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Christopher George

Christopher George was born in 1931 and became a TV and film actor after seeing action in the Korean war where he served as a Marine. He is best remembered for his starring role in the 1966-68 TV series, Rat Patrol which won him a Golden Globe nomination in 1967.
After Rat Patrol ended it's run he began his film career starring in 1960's genre films such as Tiger by the tail (1968) Project X (1968) and The Devil's 8 (1969) He continued his TV work throughout the 1970's starring in episodes of Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island and Police Story.
In 1976, George played a supporting role in Midway and a starring role in Grizzly which was by far his most successful commercial movie grossing $39 at the box office.
He followed the success of Grizzly with a string of Martial Arts and Slasher B movies such as Enter the Ninja, Return of the Ninja, Day of the animals, City of the Living Dead and The Exterminator. Many of his movies from this period have since become Cult classics.
He married Lynda Day in 1970 after meeting and starring with her in The Gentle Rain (1966) They worked together during the 1970's in TV episodes of Wonder Woman, Love Boat, Mission Impossible and McCloud.
Christopher George died of an unexpected heart attack in 1983 aged just 52.



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  • City of the Living Dead
  • City of the Living Dead review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent
    Rated - 3.0 stars City of the Living Dead 15 August 2005
    ... highlights of the film comes quite early, in one terrifying sequence involving Christopher George free Catriona MacColl from a coffin in which she has been buried alive. The mo...   Read customer review
  • Pieces
  • Pieces review by kultguy from
    Rated - 5.0 stars There are a lot of slashers about, but none quite like the 1980s cult Pieces 28 September 2011
    ...ng up college girls and using their body parts to construct his ideal woman. Christopher George, best known as TV's The Immortal, is the investigating detective, while his rea...   Read customer review

Christopher George - filmography


  • Pieces
  • Pieces on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Christopher George,  Edmund Purdom,  Lynda Day George
    Director: J.P. Simon
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A chainsaw wielding madman roams a college campus in search of beautiful young co-eds to slash and kill. This secret psycho has a secret of his own: he's collecting human body parts to complete his own thesis. His truly original approach to study involves the creation of the world's first flesh ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 256 members
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  • Kampuchea Express
  • Kampuchea Express on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Robert Walker,  Woody Strode,  Christopher George
    Director: Lek Kitiparaporn
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Amid the brutal, bloody, blazing battle in Cambodia, an against all odds love story is told. An American journalist is compelled by love to return to the carnage six years after his escape in search of the Vietnamese woman he was forced to leave behind.
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 54 members
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  • Enter the Ninja
  • Enter the Ninja on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Franco Nero,  Susan George,  Sho Kosugi
    Director: Menahem Golan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A westerner (Franco Nero) initiated into the society of ninja, the secret army of professional assassins, finds himself up against greed and an old rival. Spectacular martial arts battle with explosives ensues.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 266 members
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  • City of the Living Dead
  • City of the Living Dead on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Christopher George,  Katherine MacColl,  John Morghen
    Director: Lucio Fulci
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A young girl goes into a trance in New York on the day a priest commits suicide in the town of Dunwich. She has a vision of his death, thus reviving an ancient story of the satanic powers of evil which involves the whole community. Terror reigns ...
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 983 members
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  • City of the Living Dead - Blu-ray
  • City of the Living Dead - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: Christopher George,  Katherine MacColl,  John Morghen
    Director: Lucio Fulci
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A young girl goes into a trance in New York on the day a priest commits suicide in the town of Dunwich. She has a vision of his death, thus reviving an ancient story of the satanic powers of evil which involves the whole community. Terror reigns ...
    2.5 stars out of 5 55% from 192 members
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  • Grizzly
  • Grizzly on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Christopher George,  Richard Jaekel,  Andrew Prine
    Director: William Girdler
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    An eighteen foot, two thousand pound Grizzly bear terrorizes campers and hikers at a state park. This frustrates the head Park Ranger and decides to hunt it down. His efforts however were thwarted by the Park Supervisor and many drunken hunters into the areas. After the bear kills other campers, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 81 members
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  • Chisum
  • Chisum on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Christopher George,  Bruce Cabot,  Richard Jaeckel
    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A tough cattle baron fights con artists, corrupt officials--even Billy the Kid--in order to keep his ranch. It comes down to the town founder John Chisum (John Wayne) against the immoral Lawrence Murphy (Forrest Tucker) and the town isn't going to be big enough for both of them. Wayne's been here ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,535 member
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  • Project X
  • Project X (1968)
    Starring: Christopher George,  Greta Baldwin,  Henry Jones
    Director: William Castle
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A spy is brought back from cryogenic suspension after being almost killed in a plane crash returning from a mission to learn about a deadly new weapon being developed in the East. But the vital memories are being suppressed, so the authorities use ultra-advanced technologies to try to uncover the ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 10 members
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Christopher George facts

5 most recent films

Pieces - 2.5 stars
Kampuchea Express - 2.0 stars
Enter the Ninja - 2.5 stars
Graduation Day - 2.0 stars
The Exterminator - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Chisum - 3.5 stars
The Exterminator - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
City of the Living Dead - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Exterminator - 2.5 stars
City of the Living Dead - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Project X - 2.0 stars
The Rat Patrol - Series 1 - Complete - 3.0 stars
Kampuchea Express - 2.0 stars
Graduation Day - 2.0 stars
Grizzly - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Morghen - 5 times - show films
Katherine MacColl - 5 times - show films
Andrew Prine - 2 times - show films
Steve James - 2 times - show films
Samantha Eggar - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Lucio Fulci - 5 times - show films
James Glickenhaus - 2 times - show films
Menahem Golan - 2 times - show films
Tom Gries - 1 times - show films
William Girdler - 1 times - show films

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