Benjie Bancroft

Benjie Bancroft is another example of somebody whose entire career was dedicated to the motion picture industry. After Bancroft got out of high school, he got hired as a test flyer for various aviation companies. He had a marriage that quickly ended in a divorce so instead of getting drafted, Bancroft decided to enlist in the Army Air Corps. During this time, Hollywood studios were making countless military films that needed authentic military scenes because your average movie go was a veteran and could tell the difference between a real training sequence, and ones that weren't believable to the average filmgoer. It was only natural for Bancroft with his appearance and the ability he acquired from his military training to find work during this era in countless films. He could usually be seen upfront by the main characters where his appearance was able to help provide a certain level of authenticity to the film without distracting the viewer from the main story. By the early 1950s, Ba