George Macready

George Macready , was an American stage, film, and television actor often cast in roles as polished villains.

George Peabody Macready, Jr. was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated from the local Classical High School and, in 1921, from Brown University, where he was a member of Delta Phi fraternity and won a letter as the football team manager. While in college, Macready was injured in an accident in a Model T Ford. He sustained a permanent scar on his right cheek, having been thrust through the windshield while traveling on an icy road when the vehicle skidded and hit a telephone pole. The injury, along with his high brow and perfect diction, gave Macready the Gothic look of an authoritarian or villainous character. He was stitched up by a veterinarian, but he caught scarlet fever during the ordeal.

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