George Maharis (born September 1, 1928) is an American actor who
portrayed Buz Murdock in the first three seasons of the TV series
Route 66. Maharis also recorded numerous pop music albums at the
height of his fame, and later starred in the short-lived TV series The
Most Deadly Game.Maharis was one of seven children born to Greek
immigrants in Astoria, Queens. He attended Flushing High School and
served in the United States Marine Corps for 18 months.He studied at
the Actors Studio and appeared in off-Broadway productions of Jean
Genet's Deathwatch and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story. He appeared on
Studio One, Kraft Television Theater, Goodyear Television Playhouse,
Stirling Silliphant's Naked City and Otto Preminger's Exodus, and in
the soap opera Search for Tomorrow as Bud Gardner, one of Joanne
Gardner's relatives who married Janet Bergman Collins.
portrayed Buz Murdock in the first three seasons of the TV series
Route 66. Maharis also recorded numerous pop music albums at the
height of his fame, and later starred in the short-lived TV series The
Most Deadly Game.Maharis was one of seven children born to Greek
immigrants in Astoria, Queens. He attended Flushing High School and
served in the United States Marine Corps for 18 months.He studied at
the Actors Studio and appeared in off-Broadway productions of Jean
Genet's Deathwatch and Edward Albee's The Zoo Story. He appeared on
Studio One, Kraft Television Theater, Goodyear Television Playhouse,
Stirling Silliphant's Naked City and Otto Preminger's Exodus, and in
the soap opera Search for Tomorrow as Bud Gardner, one of Joanne
Gardner's relatives who married Janet Bergman Collins.
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