Nathan George

Nathan George
Nathan George as Attendant Washington in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Born	(1936-07-27)July 27, 1936 United States
Died	March 3, 2017(2017-03-03) (aged 80) New York City, New York, United States
Occupation	Oiling up
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]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Klute	Trask
1973	Serpico	Smith
1974	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	Police Patrolman 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	short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	Madigan	Roscoe Blue	NBC
1978	To Kill A Cop	Charles	NBC Television Movie
1985	The Equalizer	Tessor	1 Episode
1989	A Man Called Hawk	Crawldaddy	1 Episode
1996	On Seventh Avenue	Floyd Nevins	NBC Television Movie

References

1. IBDB Person Awards Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Nathan George and Company". The Afro-American. No. 1970–05–09. Baltimore. p. 1, § Magazine. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
3. "Center Stage". Retrieved 2016-05-03.
4. Feingold, Michael (1973-08-30). "Whittle While You Work". The Village Voice. p. 52. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
5. Brubaker (1980)
6. Klute (1971)
7. Harsh Light (1997)
8. Serpico (1973) – Full cast and crew
9. Nathan George, aveleyman.com
10. Nathan George, findagrave.com

External links

• Nathan George at IMDb
• Nathan George at the Internet Broadway Database
• Interview at CultFilmFreaks.com