| Nathan George | |
| Birth Date: | 27 July 1936 |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Death Place: | New York City, New York, United States |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1968-1997 |
Nathan George (July 27, 1936 – March 3, 2017) was an American actor who was active from 1968 to 1997. He co-won a 1969 Obie Award with Ron O'Neal for Charles Gordone's Pulitzer Prize-winning play No Place to Be Somebody; this performance also received a Drama Desk Award.[1]
George also directed for the stage. He directed a production of Ron Milner's Who's Got His Own at Center Stage in Baltimore in 1970,[2] [3] and Cummings and Bowings, a play based on poems by E.E. Cummings, for the U.R.G.E.N.T. Theatre in New York in 1973.[4]
In film, George acted in Brubaker (1980),[5] Klute (1971),[6] Serpico (1973),[7] Harsh Light (1997), his last film,[8] and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and was one of the leads in Short Eyes (1977).
George died on March 3, 2017, in New York City.[9] [10]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Klute | Trask | ||
| 1973 | Serpico | Smith | ||
| 1974 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Police Ptl. James | ||
| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Attendant Washington | ||
| 1977 | Short Eyes | Ice | ||
| 1980 | Brubaker | Leon Edwards – Prison Board | ||
| 1996 | Night Falls on Manhattan | Juror | Uncredited | |
| 1997 | Harsh Light | Montgomery Paris |