George Dzundza

George Dzundza (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> born July 19, 1945)<ref name= enc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a retired<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> American actor. He is known for his varied work in film and on television, including The Deer Hunter (1978), Skokie (1981), No Way Out (1987), The Beast (1988), Impulse (1990), White Hunter Black Heart (1990), The Butcher's Wife (1991), Basic Instinct (1992), Crimson Tide (1995), Dangerous Minds (1995), and City by the Sea (2002).

Dzundza's television roles include Sergeant Max Greevey on the first season of Law & Order (1990–91), Tom Grzelack on Hack (2002–03), Harold O'Malley on Grey's Anatomy (2005–2007), and the voices of Arnold Wesker/The Ventriloquist and Perry White in the DC Animated Universe. He also starred on the short-lived sitcom Open All Night (1981). Along with the ensemble cast, Dzundza won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his performance in the Robert Altman film Streamers (1983). Dzundza also appeared on one episode of Andy Griffith's Matlock series (Season 8, Episode 18) where he played a formidable D.A, Brennan.

Early life and education

Dzundza was born in Rosenheim, Germany, to Ukrainian father Roman Dzundza<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Polish mother Maria Humenecka, who respectively originated from Kalush and Lviv in what is now Ukraine. After the Nazis forced his parents into factory labor, Dzundza spent his early years living in displaced persons camps with them.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Dzundza's family moved to Amsterdam in 1949, then moved to the US in 1956, eventually settling on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City.<ref name="TCM">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He became a naturalized US citizen.<ref name="enc" /> He attended Xavier High School and St. Johns University, and studied under Stella Adler and Harold Clurman.<ref name="Stella" /><ref name= Astorian />

Career

Dzundza began acting in his freshman year of college at the insistence of another student.<ref name= pop>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, his professional stage debut was in a 1973 New York Shakespeare Festival production of King Lear,<ref name="TCM" /> which was later aired as an episode of Great Performances. He starred in the Festival's 1973-74 national tour of That Championship Season.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He also starred in the Broadway productions The Ritz and Legend,<ref name=":1" /> and in A Prayer for My Daughter at the Public Theatre.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1979 he played the role of Cully Sawyer in the horror film, Salem's Lot.

Dzundza starred in a short-lived 1981 sitcom series Open All Night,<ref name= pop /> about the owner of a "Store 364" convenience store in Inglewood, California.<ref name="mad820303">Template:Cite news</ref> He portrayed American Nazi leader Frank Collin in the 1981 television film Skokie.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1983, he starred in Robert Altman's film Streamers, based on the David Rabe play of the same name.<ref name="tv" /> The film's ensemble cast collectively won the Best Actor Award at the 40th Venice International Film Festival.

In 1987, Dzundza played Sam Hesselman, a disabled man in a wheelchair, in No Way Out<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name= Stella>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Commander Daskal in The Beast in 1988.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other major film roles of his include The Deer Hunter,<ref name="tv">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Impulse,<ref name="tv"/> White Hunter Black Heart,<ref name="tv"/> The Butcher's Wife,<ref name="tv"/> Basic Instinct,<ref name="tv"/> Crimson Tide,<ref name="tv"/> Dangerous Minds<ref name="tv"/> and City by the Sea.<ref name= Stella />

He was an original cast member of the NBC drama Law & Order,<ref name="tv"/> playing NYPD Sergeant Max Greevey in the first season only. Dzundza left after the first season of the show.<ref name="Courrier and Green 111">Template:Cite book</ref>

His other acting work includes an appearance on The Waltons (1975),<ref name="tv"/> and playing the Archie Bunker-like father in the short-lived Christina Applegate sitcom Jesse.<ref name="tv"/> He voiced supervillain the Ventriloquist in Batman: The Animated Series,<ref name="tv"/> and Perry White in Superman: The Animated Series.<ref name="tv"/>

In 2005, he played Anubis (aka "Jim") in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Threads".<ref name="tv"/> Dzundza portrayed George O'Malley's father Harold on Grey's Anatomy.<ref name="tv"/>

Personal life

Dzundza has been married to Mary Jo Vermeulen since 1982.<ref name= Astorian /> They have three daughters and two grandchildren.<ref name= Astorian>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="enc" />

Now semi-retired, Dzundza resides in Astoria, Oregon, where he directs community and regional theatre productions.<ref name=":0" />

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	Massage Parlor Murders	Mr. Creepy	Also assistant director
1974	Fischia Il Sesso	Dean
1975	The Happy Hooker	Chet
1978	The Deer Hunter	John Welsh
1981	Honky Tonk Freeway	Eugene
1983	Streamers	Cokes
1984	Best Defense	Steve Loparino
1986	No Mercy	Captain Stemkowski
1987	No Way Out	Sam Hesselman
	No Man's Land	Uncle Mike	Uncredited
1988	The Beast	Daskal
	Honor Bound	Wocjinski
1990	Impulse	Lt. Joe Morgan
	White Hunter Black Heart	Paul Landers
1991	The Butcher's Wife	Leo Lemke
1992	Basic Instinct	Detective Gus Moran
1995	Crimson Tide	COB Walters
	Dangerous Minds	Hal Griffith
1997	That Darn Cat	Boetticher
	Do Me A Favor	Wallace Muller
1998	Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero	Dr. Gregory Belson (voice)	citation	CitationClass=web }} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
	Species II	Colonel Carter Burgess Jr.
1999	Instinct	Dr. John Murray
2000	Above Suspicion	Stamos
2002	Determination of Death	Mac
	City by the Sea	Reg Duffy
2005	National Lampoon's Adam & Eve	Eve's dad
2006	Superman: Brainiac Attacks	Perry White (voice)	Direct-to-video<ref name="btva" />
2010	The Chosen One	Norman	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Kung Fu	Mr. Evans / 1st John	Episode: "Night of the Owls, Day of the Doves"
	Great Performances	Gentleman	Episode: "King Lear"
1975	Movin' On	Charlie Banner	Episode: "From Baltimore to Eternity"
	Starsky & Hutch	Crandell	Episode: "Snowstorm"
	The Waltons	A.J. Covington	Episode: "The Abdication"
	Grady	George Kosinski	3 episodes
	Joe Forrester		Episode: "The Best Laid Schemes"
1976	Bert D'Angelo/Superstar	Mike Zuber	Episode: "Murder in Velvet"
1977	The Streets of San Francisco	Paul Weber	Episode: "The Canine Collar"
1978	The Defection of Simas Kudirka	Gruzauskas	Television film
1979	Salem's Lot	Cully Sawyer	Miniseries
1979–1980	Young Maverick	Clem	2 episodes
1981	Skokie	Frank Collin	Television film
	A Long Way Home	Floyd Booth
1981–1982	Open All Night	Gordon Feester	13 episodes
1983	The Face of Rage	Nick	Television film
	Faerie Tale Theatre	The Woodsman	Episode: "Sleeping Beauty"
1984	The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck	Lt. DeCarlo	Television film
	When She Says No	Paul Fellows
1984, 1988	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Mr. Elder / Arthur Jennings	2 episodes
1985	The Rape of Richard Beck	Blastig	Television film
	Brotherly Love	Lieutenant Conde
	The Execution of Raymond Graham	Prison Chaplain
1986	The Disney Sunday Movie	Pete Selzer	Episode: "2 1/2 Dad"
	The Twilight Zone	Colonel Ilyanov	Episode: "Red Snow"
	One Police Plaza	Detective Gustav Stamm	Television film
1987	Crime Story	Ivan Ivanovitch Patchenko	Episode: "Mig 21"
	Glory Years	John Moss	Television film
1988	Something Is Out There	Frank Dileo	2 episodes
1989	Terror on Highway 91	Sheriff Jessie Barton	Television film
	The Ryan White Story	Dr. Kleiman
	Cross of Fire	Boyd Gurley	Miniseries
1990–91	Law & Order	Sergeant Max Greevey	Main cast (22 episodes)
1992	What She Doesn't Know	Jack Kilcoin	Television film
1993–95	Batman: The Animated Series	Arnold Wesker/The Ventriloquist, G. Carl Francis, Chubb (voices)	6 episodes<ref name="btva" />
1993	The Untouchables	Warden Wyandotte	3 episodes
	Animaniacs	Ivan Bloski (voice)	Episode: "Plane Pals"<ref name="btva" />
1994	The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story	Cecil Jacobson	Television film
	Matlock	Michael Brennan	Episode: "Brennan"
	The Enemy Within	Jake	Television film
1996	The Limbic Region	Lloyd
	Road Rovers	Gustav Hovac (voice)	Episode: "Where Rovers Dare"<ref name="btva" />
1996–99	Superman: The Animated Series	Perry White (voice)	10 episodes<ref name="btva" />
1997	The New Batman Adventures	Arnold Wesker/The Ventriloquist (voice)	Episode: "Double Talk"<ref name="btva" />
1998–99	Jesse	John Warner Sr.	Main cast (22 episodes)
2000	Touched by an Angel	Bud Baxter	Episode: "The Empty Chair"
	Third Watch	Faith's Dad	Episode: "Know Thyself"
2002	The Agency	Helmut	Episode: "The Gauntlet"
2002–03	Hack	Tom Grzelak	Main cast (22 episodes)
2005	Stargate SG-1	Jim/Anubis	Episode: "Threads"
2005–07	Grey's Anatomy	Harold O'Malley	7 episodes
2006	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Coach (voice)	Episode: "The Secret Snake Club vs. P.E."
2008	October Road	Gloy Daniels	Episode: "Hat? No Hat?"
2009	The Beast	Lieutenant Platko	Episode: "Two Choices"
2011	Danni Lowinski	Augustus 'Gus' Lowinski	Television film

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2002	Superman: Shadow of Apokolips	Perry White<ref name="btva" />
2004	Shellshock: Nam '67	Platt
2009	Batman: Arkham Asylum	Blackgate Thug	Uncredited

Stage appearances

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
1973	King Lear	Gentleman	Delacorte Theater, Off-Broadway	For Shakespeare in the Park
	That Championship Season	George Sikowski	U.S. tour
1974	Mert and Phil	Dream Man	Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway
1975-76	The Ritz	Abe	Longacre Theatre, Broadway
1976	A Streetcar Named Desire		McCarter Theatre, Princeton
	Legend	William F. P. Morgan	Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
1977	As To The Meaning of Words		Hartman Theatre, Stamford
1977	A Prayer for My Daughter	Kelly	Public Theater, Off-Broadway
1999	Measure for Measure	Pompey	Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles

Awards and nominations

Institution	Year	Category	Work	Result
Gold Derby Awards	2007	Drama Guest Actor	Grey's Anatomy	Template:Won
	2010	Drama Guest Actor of the Decade		Template:Nom
Venice Film Festival	1983	Best Actor	Streamers	Template:WonTemplate:Efn

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• Dzundza on the Internet Broadway Database
• Dzundza on the Internet Off-Broadway Database