George Grizzard

Movie Actor

George Grizzard was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States on April 1st, 1928 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 79, George Grizzard biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
George Cooper Grizzard, Jr.
Date of Birth
April 1, 1928
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Halifax County, North Carolina, United States
Death Date
Oct 2, 2007 (age 79)
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Profession
Film Actor, Stage Actor, Television Actor
George Grizzard Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 79 years old, George Grizzard has this physical status:

Height
178cm
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Light brown
Eye Color
Blue
Build
Slim
Measurements
Not Available
George Grizzard Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Atheist
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
George Grizzard Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Not Available
Children
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Dating / Affair
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Parents
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George Grizzard Life

George Cooper Grizzard Jr. (April 1, 1928 – September 2, 2007) was an American Emmy Award-winning actor of film, stage, and television.

He appeared in more than 40 films, dozens of television series, and a number of Broadway plays.

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George Grizzard Career

Life and career

Grizzard was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, the son of Mary Winifred (née Albritton) and George Cooper Grizzard, an accountant.

Grizzard was raised in Washington, DC, and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, returning to Washington after graduation to work in advertising. He began his acting career at Washington's Arena Stage.

Grizzard memorably appeared as an unscrupulous United States Senator in the film Advise and Consent in 1962. His other theatrical films included the drama From the Terrace with Paul Newman (1960), the Western story Comes a Horseman with Jane Fonda (1978), and a Neil Simon comedy, Seems Like Old Times (1980).

Grizzard made his Broadway debut in The Desperate Hours in 1955. He was a frequent interpreter of the plays of Edward Albee, having appeared in the original 1962 production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Nick, which won him a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album along with his castmates. He also appeared in the 1996 revival of A Delicate Balance and the 2005 revival of Seascape. He also starred in You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running. He won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for A Delicate Balance. Additional Broadway credits include The Creation of the World and Other Business, The Glass Menagerie, The Country Girl, The Royal Family, and California Suite.

Grizzard guest-starred several times during the 1990s on the NBC television drama Law & Order as defense attorney Arthur Gold. He also portrayed President John Adams in the Emmy Award-winning WNET-produced PBS miniseries The Adams Chronicles. In 1980, he won an Emmy for his work in The Oldest Living Graduate. He starred as reporter Richard Larsen in The Deliberate Stranger, a television movie about serial killer Ted Bundy.

He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2002.

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