- Did not speak English until he was six years old, because his family only spoke Greek at home.
- During the Korean War he skippered a Marine Corps crash boat and served as a gunner aboard the type of rescue aircraft used to fly wounded out of Korea. He completed a three-year enlistment with the Marines and stayed for an additional fourth year of service before being discharged and returning home to Miami.
- Often described as the uncle of Vanna White. Vanna has said that, although he was not a biological relation of hers, "my mother grew up with his family. Years later in L.A., he and his wife took me under their wing".
- Even though he was a heavy drinker and frequent smoker of cigars both on and off camera, his fatal 1983 heart attack stemmed from a 1/4/67 mishap on the set of The Rat Patrol (1966). While filming a chase scene, George's jeep flipped over, pinning him beneath the vehicle. He sustained a concussion as well as a muscle tear to his neck and chest which included a cardiac contusion. The injury to his heart never properly healed and scar tissue subsequently developed on his heart.
- Enlisted in the US Marine Corps on 10/13/48, in Jacksonville, FL, at age 17. He lied about his age on his recruitment form by giving his year of birth as 1929, which then stuck with him for most of his adult life.
- Appeared together with his wife, Lynda Day George, in a number of films: The Gentle Rain (1966), Chisum (1970), House on Greenapple Road (1970), Mayday at 40, 000 Feet! (1976), Day of the Animals (1977), Cruise Into Terror (1978), Pieces (1982) and Mortuary (1982) as well as several TV series.
- Earned the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.
- Appeared with his brother, Nick George, in the TV episode The Field of Death Raid (1968).
- His first duty station was Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station, Quantico, VA. In April 1950 he transferred to Aircraft Engineering Squadron 12 (AES-12), also located at Quantico. AES-12 maintained the aircraft for school pilots and also used them as a demonstration squadron for members of the US Congress, demonstrating new rockets and bombs. While assigned to AES-12, he rose to the rank of sergeant.
- Buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA..
- Although several sources cite his "Rat Patrol" injuries as a contributing factor to his death, George was a frequent smoker of cigars, a heavy drinker, had known heart disease and had undergone coronary bypass surgery about five years prior to his death.
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