biography
Born to Greek immigrant parents on February 25 1931, in Royal Oak, Michigan (some sources indicate 1929 as his year of birth), actor
Christopher George grew up in New Jersey and Florida. Rather than completing high school, George enlisted in the Marines in the late 1940s
and earned his high school diploma while serving his tour of duty. Upon detaching from the Marines in 1952, George enrolled at the University
of Miami, and he eventually graduated with a degree in business administration. However, he shunned working in the business world and
instead headed for New York, where he began acting in off-Broadway productions and also found work as a print model and did some television
commercials. An uncredited role in the war film In Harm's Way (1965; with John Wayne and Kirk Douglas), along with a featured role during the first season of the ABC comedy Bewitched, served as catalysts for George's acting career. In 1966, he was cast in several films, including The Gentle Rain (1966; with Lynda Day George and Fay Spain) and El Dorado (1966; with John Wayne and Robert Mitchum), and he also landed a starring role in the ABC series The Rat Patrol (1966-1968). After the series was canceled, George went back to films and starred in The Devil's 8 (1969; with Leslie Parrish and Ross Hagen), Project X (1968; directed by William Castle), and The Delta Factor (1970; with Yvette Mimieux and Yvonne DeCarlo).  Christopher George married film and television actress Lynda Day George in 1970. George adopted her son from her first marriage, and in July 1972, the couple welcomed a daughter. George maintained his film career into the 1970s, yet television increasingly became the medium in which he found work. He starred in another series, The Immortal, a short-lived 1970-1971 ABC TV series. |
the films of christopher georgeThe Rat Patrol (1966-1968 ABC TV Series)
With series costar Eric Braeden in ABC's World War II-inspired series The Rat PatrolProject X (1968)The Devil's 8 (1969)   
LEFT: From the American International crime drama The Devil's 8. LEFT: With Leslie Parrish. CENTER A: With Larry Bishop, Robert DoQui, and Fabian. CENTER B: Fighting with Ross Hagen. RIGHT: George stars as Ray FaulknerThe Thousand Plane Raid (1969)
With Laraine Stephens in the war adventure The Thousand Plane Raid, released by United ArtistsTiger by the Tail (1969)
George is the accused murderer of his brother in the Vietnam war-era thriller Tiger by the Tail with Marilyn DevinThe Delta Factor (1970)The Immortal (1970-1971 ABC TV Series)
With Carol Lynley in a 1970 episode of The Immortal titled SylviaHouse on Greenapple Road (1970)
With Peter Mark Richman in the ABC made-for-TV crime drama House on Greenapple RoadMission: Impossible (1966-1973 CBS TV Series)
With Lynda Day George in a 1971 episode of Mission: Impossible titled NervesThe Heist (1972)
From the ABC made-for-TV crime thriller The Heist with Howard DuffDixie Dynamite (1976)
With Wes Bishop in the drive-in action flick Dixie DynamiteCity of the Living Dead (1980)
From Lucio Fulci's cult horror flick City of the Living DeadPieces (1982)
With Lynda Day George in the grindhouse horror fave Pieceslater yearsNear the end of his career, Christopher George starred in a string of horror films, including Day of the Animals (1977; with Leslie Nielsen and Lynda Day George), City of the Living Dead (1980), Graduation Day (1981; with Michael Pataki), and Mortuary (1983; with Bill Paxton and Lynda Day George), which proved to be his last film. George had been injured when a Jeep overturned on the set of Rat Patrol in January 1967, which had left him with a weakened heart. In 1978 he had coronary bypass surgery. Nonetheless, he appeared to be doing well and in good health, otherwise. Sadly, Christopher George passed away from a sudden heart attack on November 28, 1983, at the age of 52. He was survived by his wife, actress Lynda Day George, and their son and daughter. As a side note, Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White's mother was a family friend of Christopher George, who was mentored by George and his wife in the late 1970s. White had a small role with George in Graduation Day (1981). |
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