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George Cole (actor)
George Cole (1925–2015), English actor, played Arthur Daley in ITV's Minder (1979–94) and Flash Harry in the St Trinian's films; OBE 1992, BAFTA-nominated, mentored by Alastair Sim.
George Costanza
George Costanza is the Seinfeld character played by Jason Alexander, Jerry's neurotic, stingy best friend, loosely based on co-creator Larry David, known for schemes that backfire and the line "We're living in a society!"
George Costigan
George Costigan (born 1947, Portsmouth; raised in Salford) is an English actor and writer known for Bob in Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987), Blood Brothers' Mickey Johnstone, Happy Valley's Nevison Gallagher, and Line of Duty's Patrick Fairbank.
George Cukor
George Cukor (1899-1983), American film director of Hollywood's Golden Age, directed Little Women, The Philadelphia Story, Gaslight, A Star Is Born, and My Fair Lady, winning the 1965 Best Director Oscar; known as a "women's director" and mentor to Katharine Hepburn.
George Dzundza
George Dzundza (born 1945, Rosenheim, Germany) is a German-born American actor known as Sgt. Max Greevey on Law & Order season one and for The Deer Hunter, Basic Instinct, and Crimson Tide.
George Englund
George Englund (1926–2017), born George Howe Ripley, American producer, director, and author; directed The Ugly American (1963) with Marlon Brando, produced The Shoes of the Fisherman, and was married to Cloris Leachman.
George Farquhar
George Farquhar (1677?–1707) was an Irish playwright, one of the last major writers of Restoration comedy; his late comedies The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux' Stratagem are still performed.
George Formby
George Formby (George Hoy Booth, 1904–1961), Wigan-born English music hall comedian, singer, and banjo-ukulele player; star of 21 hit films, Britain's highest-paid entertainer by 1939, OBE 1946.
George Fouracres
George Fouracres, English actor and comedian from Willenhall, Black Country; Daphne sketch group member with Phil Wang and Jason Forbes; Globe Hamlet and Falstaff; SNL UK cast member.
George Furth
George Furth, born George Schweinfurth, was an American playwright and librettist. He is best known for writing the books for Stephen Sondheim's Company and Merrily We Roll Along.
George Gaynes
George Gaynes (born George Jongejans, 1917–2016), Finnish-born American actor and opera singer; Henry Warnimont on Punky Brewster, Commandant Lassard in all seven Police Academy films, John Van Horn in Tootsie, and Robert Baker in Broadway's Wonderful Town.
George Gobel
George Gobel (1919–1991), American comedian George Leslie Goebel, nicknamed Lonesome George; deadpan host of The George Gobel Show (NBC 1954–1959, CBS 1959–1960), catchphrases 'Well, I'll be a dirty bird,' later a Hollywood Squares panelist.
George Gray (television personality)
George Gray (born 1967), American comedian, game show host, and announcer of The Price Is Right since 2011; previously hosted Weakest Link, Junkyard Wars (Emmy-nominated), and Extreme Gong.
George H. Xanthis
George H. Xanthis (George Harrison Xanthis), born 1989 in Earlwood, Sydney, is an Australian actor, writer, producer, and comedian who plays John the Apostle in The Chosen and was AACTA-nominated for Open Slather.
George Hamilton (actor)
George Hamilton (born August 12, 1939, Memphis) is an American actor known for his tan and playboy image, from MGM dramas like Home from the Hill to comedies Love at First Bite and Zorro, The Gay Blade; not the Hamilton musical or the country singer.
George Hawkins (actor)
George Hawkins is a British actor trained at Mountview Academy (2023), known as Cadet Darem Reymi in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (2026), Dylan in Tell Me Everything, and roles in Boiling Point and Gassed Up.
George Jaques
George Jaques is a British writer-director, producer, and actor, founder of Athenaeum at 16, director of Black Dog (2023) and the Berlinale comedy Sunny Dancer (2026) starring Bella Ramsey.
George Jefferson
George Jefferson is the fictional dry-cleaning-chain owner played by Sherman Hemsley on All in the Family (1973) and The Jeffersons (1975–1985), Archie Bunker's Black neighbor turned Upper East Side millionaire, distinct from the real Jefferson family name.
George Jetson
George Jetson is the fictional father and protagonist of Hanna-Barbera's animated sitcom The Jetsons (1962), voiced by George O'Hanlon, working for Mr. Spacely at Spacely Sprockets in Orbit City with wife Jane, kids Judy and Elroy, and dog Astro.
George Kennedy
George Kennedy (George Harris Kennedy), 1925 to 2016, was an American character actor who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as Dragline in Cool Hand Luke (1967).
George Kirgo
George Kirgo, born George Blumenthal, was an American screenwriter whose credits include Red Line 7000, Spinout, and Don't Make Waves, and who led the Writers Guild of America, West from 1987 to 1991.
George Knight (EastEnders)
George Knight (born Kwame Asare) is a fictional EastEnders character played by Colin Salmon since June 2023; a former British heavyweight boxing champion, Queen Vic landlord, ex-husband of Cindy Beale as "Rose", and adoptee in a baby-farming storyline.
George Lamb
George Martin Lamb is an English presenter and farmer, known for his controversial BBC 6 Music show and for co-founding the regenerative farming business Wildfarmed in 2018.
George Layton
George Layton (born 1943, Bradford; born George Lowy) is an English actor, writer and director, Paul Collier in Doctor in the House, Bombardier Solly in It Ain't Half Hot Mum, creator of Don't Wait Up.
George Lazenby
George Lazenby (born 1939, Goulburn, Australia) is an Australian actor and former model who played James Bond once, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), succeeding Sean Connery, then declined a seven-film contract.
George Lazenby filmography
George Lazenby filmography: screen career of the Australian actor (born 1939) who played James Bond once in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), plus 1970s Hong Kong and Euro films, TV work, Emmanuelle movies, and documentaries.
George Lindsey
George Smith Lindsey (1928-2012), American character actor born in Fairfield, Alabama, best known as Goober Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D., and Hee Haw; UNA graduate and founder of the George Lindsey UNA Film Festival.
George Lopez
George Lopez, born 1961 in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, is a Mexican-American stand-up comedian and actor whose ABC sitcom George Lopez (2002-2007) and TBS show Lopez Tonight made him a leading Latino figure in US television.
George Lopez (TV series)
George Lopez (The George Lopez Show) is an ABC sitcom, 2002-2007, six seasons and 120 episodes, starring comedian George Lopez as an LA factory manager; the first successful Latino-lead network sitcom since Chico and the Man, created by Robert Borden, Bruce Helford, and Lopez with Sandra Bullock producing.
George Loros
George Loros (George Kandiloros), American character actor and Lee Strasberg Institute acting teacher; played Raymond Curto on The Sopranos (1999–2006), Broadway's Thieves (1974), and over 100 TV guest roles.