George Chakiris

b. 16 Sept 1933, Norwood, Ohio, USA. Chakiris made an appearance in movies like a dancer through the late 40s, initially using the name George Kerris, and later on researched dance. Film looks from the 50s included Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), White colored Christmas, THE LADY Rush, Right now there’s Simply no Business Like Display Business, Brigadoon (all 1954) and Match Me In NEVADA (1956), in every which he made an appearance being a dancer. Then began executing dramatic assignments, including Under Fireplace (1957), nonetheless it was in a job where he both danced and acted that he produced his greatest influence. This is as Bernardo in the 1961 film edition of West Aspect Story; his functionality within this brought him the Oscar as Greatest Supporting Actor. The majority of Chakiris’ movies through the 60s and the casual movies he manufactured in afterwards decades discovered him in dramatic assignments. Several movies were made beyond your USA, such as for example 1969’s THE BEST Cube, with Lana Turner, and 1982’s Jekyll And Hyde … Jointly Again, and everything were significantly less than challenging of professional and viewers. In the middle-80s, Chakiris was for some time in tv’s Dallas.