George Hamilton

Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee
Birthday: August 12, 1939

Handsome, perennially-tanned leading man of films and television who is more famous for his social connections than the roles he's played. Even though he was cast in more than fifteen films in ten years during the 1960s, including "By Love Possessed" (1962), with Lana Turner, "Light in the Piazza" (also 1962), with Olivia de Havilland, and "Viva Maria" (1965), with Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau, Hamilton's star didn't really take off. Despite his suitable casting as the daredevil stuntman "Evel Knievel" (1971), his fame actually came to a h…more

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Career Milestones

2007
Signed on for a four-week engagement as Billy Flynn in the Broadway company of "Chicago"
2006
Joined the second season of ABC's Hit Series, "Dancing with the Stars"
2003
Hosted the ABC reality television series "The Family"
2001
Acted in Woody Allen's "Hollywood Ending"
2000
With Merv Griffin, announced plans to produce a movie based on his childhood