.


Don Juan Quilligan
1945 · 1h 15m · US
When a an overly romantic barge captain marries two women, each reminding him of his mother, he finds himself resorting to prison to escape them.


Counter-Attack
1945 · 1h 30m · US
Two Russians fight to escape the seven Nazi soldiers trapped with them in a bombed building.


The Fighting Guardsman
1945 · 1h 24m · US
A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.


The Monster and the Ape
1945 · 4h 55m · US
A famous scientist invents a humanoid robot (the titular "monster"), so a greedy rival scientist plans to steal it for use in his criminal plans. His henchmen often kidnap a trained gorilla (the titular "ape") from the zoo, to aid in the schemes.


I Love a Mystery
1945 · 1h 9m · US
In San Francisco, detective partners Jack Packard and Doc Long are hired by socialite Jefferson Monk who believes someone is following him with the aim to kill him.


A Song to Remember
1945 · 1h 53m · US
Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.


The Missing Juror
1944 · 1h 6m · US
In a major murder case, an innocent man is convicted. Though saved at the last moment, his sanity is gone and he kills himself. Soon, the jurors on his case begin to be picked off, one by one, leading newspaperman Joe Keats to investigate.


The Conspirators
1944 · 1h 41m · US
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.


The Soul of a Monster
1944 · 1h 2m · US
A man recovers on his death bed after his wife makes a mysterious pact with a strange woman. But is he really alive?


Wilson
1944 · 2h 34m · US
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2006.


The Seventh Cross
1944 · 1h 50m · US
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler attempts an escape to freedom in Holland.


The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944 · 2h 20m · US
As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marblehead. Based on a true story of how Dr. Wassell saved a dozen or so wounded sailors who were left behind when able bodied men were evacuated to Australia.


Follow the Boys
1944 · 2h 2m · US
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the civilians at home. This was Universal Pictures' effort. It features everyone from Donald O'Connor to the Andrews Sisters to Orson Welles to W.C. Fields to George Raft to Marlene Dietrich, and dozens of other Universal players.


Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942 · 1h 38m · US
A gentle widower with a small daughter finds his peaceful small rural village suddenly invaded by Nazis and, enraged in short order by their atrocities, becomes the leader of an aggressive underground movement.