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George Zucco

Biography

George Zucco was a British character actor who worked on stage and in 96 films, most of them made in America, during a career that stretched from the 1920s to 1951. Born in Manchester, he started out in 1908 with a stock theater company in Canada, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art after the First World War, and by the 1920s was a leading stage actor. His first film role came in The Dreyfus Case (1931). He often played suave villains, aristocrats, and mad doctors, among them Professor Moriarty to Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939). Later credits included The Mummy's Hand (1940), Dead Men Walk (1943), The Mummy's Ghost (1944), and House of Frankenstein (1944). He died in 1960.

74years old at death

  • Born Manchester
  • Died Hollywood
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films
36
Career span
15 years1936 to 1951

Genres

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George Zucco movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Mummy's Hand1940 Fantasy, Horroras Professor Andoheb

    IMDb rating 6.05.5K votes

  2. The Mummy's Tomb1942 Fantasy, Horroras Andoheb

    IMDb rating 5.54.5K votes

  3. The Mummy's Ghost1944as Andoheb, High Priest of Arkan

    IMDb rating 5.54.0K votes

  4. The Mad Monster1942as Dr. Lorenzo Cameron

    IMDb rating 3.62.1K votes

  5. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes1939as Professor Moriarty

    IMDb rating 7.28.3K votes

  6. Dead Men Walk1943as Dr. Lloyd Clayton…

    IMDb rating 4.81.9K votes

  7. Sherlock Holmes in Washington1943as Heinrich Hinckel aka Richard Stanley

    IMDb rating 6.65.3K votes

  8. The Pirate1948as The Viceroy

    IMDb rating 6.86.1K votes

Most often with

Sam Newfield directed four of these films, Henry King three and Vincente Minnelli two. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What George Zucco's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$31.5 million

9 of the 36 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 36 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 26 figure not found.

  • 9Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 26Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $6.9M21.8% of the total
  2. 2
    The Black Swan1942as Lord Denby
    $5.7M18.2% of the total
  3. 3
    $4.4M14.0% of the total
  4. 4
    Saratoga1937as Dr. Harmsworth Bierd
    $3.3M10.3% of the total
  5. 5
    After the Thin Man1936as Dr. Kammer
    $3.2M10.0% of the total
  6. 6
    The Pirate1948as The Viceroy
    $3.0M9.4% of the total
  7. 7
    Madame Bovary1949as Dubocage
    $2.0M6.4% of the total
  8. 8
    A Woman's Face1941as Defense Attorney
    $1.9M6.0% of the total
The Bride Wore Red (1937), $1.2 million

$1.2 millionfrom the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 4% of the total