Anthony George

Anthony George
Anthony George
	George, as Don Corey, with guest star Eve Arden in Checkmate (1961)
Born	Ottavio Gabriel George; January 29, 1921; Endicott, New York, U.S.
Died	March 16, 2005 (aged 84); Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor

Anthony George (born Ottavio Gabriel George; January 29, 1921^{[citation needed]} – March 16, 2005) was an American actor mostly seen on television. He is best known for roles of Don Corey on Checkmate, Burke Devlin #2 and Jeremiah Collins on Dark Shadows, as Dr. Tony Vincente on Search for Tomorrow, and Dr. Will Vernon #3 on One Life to Live.

Background

He was born in

Binghamton, the second son of Italian immigrant parents. From the age of six, George dreamed of being in films. After serving in World War II, George moved to Hollywood. Though the first few years were lean, by 1950, he had received his first credit and the work began to accumulate. The vast majority of George's roles were on television.^{[citation needed}

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Career

In 1955, George appeared as Sergei in the episode "Mightier Than the Sword" of the religion anthology television series,

Cheyenne

chief who tries to maintain peace with the white community. George was cast in the episodes "The Treachery of At-Ta-Tu" (1955), as Night Wind in "Voice of the Serpent" (1955), and as Red Wing in "Witch Bear" (1956).
In 1957, he appeared as Sancho Mendariz on the TV western
Sheriff of Cochise, in which Sheriff Frank Morgan (John Bromfield), based in Cochise County, Arizona
, establishes roadblocks in pursuit of Frazee and two of his men, but the fleeing bandits take an isolated road into the mountains.
In 1958, he played an escaped mental patient in an episode of
Highway Patrol, a police drama starring Broderick Crawford. (The first name of George's acting credits is sometimes Anthony, sometimes Tony.) In January 1959, George played a Catholic priest, Padre John, in the episode "The Desperadoes" of the western series, Sugarfoot. Later in 1959, George was first cast as federal agent Cam Allison in the first season of ABC's The Untouchables, with Robert Stack. He appeared in twelve episodes before he landed his role on Checkmate. After Checkmate ended, he appeared as the lead character in "The Johnny Masters Story" episode of Wagon Train
.
George's longest-running success came from his decades-long career in daytime soap operas. In 1967, George replaced Mitchell Ryan as the brooding Burke Devlin on Dark Shadows. Some months later, the character was "killed" in a plane crash, and George created the role of Jeremiah Collins in a flashback to the year 1795. The story ran for most of 1967, until Jeremiah was killed off. George obtained further roles on CBS's Search for Tomorrow (as Dr. Tony Vincente, 1970–75) and One Life to Live (as Dr. Will Vernon #3).
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, One Life to Live was written and produced by many Dark Shadows alumni, which led to a scene where former Dark Shadows stars George,
Simon and Simon
.

Death

George died of complications from emphysema in Newport Beach, California, on March 16, 2005.^[1] His death was announced by actor Earl Holliman.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950	Black Hand	Footpad	Uncredited
1950	Under My Skin	Rico	Uncredited
1950	Love That Brute	Pretty Willie's Bodyguard	Uncredited
1950	Where the Sidewalk Ends	Scalise Hoodlum	Uncredited
1951	The Fat Man	Anthony the Wolf	Uncredited
1951	Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison	Convict Holding Warden Hostage	Uncredited
1951	You Never Can Tell	Detective Lieutenant Louie Luisetti
1954	The Adventures of Hajji Baba	Palace Guard	Uncredited
1954	The Silver Chalice	Sicarii	Uncredited
1956	Three Bad Sisters	Tony Cadiz
1956	The Ten Commandments	Slave	Uncredited
1957	Chicago Confidential	Duncan
1957	Gunfire at Indian Gap	Juan Morales
1958	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Sasha Ismael	Season 3 Episode 25: "Flight to the East"
1963	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Victor Castillejo	Season 1 Episode 29: "The Dark Pool"