---
name: "George Maharis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-maharis"
fi1m_id: "george-maharis"
imdb_id: "nm0536781"
tmdb_id: 44880
wikidata_id: "Q1559525"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 September 1928"
died: "24 May 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:03:10.650104+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# George Maharis

## Identity

George Maharis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/george-maharis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** george-maharis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0536781
- **TMDB ID:** 44880
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1559525
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Maharis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1559525, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536781/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44880

Actor. Born 1 September 1928 in Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. Died 24 May 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 September 1928, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 24 May 2023
- **Also known as:** George Maharias
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Maharis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1559525, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536781/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44880

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Sword and the Sorcerer*](https://film.one/film/the-sword-and-the-sorcerer.md) (45)

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## Biography

George Maharis was an American actor. He was born on 1 September 1928 in Astoria, Queens, New York City, and died on 24 May 2023.

He portrayed Buz Murdock in the first three seasons of the television series *Route 66* (1960–1963). Maharis appeared in the film *Exodus* (1960) and played Count Machelli in *The Sword and the Sorcerer* (1982). He guest-starred in series including *Mission: Impossible* (1966), *Kojak* (1973), *Fantasy Island* (1978), *The Bionic Woman* (1976), *Night Gallery* (1970) and *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), and starred in the short-lived series *The Most Deadly Game* (1970). He also recorded several pop music albums.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, apnews.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Sword and the Sorcerer* (1982), Fi1m 45, as Machelli — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sword-and-the-sorcerer.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Doppelganger* (1993), as Mike Wallace
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Alex Burton, Charlie Emmet Cosmo, Esq.
- *The Master* (1984), series, as Simon Garrett
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, as Dr. Charles Brockway
- *The Sword and the Sorcerer* (1982), as Machelli — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sword-and-the-sorcerer.md)
- *The Crash of Flight 401* (1978), as Evan Walsh
- *SST: Death Flight* (1978), as Les Phillips
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Joe Capos
- *Return to Fantasy Island* (1978), as Lowell Benson
- *Logan's Run* (1977), series, as Gavin
- *Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby* (1976), as Guy Woodhouse
- *Good Heavens* (1976), series, Actor
- *Rich Man, Poor Man* (1976), series, as Joey Quayles
- *The Bionic Woman* (1976), series, Actor
- *Murder on Flight 502* (1975), as Robert Davenport
- *Ellery Queen* (1975), series, as Dr. Anthony Bender
- *Switch* (1975), series, as Clouston
- *Death in Space* (1974), as Dr. Dan Summit
- *Death to Sister Mary* (1974), as Mark Fields
- *Come Die with Me* (1974), as Walter Burr
- *The Snoop Sisters* (1973), series, as Robert Duware
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Ringer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Thriller* (1973), series, as Mark Fields
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *Barnaby Jones* (1973), series, as Warren Davis
- *Of Men and Women* (1972), Actor
- *The Victim* (1972), as Ben Chappel
- *McMillan & Wife* (1971), series, as Walter Webley
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor
- *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as Peter Lacland (segment "The Hand of Borgus Weems")
- *The Most Deadly Game* (1970), series, as Jonathan Croft
- *The Last Day of the War* (1970), as Sgt. Chips Slater
- *The Monk* (1969), as Gus Monk
- *Marcus Welby, M.D.* (1969), series, as Curtis Haynes
- *Land Raiders* (1969), as Paul Cardenas
- *The Desperados* (1969), as Jacob Galt
- *Escape to Mindanao* (1968), as Joe Walden
- *Journey to the Unknown* (1968), series, as Stephen Drake
- *The Danny Thomas Hour* (1967), series, as Phil Pearson
- *The Happening* (1967), as Taurus
- *A Covenant with Death* (1967), as Ben Lewis
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Thomas Bachman — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *A Small Rebellion* (1966), as Michael Kolinos
- *The Satan Bug* (1965), as Lee Barrett
- *Sylvia* (1965), as Alan Macklin
- *Quick, Before It Melts* (1965), as Peter Santelli
- *Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing* (1962), Actor
- *Exodus* (1960), as Yoav
- *Route 66* (1960), series, as Buz Murdock
- *The Mugger* (1958), as Nicholas Grecco
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Stroke Strokirch, Tony Bacallas, Johnny Gary, Lundy
- *Alcoa Theatre* (1957), series, as Johnny Cesare
- *The Phil Silvers Show* (1955), series, as Seaman at Craps Game (uncredited)
- *Marty* (1953), as Dancer at the Club (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![George Maharis](https://film.one/media/person/5542907/gallery-aca0d2570939.jpg) George Maharis — Harry Langdon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/George_Maharis_1972.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![A studio portrait of George Maharis, used to promote "Shoulder the Sky, My Lad", an episode of Route 66, which aired on March 2, 1962](https://film.one/media/person/5542907/gallery-2cc4b8ce0a6c.jpg) A studio portrait of George Maharis, used to promote "Shoulder the Sky, My Lad", an episode of Route 66, which aired on March 2, 1962 — The Pat McDermott Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/George_Maharis_2_March_1962_1966_02.jpg/1280px-George_Maharis_2_March_1962_1966_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Publicity photo of George Maharis from the television program Route 66.](https://film.one/media/person/5542907/gallery-01fa45f535dc.jpg) Publicity photo of George Maharis from the television program Route 66. — Photographer-Bud Fraker, Beverly Hills., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/George_Maharis_Route_66_1962.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![George Maharis](https://film.one/media/person/5542907/gallery-acdda442928e.jpg) George Maharis — Image via TMDB
- ![George Maharis](https://film.one/media/person/5542907/gallery-ee6d77f9f4b4.jpg) George Maharis — Image via TMDB
- ![George Maharis](https://film.one/media/person/5542907/gallery-6ed1fa6c16b2.jpg) George Maharis — Image via TMDB
- ![George Maharis](https://film.one/media/person/5542907/gallery-3662907fb8d5.jpg) George Maharis — Image via TMDB
- ![George Maharis](https://film.one/media/person/5542907/gallery-7007d2c5b92b.jpg) George Maharis — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Award 1960: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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