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Acting

George Grizzard

Career: Active from 1960 to 2006, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 16
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
74/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1980 · Won · 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards
The Oldest Living Graduate
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1980 · Won
Source: Wikidata

Characters

2

The characters George Grizzard played, best-known titles first.

George Grizzard as John Bradley

George Grizzard as Ed Thompson

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

George Grizzard Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0
Wonder
2.5, average 3.4
Adrenaline
4.0, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Character-Driven 3
Psychological Horror 2
Historical Drama 2
Legal Thriller 2
Character Study 2
Betrayal 2
Moral Dilemma 2
Action-Packed 2
Cold War Era 2
Nostalgic 2
Intrigue 2
Somber Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

4 titles · average score 70

Flags of Our Fathers

73

as John Bradley

Haskett's Chance

as Peyton Haskett

Wonder Boys

73

as Fred Leer

Small Time Crooks

65

as George Blint

1990s

12 titles · average score 58

Sisters and Other Strangers

as Ben Strickland

3rd Rock from the Sun

65

TV show · as George Albright

Touched by an Angel

44

TV show · as Charley Nott

Scarlett

65

TV show · as Henry Hamilton

The 5 Mrs. Buchanans

TV show

Not in My Family

51

as Malcolm Worth

Alex Haley's Queen

48

TV show · as Mr. Cherry

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

as Dr. Sheets

Iran: Days of Crisis

TV show · as Jimmy Carter

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Defense Attorney Arthur Gold

Caroline?

63

as Paul Carmichael

1980s

21 titles · average score 65

TV show

The Deliberate Stranger

69

TV show · as Richard Larsen

The Deliberate Stranger

68

as Richard Larsen

The Golden Girls

83

TV show · as George Devereaux / Jamie

Bachelor Party

57

as Ed Thompson

Murder, She Wrote

74

TV show · as Prof. Tyler Stoneham / Edmund Hall

The Cosby Show

74

TV show · as Mr. Barker

Wrong Is Right

40

as President Lockwood

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

as Mr. Wooster

Seems Like Old Times

65

as Governor

The Oldest Living Graduate

as Floyd Kincaid

Attica

50

as Tom Wicker

1970s

15 titles · average score 63

Firepower

40

as Leo Gelhorn

The Night Rider

as Dan Kenton

Comes a Horseman

51

as Neil Atkinson

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

74

TV show · as Attorney Clay

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

as Ralph Stantlow

The Stranger Within

63

as David Collins

Indict and Convict

as Bob Mathews

The Country Girl

as Bernie Dodd

Pueblo

as Court Counsel

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

65

as Dr. Norbert Woodley

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Larry

Travis Logan, D.A.

as Chuck Bentley

1960s

15 titles · average score 60

Teacher, Teacher

as F. Niles Putnam

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Al Marsh

Medical Center

67

TV show · as Dr. Tom Forley

Ironside

45

TV show

Espionage

TV show · as Lieutenant Bridger

Advise & Consent

78

as Senator Fred van Ackerman

A String of Beads

as Joey Raymond

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Douglas Martin

Ben Casey

65

TV show

Bus Stop

TV show

From the Terrace

48

as Alexander 'Lex' Porter

Thriller

74

TV show · as Merle Jenkins

1950s

11 titles · average score 73

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Roger Shackleforth / Alan Talbot / Walter Ryder Jr.

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Capt. George Ballinger

One Step Beyond

67

TV show · as Pharmacist's Mate Harris

The Detectives

70

TV show

Startime

67

TV show · as Alfred

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Alan Chatterton / Hubert Winter

The Millionaire

68

TV show · as Jerry Mitchell

Playwrights '56

TV show

The United States Steel Hour

71

TV show · as Bill

Omnibus

75

TV show

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Bernie Dodd / Paul Carmichael