Christopher George was known as an American television and film actor. He is most known for his role in The Rat Patrol.
Christopher George was born in 1931. He grew up in Royal Oak in Michigan and was the son of Vaseleke and John George, who were Greek immigrants. His father was born in the city of Thebes in Greece and he participated in World War I. His mother, Vaseleke was born in the city of Athens. Christopher George did not speak English until he started learning it at six years old because the family was using Greek most of the time at home.
His father was working as a traveling salesman. When Christopher was a young boy, he was often found accompanying his father to his trips in different cities like Detroit, Memphis, St Louis, Chicago, New York City, and Akron. His family decided to move to the Mountain Lakes of New Jersey. When they finally settled in New Jersey, Christopher started to learn how to speak English.
Besides attending a regular elementary school, he was also attending a Greek school to help him not to forget the Greek Language. This is when he first interested in acting since the Greek school often had their students performing Greek poetry and Greek plays.
At the age of 14, Christopher moved and went to live in Miami, Florida. He ended up attending Miami Senior High School. While at school, he was often found playing baseball, football, and soccer. He also participated in track and field events. When he was in Florida, he liked to hunt the alligators at the Everglades. After getting his driver’s license, he started to work driving the trucks of his father in Miami or other cities near the Eastern Seaboard.
While growing up, he was a choir and altar boy. He joined the military in 1948 after lying about his age since he was only 17. He got awards when he was in the military and such awards have been documented in his official military personnel file. When he finished his enlistment, he joined the University of Miami and he got a business administration degree.
Christopher George met with his wife Lynda while they were both performers on the stage and they fall in love. They got married in 1970 and they had a daughter named Casey.
Christopher George was a film and television actor who became well known when he starred in The Rat Patrol series from 1966 to 1968. He got nominated for the Golden Globe Awards in 1967. He became the recipient of the New York Film Festival Award and he won an award for Best Actor for a Television Commercial.
His first film role came in 1965, playing a perishing mariner In Harm's Way, where he met his idol, John Wayne. George turned out to be old buddies with Wayne while assuming a supporting role in the 1966 Howard Hawks-directed western movie El Dorado, featuring Wayne.
Christopher George died because of a sudden heart attack in 1983. When he passed away at the age of 52, the Marine Corps provided a ceremonial group at his burial service, and the Marines flew a banner over the Iwo Jima Memorial to pay tribute to George in May 2009.
| Birth Date: | 25 Feb, 1929 |
| Age: | 91 yrs |
| Occupations: | Television actor Film actor Model |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Royal Oak |
| Education: | University of Miami |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American actor |
| Spouse: | Lynda Day George[1970-1983] |
| Net Worth 2021: | 5 million |
