A native of Boston and graduate of Syracuse University, George has worked extensively in TV and film since 1972. Notable film work includes the Coen Brothers' best-picture nominee A Serious Man (2009) as Rabbi Nachtner, Mel Brooks' Spaceballs (1987) as Colonel Sandurz, and his To Be or Not to Be (1983). Among other dozens of film credits are the classic Fletch (1985) and Fletch Lives (1989), The Devil's Advocate (1997), and Trouble with the Curve (2012). George has guest starred on over 150 TV shows, and has been a series regular on nine. He is perhaps best known for his six seasons as Deputy D.A. Irwin Bernstein on Hill Street Blues (1981).
Known For
Movies
- Spaceballs
1987
- He's that Guy
2019
- The Devil's Advocate
1997
- In the Darkness
2021
- My Favorite Year
1982
- To Be or Not to Be
1983
- How to Be a Serial Kill...
2009
- A Serious Man
2009
- Fletch
1985
- Tail Gunner Joe
1977
- Imps*
1983
- The Richest Cat in the ...
1986
- Fletch Lives
1989
- Musical Mel: Inventing ...
2009
- The Bad News Bears
1976
- Trouble with the Curve
2012
- The Leftovers
1986
- Dogs
1976
- Deadly Messages
1985
- Domino One
2005
- Gilda Radner: It's Alwa...
2002
- Black Widow
2008
- Lady Sings the Blues
1972
- The Islander
1978
- Reunion
1980
- Lucan
1977
- The Bad News Bears Go t...
1978
- The Mesmerist
2002
- Half Nelson
1985
- All the President's Men
1976
- Do It for Uncle Manny
2002
- A More Perfect Union
- The Nurse Killer
1975
- Airport 1975
1974
- Willie Dynamite
1974
- Almost a Woman
2002
- American Pie 2
2001
- In Security
2014
- For Richer, for Poorer
1992
- Wildcats
1986
- Not Another Teen Movie
2001
- Listen to Me
1989
- The Rockford Files: If ...
1999
- The Postman
1997
- Drop-Out Father
1982
- Snow Bride
2013
- Knee High P.I.
2003
- The Wish List
2010
- Though None Go with Me
2006
- John Candy: Comic Spirit
2005
- Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
- The Trial of Lee Harvey...
1977
- The Long Goodbye
1973
- Spaceballs: The Documen...
2005
TV Shows
- Murder, She Wrote
1984
- Less than Perfect
2002
- Columbo
1971
- M*A*S*H
1972
- WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
- The District
2000
- Shark
2006
- Rhoda
1974
- L.A. Law
1986
- 'Til Death
2006
- The Odd Couple
1970
- Jack & Bobby
2004
- The Golden Girls
1985
- Desperate Housewives
2004
- Rock Me Baby
2003
- Simon & Simon
1981
- Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
- Bones
2005
- Hawaii Five-O
1968
- Boy Meets World
1993
- All in the Family
1971
- Quincy, M.E.
1976
- Malcolm in the Middle
2000
- Two and a Half Men
2003
- Nip/Tuck
2003
- Kaz
1978
- Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
- Charlie's Angels
1976
- Hill Street Blues
1981
- Sanford and Son
1972
- Without a Trace
2002
- Dharma & Greg
1997
- Step by Step
1991
- Quantum Leap
1989
- Family Matters
1989
- The Practice
1997
- Kojak
1973
- The Winner
2007
- Journeyman
2007
- Stargate SG-1
1997
- The Mentalist
2008
- True Colors
1990
- She's the Sheriff
1987
- ER
1994
- Boston Legal
2004
- Goode Behavior
1996
- Switch
1975
- Matt Houston
1982
- Brooklyn South
1997
- Nero Wolfe
1981
- Man of the People
1991
- Good Advice
1993
- Loot
2022
- Big Shamus, Little Sham...
1979
- Raising the Bar
2008
- Rafferty
1977
- At Ease
1983
- The West Wing
1999
- Knights of the Kitchen ...
- Murder, She Wrote
1984
- Dr. Ken
2015
- The Rockford Files
1974
- Sabrina, the Teenage Wi...
1996
- NCIS
2003
- New Amsterdam
2018
- Married... with Children
1987
- Quincy, M.E.
1976
- Hill Street Blues
1981
- Delvecchio
1976
- Delvecchio
1976
- B Positive
2020
- Adam's Rib
1973
- The Big Bang Theory
2007
- A Death in California
1985
- Matt Houston
1982
- Ironside
1967
- Lou Grant
1977
- The Rockford Files
1974
- The A-Team
1983
- Bad Internet
2016
- Reboot
2022
- The Resident
2018
- Emergency!
1972
- Teachers Only
1982
- Switch
1975
- Ellery Queen
1975
- Glee
2009
- A Million Little Things
2018
- The Kominsky Method
2018
- House
2004
- Station 19
2018
- The First Family
2012
- Touch
2012
- Friends with Better Liv...
2014
- Kojak
1973
- Quincy, M.E.
1976
- She Spies
2002
- Murder, She Wrote
1984
- Once an Eagle
1976
- The Umbrella Academy
2019
- Coach
1989
- Good Morning, Miami
2002
- Malcolm in the Middle
2000
- The Snoop Sisters
1973
- Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
- Anger Management
2012
- 9-1-1
2018
- The Bob Newhart Show
1972
- The Comedy Factory
1985
- The Comedy Factory
1985
- Mannix
1967
- American Housewife
2016
- Kaz
1978
- Ironside
1967