A native of Boston and graduate of Syracuse University, George has worked extensively in TV and film since 1972. Notable film work includes the Coen Brothers' best-picture nominee
A Serious Man (2009) as Rabbi Nachtner, Mel Brooks'
Spaceballs (1987) as Colonel Sandurz, and his
To Be or Not to Be (1983). Among other dozens of film credits are the classic
Fletch (1985) and
Fletch Lives (1989),
The Devil's Advocate (1997), and
Trouble with the Curve (2012). George has guest starred on over 150 TV shows, and has been a series regular on nine. He is perhaps best known for his six seasons as Deputy D.A. Irwin Bernstein on
Hill Street Blues (1981).