George (1972 TV series)

George was a Swiss-Canadian television series. It was shown on CTV on Thursday evenings from 1972 to 1973.

The series was based on the 1972 movie George!. It was about a St. Bernard dog and his owner who live in Switzerland. Marshall Thompson was in both the movie and the -hour series. The series was started in CTV debut in for Thursday evening time slot on 16 September 1972. However, George ended in 1973 after only one season. The Globe and Mail's Blaik Kirby thought the show was "abysmal", or terrible. Even though the show was stopped very quickly and was disliked, the series was rerun for many years afterwards.

Cast
 Marshall Thompson – Jim Hunter
 Trudy Young – Aunt Helga
 Erna Sellmer – Frau Gerber
 Jack Mullaney – Walter
 Volker Stewart – Freddie

Guest appearances
 Zsa Zsa Gabor
 Alan Hale Jr.
 Art Hindle
 John Banner

References

Other websites

 An episode of George
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