George Maharis was best known as an American actor, singer, and artist 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 TV series The Most Deadly Game.
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Maharis died Wednesday at his home in Beverly Hills, on May 24, 2023, at the age of 94. The news was confirmed by his longtime friend and caregiver Marc Bahan.
Maharis was born on September 1, 1928, in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York, one of seven children to Greek immigrants. He attended Flushing High School and spent 18 months with the U.S. Marines.
Maharis studied at the Actors Studio and appeared in off-Broadway productions of Jean Genet’s Deathwatch and Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story. He appeared on Studio One, Kraft Television Theater, Goodyear Television Playhouse, Stirling Silliphant’s Naked City and Otto Preminger’s Exodus, and in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow as Bud Gardner, one of Joanne Gardner’s relatives who married Janet Bergman Collins.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
