Biography
George Mathews (October 10, 1911 – November 7, 1984) was an American actor whose film career stretched from an uncredited appearance in Stage Door Canteen in 1943 to Going Home in 1971. Mathews was born in Brooklyn, New York. His stage career began in the early 1930s, when he failed to get a job with the U.S. Postal Service. He joined the Federal Theatre Project and landed the role of Dynamite Jim in the 1937 Broadway revival of the play Processional.Mathews was often cast as heavies or hardened military types. He appeared in both the stage (1942–43) and film version (1944) of The Eve of St. Mark, as Sergeant Ruby. He also portrayed a comedic thug in Pat and Mike (1952).
He appeared on Broadway in the Garson Kanin-directed musical comedy Do Re Mi (1960–62), as "Fatso O'Rear". He later appeared on Broadway play, Catch Me If You Can in 1965.
In 1962, he appeared in Have Gun – Will Travel, Season 6, Episode 6. That same year, he played ex-fighter, “Champ”, in the Season 7 Episode 28 of Gunsmoke, “The Dealer”. He demonstrated his comedic talent in the short-lived television comedy series Glynis (1963), playing ex-cop Chick Rogers, who assists a mystery writer and amateur sleuth, played by Glynis Johns, in solving "whodunnits".
Perhaps his most memorable role was as the bully "Harvey" in 'The Bensonhurst Bomber' episode of The Honeymooners. He retired from the screen in 1972.
Filmography
all 40
Movies 25
TV Shows 15
Going Home (1971)
Androcles and the Lion (1967)
Glynis (1963)
The Hole (1962)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
The Defenders (1961)
Route 66 (1960)
Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
Winterset (1959)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
Perry Mason (1957)
M Squad (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
The Last Wagon (1956)
The Proud Ones (1956)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
The Honeymooners (1955)
The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)
Act of Love (1953)
City Beneath the Sea (1953)
Last of the Comanches (1953)
Omnibus (1952)
Yankee Buccaneer (1952)
Sally and Saint Anne (1952)
Pat and Mike (1952)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Suspense (1949)
Studio One (1948)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1946)
The Front Page (1945)
The Great John L. (1945)
The Corn Is Green (1945)
The Open Door: The Story Of Foreman Jim Baxter And His Family (1945)
The Eve of St. Mark (1944)
X Marks the Spot (1944)
Up in Arms (1944)
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
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GenderMale
Birthday1911-10-10
Deathday1984-11-07 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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