who is the extra crispy colonel
Instead, the Golden Globe-nominated actor will take the mantle of the so-called âExtra Crispy Colonel,â a bronze-skinned, beach-bum cousin of the avuncular Southern gentleman whom KFC dream't up specifically to sell its âextra crispyâ-style chicken.
George Hamilton in Palm Beach in 2013. Col. Sanders has never been so tanned. In a new commercial making the YouTube rounds for National Fried Chicken Day, Palm Beachâs own George Hamilton is playing âthe Extra Crispy Colonel,â one of several online ads the actor-boulevardier has made for the chicken chain this summer.