George Barrows
Born: 1914-02-07
Died: 1994-10-17
Known For: Acting
Biography
George Barrows was a prolific American character actor and stuntman who became one of Hollywood’s most sought-after "gorilla performers". While he played hundreds of small, often uncredited human roles, he is best remembered for appearing in more than 100 films and television episodes while wearing a custom-made gorilla suit
Filmography
1981
- Choices as Grandpa
1979
- The Frisco Kid as Ticket Purchaser
- The Trophy Case
1978
1973
- The President's Plane Is Missing as Mr. Meyers
1971
- Hacksaw as Olney Curtis
1969
- Hello, Dolly! as Policeman (uncredited)
1968
- Adam-12 as Mr. Bunch
- Panic in the City as Ernest
1967
- Hillbillys in a Haunted House as Anatole the Gorilla
1966
- Batman as Charles
- The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini as Monstro
1964
- The Addams Family as Gorgo
- The Carpetbaggers ... (Stunts)
1962
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- The Lucy Show as Gorilla
1961
1959
- Imitation of Life as Furniture Mover
1958
- The Texan
- Peter Gunn
- Frankenstein's Daughter as Loading Dock Worker Mack
1957
- The Night Runner as Bus Driver (uncredited)
1955
- Brooba as Gorilla
- Timber Country Trouble as LaFarge, the foreman
1954
- The Lone Wolf as Hood (uncredited)
- Gorilla at Large as Goliath the Gorilla (uncredited)
- The Outlaw's Daughter as 'Rock' Swenson
- Duffy of San Quentin as Convict
1953
- Robot Monster as Ro-Man the Monster / Great Guidance
- Mesa of Lost Women as George
- Loose in London
1952
- The Abbott and Costello Show as Gorilla
- Son of Ali Baba as Villager (uncredited)
- The Red Ball Express as Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)
- Les Miserables as Gendarme (uncredited)
- A Girl in Every Port as Marine Sentry
1951
- Dragnet
- M as Policeman (uncredited)
- The Whip Hand as Federal Agent (uncredited)
- Law of the Badlands as Barfly (uncredited)
1950
- Walk Softly, Stranger as Man at Bar (uncredited)
- Tarzan and the Slave Girl
- Mark of the Gorilla as Henchman
1949
- Trapped as Federal Agent (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Sir Galahad as Outlaw (uncredited)
1948
- Silver River as Townsman (uncredited)
- The Street with No Name as Bouncer at Gym (Uncredited)
- Wake of the Red Witch as Seaman
1947
- Desperate as Train Passenger (uncredited)
- The Exile as Loyalist (uncredited)
- Suddenly It's Spring as Military Policeman at Dock
1946
- Magnificent Doll as Jedson (uncredited)
- Dick Tracy vs. Cueball as Crewman (uncredited)
1943
- Something to Shout About as Aloysius
1942
- Fall In as Fifth Columnist in Brawl
1941
- They Died with Their Boots On ... (Stunts)
- King of the Texas Rangers as Dirigible Lieutenant
1940
- Seven Sinners as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- Buck Benny Rides Again as Dancer
1939
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Minor Role (uncredited)
1936
- College Holiday as Dancer