George (1972 TV series)

This article is about the 1970s TV series. For the 1993 TV series with the same title, see George (1993 TV series).

George was a Swiss-Canadian television series which aired on CTV on Thursday evenings in 1972–73.

George
Created by	Marshall Thompson
Starring	Marshall Thompson Trudy Young Erna Sellmer Volker Stewart
Country of origin	Canada Switzerland West Germany
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Executive producers	Burt Rosen David Winters Murray Chercover
Producers	Wallace Bennett Michael Donohew
Production locations	Grindelwald, Switzerland
Production companies	Winters/Rosen Productions Thompson-Intertel Productions Agincourt Productions
Original release
Network	CTV (Canada)
Release	16 September 1972 (1972-09-16) – 1973 (1973)

The series was based on the 1972 film George!, about the adventures of a St. Bernard dog and his owner who live in Switzerland. Marshall Thompson starred in both the film and the resulting half-hour series.^[1] The series made its CTV debut in a Thursday evening time slot on 16 September 1972.^[2] However, George ended in 1973 after its only season. The Globe and Mail's Blaik Kirby considered the program to be "abysmal".^[3] Despite its short run and mixed critical reaction, much like the situation with the TV series The Trouble with Tracy, the series was rerun on CTV affiliates for years afterwards, usually to fill Saturday morning schedules.

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