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George Macready (1899–1973)

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George Macready - the name probably does not ring any bells - but the voice would be unmistakable. Macready attended and graduated from Brown University and went on to take a short stint as a New York newspaperman. He was drawn to theater acting with the advice of colorful Polish émigré classical stage director Richard Boleslawski... See full bio »

Born:

George Peabody Macready Jr.
in Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Died:

(age 73) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Glenn Ford and George Macready Judge Zephonias Burton seeks revenge on Lucas McCain in "Eight Hours To Die," Episode 6 of The Rifleman. Original Air Date: 11/4/1958
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1971 The Return of Count Yorga
Prof. Rightstat
 
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
 
1970 Count Yorga, Vampire
Narration (voice)
 
1969 Daughter of the Mind (TV movie)
Dr. Frank Ferguson
 
1969 Lancer (TV series)
Harlan Garrett
– Legacy (1969) … Harlan Garrett
 
1969 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Hendricks
– Night Gallery (1969) … Hendricks
 
1969 The Young Lawyers (TV series)
Jay Spofford
– Pilot (1969) … Jay Spofford
 
1968 Get Smart (TV series)
Mr. Fitzmaurice
– Operation Ridiculous (1968) … Mr. Fitzmaurice
 
1965-1968 Peyton Place (TV series)
Martin Peyton
– Episode #4.34 (1968) … Martin Peyton
– Episode #4.33 (1968) … Martin Peyton
– Episode #4.32 (1968) … Martin Peyton
– Episode #4.31 (1968) … Martin Peyton
– Episode #4.30 (1967) … Martin Peyton
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1965-1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Demos / Gurnius
– The Gurnius Affair (1967) … Gurnius
– The Re-Collectors Affair (1965) … Demos
 
1966 Fame Is the Name of the Game (TV movie)
Glenn Howard
 
1965 Run for Your Life (TV series)
David Courtney
– Never Pick Up a Stranger (1965) … David Courtney (uncredited)
 
1965 The Great Race
General Kuhster
 
1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Graham Justland
– Memorandum for a Spy: Part 2 (1965) … Graham Justland
– Memorandum for a Spy: Part 1 (1965) … Graham Justland
 
1965 Profiles in Courage (TV series)
– Grover Cleveland (1965)
 
1965 Kentucky Jones (TV series)
Dorian Hawes
– The Victim (1965) … Dorian Hawes
 
1965 Memorandum for a Spy (TV movie)
Graham Jutland
 
1965 The Human Duplicators
Prof. Vaughn Dornheimer
 
1964 Where Love Has Gone
Gordon Harris
 
1964 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Dr. Marshall / Gov. Lawrence K. Hillerman
– Production and Decay of Strange Particles (1964) … Dr. Marshall
– The Invisibles (1964) … Gov. Lawrence K. Hillerman
 
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Hillary Prine
– The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow (1964) … Hillary Prine
 
1964 The Great Adventure (TV series)
Dr. Keen
– The President Vanishes (1964) … Dr. Keen
 
1964 Dead Ringer
Paul Harrison
 
1964 Seven Days in May
Christopher Todd
 
1964 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Dr. Bixler
– The Long Morrow (1964) … Dr. Bixler
 
1958-1963 Perry Mason (TV series)
Charles Slade / Dr. Vincent Kenyon / Milo Girard / …
– The Case of the Elusive Element (1963) … Roscoe Pearce
– The Case of the Posthumous Painter (1961) … Dr. Vincent Kenyon
– The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff (1961) … Charles Slade
– The Case of the Purple Woman (1958) … Milo Girard
 
1963 The Dakotas (TV series)
Captain Ridgeway
– Mutiny at Fort Mercy (1963) … Captain Ridgeway
 
1963 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Harper Faring
– The Thing Speaks for Itself (1963) … Harper Faring
 
1962 Taras Bulba
Governor
 
1962 Two Weeks in Another Town
Lew Jordan
 
1960-1962 The Tall Man (TV series)
Cyrus Canfield / Judge Roy A. Barlow
– Phoebe (1962) … Cyrus Canfield
– Counterfeit Law (1960) … Judge Roy A. Barlow
 
1962 Frontier Circus (TV series)
John Duncan
– The Good Fight (1962) … John Duncan
 
1962 Cain's Hundred (TV series)
James Harrison
– The Swinger (1962) … James Harrison
 
1962 Ripcord (TV series)
Hal Glinders
– Millionaire Doctor (1962) … Hal Glinders
 
1961 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Dr. Huntziger
– The Fifth Caller (1961) … Dr. Huntziger
 
1959-1961 Laramie (TV series)
Colonel John Barrington / Dodge City Judge
– Handful of Fire (1961) … Colonel John Barrington
– Night of the Quiet Men (1959) … Dodge City Judge (uncredited)
 
1961 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
Christopher Weldon / Shepherd
– Show Me a Hero (1961) … Shepherd
– The Feather Cloak (1961) … Christopher Weldon
 
1961 Thriller (TV series)
Mr. Smith
– The Weird Tailor (1961) … Mr. Smith
 
1961 Route 66 (TV series)
Mr. Fontaine
– Effigy in Snow (1961) … Mr. Fontaine
 
1959-1961 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Bernard Vanderhoff / Oliver Prentiss
– The Preliminaries (1961) … Oliver Prentiss
– The Portrait (1959) … Bernard Vanderhoff
 
1961 The Islanders (TV series)
Harja
– Willy's Millionaire (1961) … Harja
 
1961 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Clyde Richards
– Tempest at Tioga Pass (1961) … Clyde Richards
 
1960 Family Classics: The Three Musketeers (TV movie)
King Louis XIII
 
1960 Assignment: Underwater (TV series)
Stephen Torquay
– Dead-Log Pickup (1960) … Stephen Torquay
 
1959-1960 The Rebel (TV series)
Ex-CSA Captain Pollack / Gen. Robert E. Lee
– Johnny Yuma at Appomattox (1960) … Gen. Robert E. Lee
– Vicious Circle (1959) … Ex-CSA Captain Pollack
 
1960 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Captain Richter
– In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1960) … Captain Richter
 
1960 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Gunder - Blind Man
– Ambush (1960) … Gunder - Blind Man
 
1960 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
General Thirion
– The Observer (1960) … General Thirion
 
1958-1960 The Rifleman (TV series)
Judge Zephaniah Burton / Matt Wymerman
– The Lariat (1960) … Matt Wymerman
– Eight Hours to Die (1958) … Judge Zephaniah Burton
 
1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Paul Reuter
– Thunder in the Night (1960) … Paul Reuter
 
1959 Riverboat (TV series)
Anthony Lorrimer
– Guns for Empire (1959) … Anthony Lorrimer
 
1959 Tightrope (TV series)
Latham Grant
– The Lady (1959) … Latham Grant
 
1959 Jet Over the Atlantic
Lord Robert Leverett
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
– The Milton Berle Special (1959)
 
1959 Bonanza (TV series)
Alpheus Troy
– A Rose for Lotta (1959) … Alpheus Troy
 
1959 The Alligator People
Dr. Mark Sinclair
 
1959 The Rough Riders (TV series)
Colonel Miller
– The Last Rebel (1959) … Colonel Miller
 
1959 The D.A.'s Man (TV series)
Snead
– The Triangle (1959) … Snead
 
1959 Steve Canyon (TV series)
Gottfried Muller
– The Muller Story (1959) … Gottfried Muller
 
1959 Plunderers of Painted Flats
Ed Sampson
 
1958 The Texan (TV series)
Big Jim Sammett
– A Time of the Year (1958) … Big Jim Sammett
 
1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
Jefferson Klingsmith
– Rawhide Breed (1958) … Jefferson Klingsmith (as George McCready)
 
1958 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Charlie Drain
– Lynching Man (1958) … Charlie Drain
 
1954-1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Joseph Libo
– The Trouble with Ruth (1958) … Joseph Libo
– Tapu (1954)
 
1958 Summer Theatre (TV series)
Henry
– The Night Goes On (1958) … Henry
 
1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– The Quest of Quesnay (1958)
 
1957 Gunfire at Indian Gap
Pike/Mr. Jefferson
 
1957 Paths of Glory
Gen. Paul Mireau
 
1957 The Abductors
Jack Langley
 
1955-1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Attorney Douglas B. Irwin / Herbert Koether / Vincent Williams
– Vicious Circle (1957) … Vincent Williams
– The Cheney Vase (1955) … Herbert Koether
– Premonition (1955) … Attorney Douglas B. Irwin (as George MacReady)
 
1955-1957 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Clive / Colonel / Henry
– Flight from Tormendero (1957) … Clive
– The Night Goes On (1956) … Henry
– The Bitter Choice (1955) … Colonel
 
1956 Strange Stories (TV series)
– Hands (1956)
 
1956 Thunder Over Arizona
Mayor Ervin Plummer
 
1956 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
– The Film Maker (1956)
 
1952-1956 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Carter Kerrick / Mark Derhenning
– Panic (1956) … Carter Kerrick
– The Last Thirty Minutes (1954)
– Edge of the Law (1952) … Mark Derhenning
 
1956 A Kiss Before Dying
Leo Kingship
 
1956 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
General Henri Giraud
– The General's Escape (1956) … General Henri Giraud
 
1956 Star Stage (TV series)
– The Real Thing (1956)
 
1955 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
– Empty Arms (1955)
 
1955 Appointment with Adventure (TV series)
Paul
– The Helping Hand (1955)
– The Fateful Pilgrimage (1955) … Paul
 
1955 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (1955)
– A Seacoast in Bohemia (1955)
 
1954-1955 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Davidson
– Hung for a Sheep (1955) … Davidson
– The Rise of Carthage (1954)
 
1955 Ponds Theater (TV series)
– The Kingdom of Andrew Jones (1955)
 
1955 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– Buckskin (1955)
 
1955 The Star and the Story (TV series)
Roger Saffrey
– The Back to Beyond (1955) … Roger Saffrey
– Louise (1955)
 
1955 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
Ralph Chambers
– Days of Grace (1955) … Ralph Chambers
 
1955 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Horne
– The Missing Men (1955) … Horne
 
1954 Vera Cruz
Emperor Maximillian
 
1954 Danger (TV series)
– A Taste for Murder (1954)
 
1954 Justice (TV series)
– The Blackmailer (1954)
 
1954 Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (TV series)
– Hands (1954)
– The Right Type of Man
 
1954 Duffy of San Quentin
John C. Winant
 
1952-1954 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Count Borselli / George, Owner of Island / Man
– A String of Beads (1954) … Count Borselli
– House for Sale (1953) … Man
– The Island (1952) … George, Owner of Island
 
1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Mr. Cloud
– Message in a Bottle (1953) … Mr. Cloud
 
1953 The Golden Blade
Jafar
 
1953 The Stranger Wore a Gun
Jules Mourret
 
1953 Julius Caesar
Marullus
 
1953 Treasure of the Golden Condor
Marquis de St. Malo
 
1953 Family Theatre (TV series)
Cornelius
– I Beheld His Glory (1953) … Cornelius
 
1953 City Detective (TV series)
Arnold Jaffee / Wayne
– The Case of the Paper Button (1953) … Wayne/Arnold Jaffee
 
1953 Biff Baker, U.S.A. (TV series)
– Paris Perfume (1953)
 
1952 Rebound (TV series)
Hicks / Professor Wilbur Creetch
– The Good Turn (1952) … Professor Wilbur Creetch
– The Prize (1952) … Hicks
 
1952 The Gauntlet
Count Paul Rona
 
1951 The Living Christ Series (TV mini-series)
Cornelius (1951)
 
1951 The Golden Horde
Raven the Shaman
 
1951 Detective Story
Karl Schneider
 
1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Gen. Fritz Bayerlein
 
1951 Tarzan's Peril
Radijeck
 
1950 The Desert Hawk
Prince Murad
 
1950 A Lady Without Passport
Palinov, Gulf Stream Cafe Havana
 
1950 Rogues of Sherwood Forest
King John
 
1950 Fortunes of Captain Blood
Marquis de Riconete
 
1950 The Nevadan
Edward Galt
 
1949 The Doolins of Oklahoma
Marshal Sam Hughes
 
1949 Johnny Allegro
Morgan Vallin
 
1949 Alias Nick Beal
Rev. Thomas Garfield
 
1949 Knock on Any Door
Dist. Atty. Kerman
 
1948 The Gallant Blade
Gen. Cadeau
 
1948 Beyond Glory
Maj. Gen. Bond
 
1948 Coroner Creek
Younger Miles
 
1948 The Black Arrow
Sir Daniel Brackley
 
1948 The Big Clock
Steve Hagen
 
1948 The Swordsman
Robert Glowan
 
1947 Down to Earth
Joe Manion
 
1946 The Return of Monte Cristo
Henri de la Roche
 
1946 The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Matthew Stoker
 
1946 The Man Who Dared
Donald Wayne
 
1946 The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Fitz-Herbert
 
1946 Gilda
Ballin Mundson
 
1946 The Fighting Guardsman
Gaston de Montrevel
 
1945 My Name Is Julia Ross
Ralph Hughes
 
1945 Don Juan Quilligan
District Attorney (uncredited)
 
1945 Counter-Attack
Col. Semenov
 
1945 The Monster and the Ape
Prof. Ernst
 
1945 I Love a Mystery
Jefferson Monk
 
1945 A Song to Remember
Alfred DeMusset (uncredited)
 
1944 The Missing Juror
Harry Wharton/Jerome K. Bentley
 
1944 The Conspirators
Schmitt's Special Agent (uncredited)
 
1944 The Soul of a Monster
Dr. George Winson
 
1944 Wilson
William McCombs (uncredited)
 
1944 The Seventh Cross
Bruno Sauer
 
1944 The Story of Dr. Wassell
Dutch Army Captain (uncredited)
 
1944 Follow the Boys
Walter Bruce
 
1942 Commandos Strike at Dawn
Schoolteacher
 

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(1934). Stage Play: Romeo and Juliet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Adapted by Katharine Cornell. Choreographed by Martha Graham. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Martin Beck Theatre: 20 Dec 1934- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: Brian Aherne (as "Mercutio... See more »

Alternate Names:

George MacReady | George McCready

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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[Describing his years in college and immediately thereafter, when he was trying to convince his father that he didn't want to be an engineer.] I was biding my time. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I was sure it wasn't engineering. After college I gradually persuaded my father that I wasn't cut out for an engineer... See more »

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Macready was an avid reader, and he especially enjoyed reading mysteries. In fact, he was known to read a mystery novel while simultaneously listening to a mystery show on the radio. See more »

Trademark:

The scar on his cheek See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo