George Chakiris Biography (1934-)

Born September 16, 1934, in Norwood, OH; son of Steven and Zoe (maiden name,Anastasiadou) Chakiris. Addresses: Agent: c/o 12 D'Arblay St., LondonW1F 8DU, England.; Contact: 7266 Clinton St., Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, dancer
Birth Details: September 16, 1934; Norwood, Ohio, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(As George Kerris) Choir boy, Song of Love, 1947
(Uncredited) Dancer, The Great Caruso, 1951
(Uncredited) Ballroom dancer, Stars and Stripes Forever (also known as Marching Along), 1952
(As George Kerris) Dancer, The 5,0000 Fingers of Dr. T. (also known as Crazy Music and Dr. Seuss' 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T), 1953
(As George Dee) Dancer, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953
(Uncredited) Background observer in dance sequence, Second Chance,1953
(Uncredited) Dancer, Give a Girl a Break, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
(Uncredited) Dancer in "Mandy" and "Love" numbers, White Christmas(musical), Paramount, 1954
(Uncredited) Dancer, There's No Business Like Show Business, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954
(Uncredited) Dancer, Brigadoon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954
(Uncredited) Dancer with pick, The Country Girl, 1954
(Uncredited) Chorus boy "Hillbilly Heart," The Girl Rush (musical), Paramount, 1955
(As George Kerris) Young groom, Meet Me in Las Vegas (also known as Viva Las Vegas!), 1956
(As George Kerris) Private Steiner, Under Fire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957
Bernardo, West Side Story (musical), United Artists, 1961
Dr. Dean Kahana, Diamond Head, Columbia, 1962
Larry Curado, Two and Two Make Six (also known as A Change of Heart and The Girl Swappers), Union/British Lion, 1962
Balam, Kings of the Sun, United Artists, 1963
Lieutenant John Gregg, Flight from Ashiya (also known as Ashiyakara no hiko), United Artists, 1964
Bebo, Bebo's Girl (also known as La ragazza di Bube and La ragazza), Lux, Ultra, Vides, 1964
Lieutenant Erik Bergman, 633 Squadron (also known as Squadron 633), United Artists, 1964
Haghios, McGuire, Go Home! (also known as The High Bright Sun and A Date with Death), Continental Distributing, 1965
GI in tank, Is Paris Burning? (also known as Paris brule-t-il?), Paramount, 1966
Vincent, Il ladro della Gioconda (also known as The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen, On a vole la Joconde, and The Theft of the MonaLisa), 1966
Etienne, The Young Girls of Rochefort (also known as Les demoiselles de Rochefort), Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1967
Eric Ericson, The Day the Hotline Got Hot (also known as Le rouble a deux faces, Hot Line, El rublo de las dos caras, andLe telephone rouge), American International Pictures, 1968
Sharon vestida de rojo, 1968
Johnny Allen, The Big Cube (also known as El terron de azucar), Warner Bros., 1969
George Clark, Why Not Stay for Breakfast?, 1979
Himself, Jekyll and Hyde ... Together Again, Paramount, 1982
Michael Fury, Pale Blood, 1990
Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans (also known as The Young Girls Turn 25), 1993
Television Appearances
Series
Nicholas, Dallas, CBS, 1985-1986
Daniel Espinoza, Santa Barbara, 1988
Professor Peterson, Superboy (also known as The Adventures of Superboy), 1989-1990
Movies

Robert Stone, Kiss Me and Die (also known as The Savage Curse and Thriller: Kiss Me and Die), 1974
Miniseries
Chopin, "Notorious Woman," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1975
Lafcadio Hearn, In Search of My Soul's Home, NHK (Japan), 1983
Saskia, Les filles du Lido, 1995
Pilots
Pierre, Return to Fantasy Island (also known as Fantasy IslandII), ABC, 1978
Specials
You're the Top, CBS, 1956
Himself, The 34th Annual Academy Awards, 1962
Caliph Abdullah, Kismet, ABC, 1967
A Salute to Television's 25th Anniversary, ABC, 1972
Robert Stone, The Savage Curse (also known as Kiss Me and Die), ABC, 1974
Award presenter, America's Dance Honors, ABC, 1990
The Golden Globe's 50th Anniversary Celebration, NBC, 1994
(Uncredited) Himself, The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1998
(Archive footage) Bourne to Dance, Channel 4, 2001
Himself, The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003
Episodic
The Garry Moore Show, 1961
The Ed Sullivan Show, 1962
Guest host, "Shindig in Europe: Parts 1 & 2," Shindig, 1965-1966
The Andy Williams Show, 1967
The Carol Burnett Show, 1968
The Ed Sullivan Show, 1968
Mousey the Dip, "The Honeymooners: The Curse of the Cuckoo Thief," TheJackie Gleason Show, 1969
"Trial by Terror," Medical Center, 1970
Chris Lahani, "Death Is a Company Policy," Hawaii Five-0, 1972
"Tico Taco, MD," Medical Center, 1972
Captain Chuck "Cuddles" Corwin, "Anchors Aweigh," The Partridge Family, 1974
Captain Chuck "Cuddles" Corwin, " ... --- ... (S.O.S.)," The PartridgeFamily, 1974
Robert Stone, "Kiss Me and Die," Thriller, 1974
"The Last Performance," Medical Center, 1975
Carlo Indrezzano, "Death in Disguise," Wonder Woman, 1978
Bernard DeJardine, "Fox Trap," CHiPs, 1983
Brett Cole, "The Showgirl Murders," Matt Houston, 1983
Clark Sawyer, "Waltz of Death," Matt Houston, 1984
Angelo Spinelli, "Lost and Found," Scarecrow and Mrs. King, 1984
Eric Bowman, "Weave a Tangled Web," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1989
Max Bernard, "Extra! Extra!," Last of the Summer Wine, BBC, 1997
Also appeared in Hell Town.
Stage Appearances
Morgan Evans, The Corn Is Green, Chicago, IL, 1969
King Arthur, Camelot, Sullivan, IL, 1973
Henry Higgins, My Fair Lady, Sullivan, IL, 1974
Essex, Elizabeth the Queen, Buffalo Arena Theatre, NY, 1977
El Gallo, The Fantastiks, Dallas Summer Musical Theatre, Dallas, TX, 1977
The Passion of Dracula, Queen's Theatre, London, 1978-1979
Stop the World I Want to Get Off, Burt Reynolds Theatre, Jupiter,FL, 1983-1984
Michael, I Do! I Do!, Dallas, TX, 1985
Necessities of Life (AIDS benefit), Embassy Theatre, Los Angeles,1992 and 1993
The King and I, 1995
Also appeared as Rochester, Jane Eyre, British production; Riff, West Side Story, British production.
Major Tours
Company (two-act musical), U.S. cities, 1971-1972
Rene Gallimard, M. Butterfly, U.K. cities, 1992
RECORDINGS
Albums
Recorded George Chakiris; Memories Are Made of These; The Gershwin Song Book; West Side Story's Dynamic....

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