Seabiscuit Characters
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History Through Film
Mr. Clark
“Red” Pollard
Tom Smith
Charles Howard
John “Red” Pollard
“Red” Pollard• Depression child
• Abandoned by family
• Struggles (homeless, failed jockey, boxer)
• Travels to Mexico
• Discovered by Smith
• Jockey for Seabiscuit
Charles Howard
Charles Howard• Bike mechanic
• Buick salesman (successful)
• Loses child and wife (Depression)
• Vacations in Mexico
• Marries Marcella
• Purchases Seabisuit
• Assembles “team”
Tom Smith
Tom Smith• Cowboy
• Loses frontier
• Travels with Wild West show
• Rescues injured horse
• Hired by Howard as trainer
• Trains Seabiscuit
• Hires Pollard
“Red” Pollard
Tom Smith
Seabiscuit
Marcella Howard
Marcella Howard• Young & single
• Meets Howard in Mexico
• Relationship with Howard
• Marries Howard
• Introduces him to horses
George Woolf
George Woolf• Most famous and successful jockey in
America at this time
• Nicknamed the “Iceman”
• Wealthy, successful, dresses well
• Opposite of Pollard
• friends/rivals with Pollard
Tick Tock McLaughlin
Tick Tock McLaughlin• Radio announcer
• Announces horse races, primarily on West Coast
• Sound effects
Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit• Grandson of Man O’ War (won 20 of
21; one of greatest horses ever)
• Son of Hard Tack (talented but mean)
• “damaged” and angry
• Tossed aside
• Purchased by Howard
• Inspires average Americans