Actor
Nathan George
Born July 27, 1936 in U.S.A.Died March 3, 20179 films
Nathan George (July 27, 1936 – March 3, 2017) was an American actor who was active from 1968 to 1997. He co-won a 1969 Obie Award with Ron O'Neal for Charles Gordone's Pulitzer Prize-winning play No Place to Be Somebody; this performance also received a Drama Desk Award.
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In film, George acted in Brubaker (1980), Klute (1971), Serpico (1973), Harsh Light (1997), his last film, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and was one of the leads in Short Eyes (1977).
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First watchOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest19758.4as WashingtonA petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
9 films as actor- 1997Night Falls on ManhattanJuror (uncredited)
- 1996On Seventh AvenueFloyd Nevins
- 1980BrubakerLeon Edwards
- 1978To Kill a CopCharles
- 1977Short EyesIce
- 1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestWashington
- 1974The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreePtl. James
- 1973SerpicoSmith
- 1971KluteTrask