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George Holmes | |
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| Born | George Holmes November 25, 1918 Shamokin, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | February 19, 1985 (aged 66) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1937-1983 |
George Holmes (November 25, 1918 - February 19, 1985) was an American film and television actor. [1]
Holmes started his acting career in the 1930s, when at the time he was an ice skater appearing at first in films like Thin Ice and Second Fiddle. After that, he finally got a contract with the studio. He subsequently appeared in films like It Happened in Flatbush and The Falcon in San Francisco. But Holmes didn't like to deliver dialogues and the studio eventually fired him. Holmes then started to appear in acting wrestling matches to help his income.
In the 1950s, Holmes career started to decline, with his last important credited role in an episode of the TV series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. Then Holmes appeared in many television shows and movies during the 1960s and 1970s, some of them were, Johnny Staccato, Bourbon Street, The Lost World, From the Terrace, Death Valley Days, Save the Tiger and The Rockford Files among others.
During the 1980s, the appearances of Holmes began to wane and shortly after he retired, being the last of them in films and TV series like Stripes, The Star Chamber, Simon & Simon and The Greatest American Hero. [2]