Christopher John George Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Solidly built, boyishly handsome American leading-man, Christopher George was the son of Greek immigrants. Weaned on stories of the legendary Greek heroes, George and his brother Nick (later a prominent fashion photographer) both quit high school to join the Marines. Completing his education after his tour of duty, George acted in numerous TV ...
Chisum, City of the Living Dead, El Dorado, The Exterminator, Grizzly, Day of the Animals, The Train Robbers, Graduation Day, Enter the Ninja, Pieces, Dixie Dynamite, The Thousand Plane Raid, I Escaped from Devil's Island, The Delta Factor, The Devil's 8, Project X, Midway, Massacre Harbor, Mortuary...
TV Shows
Mayday at 40,000 Feet!, The Immortal, The Rat Patrol
Star Sign
Pisces
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"The first time I met John Wayne, I addressed him as Mr. Wayne. "The name is Duke," he said. We were about to do a scene together and he showed me first how to act in the scene. When the take was over, he liked it so much, he ran up to me and gave me a bear hug and lifted me clean off my feet!" - on co-starring with John Wayne in the films El Dorado (1967), Chisum (1970), and The Train Robbers (1973).
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Sam Troy doesn't like authority. He doesn't want anyone trying to control his life. He wants to guide his own destiny -- and in that desert patrol, he's found a way to do it. That desert patrol is Sam Troy's world. Anything that comes near it, that will endanger it, he destroys. He's absolutely dedicated to his own values. He'll shoot an enemy cold-bloodedly if it's necessary, to protect these values. {Christpher George on "Sam Troy" in The Rat Patrol (1966)].
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Christopher George first duty station was Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Quantico, Virginia. In April 1950, he transferred to Aircraft Engineering Squadron 12 (AES-12), also located at Quantico. AES-12 maintained the aircraft for school pilots and also used them as a demonstration squadron for members of the United States Congress, demonstrating new rockets and bombs. While assigned to AES-12, George rose to the rank of sergeant.
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Christopher George earned the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. These awards are documented in his official military personnel file available at the National Archives and Records Administration.
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During the Korean War, Christopher George skippered a Marine Corps crash boat and served as gunner aboard the type of rescue aircraft used to fly wounded out of Korea. George completed a three-year enlistment with the Marines and stayed for an additional fourth year of service before asking for an honorable discharge and returning home to Miami.
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Christopher George could not speak English until he was six years old, because his family only spoke Greek at home.
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Christopher George enlisted in the United States Marine Corps (USMC) on October 13, 1948, at Jacksonville, Florida, at age 17. He lied about his age on his recruitment form by giving his year of birth as 1929, which then stuck with him for most of his adult life.
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Worked as a print model for ads in the early to mid-sixties. One such appearance is in the October 1964 issue of Playboy, on the inside front cover, for Van Heusen 417 shirts.
Often described as the uncle of Vanna White. Vanna has said that, although he was not a biological relation of hers, "my mother grew up with his family. Years later in L.A., he and his wife took me under their wing".
His fatal 1983 heart attack stemmed from a 1967 mishap on the set of The Rat Patrol (1966). While filming a chase scene, George's jeep flipped over, pinning the actor underneath the vehicle. George sustained a cardiac contusion, which never properly healed, and scar tissue subsequently developed.
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Buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Memorial Park.
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Appeared as the centerfold in Playgirl Magazine's June 1974 issue.
$9 Million
