George Maharis

George Maharis 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 shortlived TV series The Most Deadly Game.

Maharis was one of seven children born to Greek immigrants in Astoria, Queens. He studied at the Actors Studio and appeared in OffBroadway productions of Jean Genets Deathwatch and Edward Albees The Zoo Story. He appeared on Studio One, Kraft Television Theater, Goodyear Television Playhouse, Stirling Silliphants Naked City and Otto Premingers Exodus, and in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow as Bud Gardner, one of Joanne Gardners relatives who married Janet Bergman Collins.

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