George Clancey (9 November 1881 – 13 November 1921) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in several films. Clancey was born on 9 November 1881 in St. Louis, Missouri to John Clancy and Lucy Lumpkins. He starred in several silent films, most of them with the American Film Company of Santa Barbara. He is best known for playing the character of a restaurant owner nicknamed ''Alexander the Great'' in the 1916 Arthur Maude movie ''

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''. He also played the character ''Hook Barnacle'' in several of the 15 episodes of the adventure serial '' The Secret of the Submarine''. He married May Cornell, and died on 13 November 1921 in

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Filmography

*'' The Sheriff's Prisoner'' (1912) *''The Cringer'' (1912) *'' Chief White Eagle'' (1912) *'' The Power of Silence'' (1912) *'' The Secret of the Submarine'' (1915) *''Curly'' (1915) *''

'' (1916) *''A Gay Blade's Last Scrape'' (1916) *''Snow Stuff'' (1916) *''The Stinger Stung'' (1916)

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in the University of California, Santa Barbara online database 1881 births 1921 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub