American actor
George Dzundza
Born (1945-07-19 ) July 19, 1945 (age 78) Occupation Actor Years active 1973–2011 Spouse
Mary Jo Vermeulen
(
m. 1982)
Children 3
George Dzundza ( ZUUND -zə ;[1] born July 19, 1945)[2] is an American television and film actor. His notable work includes The Waltons (1975), Skokie (1981), Open All Night (1981), No Way Out (1987), The Beast (1988). He appeared in The Deer Hunter , Streamers , Impulse , White Hunter Black Heart , The Butcher's Wife , Basic Instinct , Crimson Tide , Dangerous Minds and City by the Sea , Law & Order , and Jesse .
Early life and education
Dzundza was born in Rosenheim , Germany, to a Ukrainian father, Roman Dzundza, originally from Kalush, Poland (now a city of Ukraine ), and a Polish mother, Maria Humenecka, originally from Lviv, Poland (another city now part of Ukraine ). His parents were forced into factory labour by the Nazis .[3] He spent the first few years of his life in displaced persons camps with his parents and one brother.[4]
The family moved to Amsterdam in 1949, then moved to the US in 1956, settling in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City.[5] He attended Xavier High School in Manhattan . He attended St. Johns University and also studied under Stella Adler [6] and Harold Clurman .[7]
Career
Dzundza began acting in his freshman year of college at the insistence of another student.[8] However, his professional stage debut was in a 1973 New York Shakespeare Festival production of King Lear .[5]
Dzundza starred in a short-lived 1981 sitcom series Open All Night ,[8] about the owner of a "Store 364" convenience store in Inglewood, California .[9] He portrayed American Nazi leader Frank Collin in the 1981 made-for-television movie Skokie .[10]
In 1987, Dzundza played Sam Hesselman, a disabled man in a wheelchair, in No Way Out [11] [6] and Commander Daskal in The Beast in 1988.[12] Other major film roles of his include The Deer Hunter ,[13] Streamers ,[13] Impulse ,[13] White Hunter Black Heart , [13] The Butcher's Wife ,[13] Basic Instinct ,[13] Crimson Tide ,[13] Dangerous Minds [13] and City by the Sea .[6]
He was an original cast member of the NBC drama Law & Order ,[13] playing NYPD Sergeant Max Greevey in the first season only. Dzundza quit after the first season of the show.[14]
His other acting work includes an appearance on The Waltons (1975),[13] and playing the Archie Bunker -like father in the short-lived Christina Applegate sitcom Jesse .[13] He voiced supervillain the Ventriloquist in Batman: The Animated Series ,[13] and Perry White in Superman: The Animated Series .[13]
In 2005, he played Anubis (aka "Jim") in the Stargate SG-1 Season 8 episode "Threads ".[13] Dzundza portrayed George O'Malley 's father Harold on Grey's Anatomy .[13]
Personal life
Dzundza has been married since 1982 to Mary Jo Vermeulen.[7] They have three daughters[2] as well as two grandchildren.[7]
He is a naturalized US citizen.[2]
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1974
Kung Fu
Mr. Evans / 1st John
Episode: "Night of the Owls, Day of the Doves"
Great Performances
Gentleman
Episode: "King Lear"
1975
Movin' On
Charlie Banner
Episode: "From Baltimore to Eternity"
Starsky & Hutch
Crandell
Episode: "Snowstorm"
The Waltons
A.J. Covington
Episode: "The Abdication"
Grady
George Kosinski
3 episodes
Joe Forrester
Episode: "The Best Laid Schemes"
1976
Bert D'Angelo/Superstar
Mike Zuber
Episode: "Murder in Velvet"
1977
The Streets of San Francisco
Paul Weber
Episode: "The Canine Collar"
1978
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Gruzauskas
TV film
1979
Salem's Lot
Cully Sawyer
2 episodes
TV miniseries
1979–1980
Young Maverick
Clem
2 episodes
1981
Skokie
Frank Collin
TV film
A Long Way Home
Floyd Booth
1981–1982
Open All Night
Gordon Feester
13 episodes
1983
The Face of Rage
Nick
TV film
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Woodsman
Episode: "Sleeping Beauty"
1984
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
Lt. DeCarlo
TV film
When She Says No
Paul Fellows
1984, 1988
CBS Schoolbreak Special
Mr. Elder / Arthur Jennings
2 episodes
1985
The Rape of Richard Beck
Blastig
TV film
Brotherly Love
Lieutenant Conde
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Prison Chaplain
1986
The Disney Sunday Movie
Pete Selzer
Episode: "2 1/2 Dad"
The Twilight Zone
Colonel Ilyanov
Episode: "Red Snow "
One Police Plaza
Detective Gustav Stamm
TV film
1987
Crime Story
Ivan Ivanovitch Patchenko
Episode: "Mig 21"
Glory Years
John Moss
TV film
1988
Something Is Out There
Frank Dileo
2 episodes
1989
Terror on Highway 91
Sheriff Jessie Barton
TV film
The Ryan White Story
Dr. Kleiman
Cross of Fire
Boyd Gurley
TV miniseries (2 episodes) / TV film
1990–1991
Law & Order
Sergeant Max Greevey
22 episodes
1992
What She Doesn't Know
Jack Kilcoin
TV film
1993–1995
Batman: The Animated Series
Arnold Wesker/The Ventriloquist , G. Carl Francis, Chubb
Voice, 6 episodes[15]
1993
The Untouchables
Warden Wyandotte
3 episodes
Animaniacs
Ivan Bloski
Voice, episode: "Plane Pals"[15]
1994
The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story
Dr. Cecil Jacobson
TV film
Matlock
Michael Brennan
Episode: "Brennan"
The Enemy Within
Jake
TV film
1996
The Limbic Region
Lloyd
Road Rovers
Gustav Hovac
Voice, episode: "Where Rovers Dare"[15]
1996–1999
Superman: The Animated Series
Perry White
Voice, 8 episodes[15]
1997
The New Batman Adventures
Arnold Wesker/The Ventriloquist
Voice, episode: "Double Talk"[15]
1998–1999
Jesse
John Warner, Sr.
22 episodes
2000
Touched by an Angel
Bud Baxter
Episode: "The Empty Chair"
Third Watch
Faith's Dad
Episode: "Know Thyself"
2002
The Agency
Helmut
Episode: "The Gauntlet"
2002–2003
Hack
Tom Grzelak
22 episodes
2005
Stargate SG-1
Jim/Anubis
Episode: "Threads "
2005–2007
Grey's Anatomy
Harold O'Malley
TV series, 7 episodes
2006
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
Coach
Voice, episode: "The Secret Snake Club vs. P.E."
2008
October Road
Gloy Daniels
Episode: "Hat? No Hat?"
2009
The Beast
Lieutenant Platko
Episode: "Two Choices"
2011
Danni Lowinski
Augustus 'Gus' Lowinski
TV film
Video games
References
^ "Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures" . Loc.gov. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2015-08-26 .
^ a b c "Dzundza, George 1945—" . encyclopedia.com . Retrieved May 4, 2022 .
^ Jakle, Jeanne (December 26, 1998). "Nice-guy actor won't turn fans away - or off" . San Antonio Express-News / mySA.com . S.A. Life. Retrieved 2015-08-26 – via newsbank.com.
^ "New Yorkers bring culture to Catskills" . ukrweekly.com . 13 September 1998. Archived from the original on January 5, 2006.
^ a b "George Dzundza" . TCM.com . Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 4, 2022 .
^ a b c "George Dzundza" . stellaadler.com . Stella Adler Studio of Acting. 20 August 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2022 .
^ a b c Bengel, Erick (March 13, 2014). "Dzundza directs Coaster Theatre production" . The Astorian (December 7, 2018 ed.). Cannon Beach Gazette. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via dailyastorian.com.
^ a b Jacobs, Jay S. (February 26, 2003). "George Dzundza" . PopEntertainment.com . Retrieved May 4, 2022 .
^ Handler, David (March 3, 1982). " 'Open All Night' is weird -- but good" . The Madison Courier . Madison, Indiana . p. B7. Retrieved November 16, 2012 .
^ "Film documents Skokie's resistance to Neo-Nazis" . San Diego Jewish World . 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-05 .
^ Slovick, Matt. "No Way Out" . washingtonpost.com . Retrieved 2020-11-05 .
^ Kehr, Dave (2 December 1988). " 'The Beast' Intrigues with Its Point of View" . chicagotribune.com . Retrieved 2020-11-05 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "George Dzundza Credits" . tvguide.com . Retrieved 28 October 2023 .
^ Courrier, Kevin; Green, Susan (November 22, 1999). Law & Order: The Unofficial Companion (2nd ed.). Los Angeles, California: Renaissance Books. p. 111. ISBN 1-58063-108-8 .
^ a b c d e f g h "George Dzundza (visual voices guide)" . Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 16, 2023 .
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