George HamiltonNationality:
American Birthdate:
08/12/1939 Birthplace:
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biography
Handsome, perennially-tanned leading man of films and television who is more famous for his social connections than the roles he's played. Even though he was cast in more than fifteen films in ten years during the 1960s, including "By Love Possessed" (1962), with Lana Turner, "Light in the Piazza" (also 1962), with Olivia de Havilland, and "Viva Maria" (1965), with Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau, Hamilton's star didn't really take off. Despite his suitable casting as the daredevil stuntman "Evel Knievel" (1971), his fame actually came to a halt in the mid-70s after "The Happy Hooker Goes to
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Born in Memphis, Tennessee; grew up in Arkansas, Los Angeles, Boston, New York and Palm Beach
Won Best Actor Award for state of Florida high school contest
1959
Feature debut, "Crime and Punishment"
1966
Made headlines as the companion and potential husband of then President Lyndon Johnson's daughter, Lynda Bird
1967
Toured as Nick Arnstein opposite Barbara Cook as Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl"
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