Biography
George D. Wallace (1917–2005) was an American actor who appeared in films, television and on stage. He played the Bosun in the science-fiction film Forbidden Planet (1956) and starred as Commando Cody in the serial Radar Men from the Moon (1952). His later screen credits include roles in The Towering Inferno (1974), Minority Report (2002) and Bicentennial Man (1999), as well as guest appearances in series such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Wallace made his Broadway debut in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Pipe Dream (1955). He replaced John Raitt in The Pajama Game and co-starred with Mary Martin in Jennie. He received a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award nomination for his leading role opposite Gwen Verdon in New Girl in Town (1957). Other stage work included productions of Camelot, Man of La Mancha and The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
