George Hamilton Biography

Fast Facts

• Was the grand marshal for Winchester, Virginia's, 79th Annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in 2006
• Entered a contest at Palm Beach High School when he was a student and won the best actor award
• Starred in two biopics in the height of his career, as playwright Moss Hart in "Act One" and singer Hank Williams in "Your Cheatin' Heart․"
• His debonair style and perpetual tan inspired some to draw a comparison between him and Warren Beatty
• A line of cigars is named after him, as well as a cigar lounge that opened in the 1990s at the New York, New York hotel in Las Vegas
• Co-authored two books, "Life's Little Pleasures" and "Don't Mind If I Do or Do I․"
• Had a sharp sense of humor, which he sometime directed at friends including Burt Reynolds