Centerfold photo of George Maharis in the July 1973 issue of Playgirl Magazine

George Maharis (born September 1, 1928 in Astoria, New York) is an American actor and was one of seven children born to Greek immigrants. After several years appearing on the stage in stock company productions, on television in such showcases as Studio One, Kraft Theater, Naked City and Goodyear Theater and in Otto Preminger's "Exodus", in the 1960s, he shot to stardom with his successful turn as Buzz Murdock in the popular TV series Route 66, which co-starred Martin Milner as rich-but-orphaned Tod Stiles, and featured the two rebel-hunks traveling throughout the United States along Route 66 in a spicy new Corvette that belonged to Milner's character. Featuring directors as acclaimed as Sam Peckinpah and Arthur Hiller, as well as guest stars as renowned as Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Buster Keaton, Ethel Waters and Martin Sheen, the show's appeal declined when Maharis departed after his third year on the series, reportedly due to conflicts between him and Milner over acting styles. Glenn Corbett stepped in as Milner's new sidekick on the road, but a mere year later, in September 1964, Route 66 was cancelled. 1981 issue of Playgirl magazine featuring actor Leigh McCloskey Playgirl is a monthly erotic lifestyle magazine published in the United States that features seminude or fully nude men. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Astoria can mean: Cities, villages, and towns in the United States (listed in order of population) Astoria, Queens, formerly an independent town, now part of Queens in New York City The city of Astoria, Oregon The village of Astoria, Illinois The town of Astoria, South Dakota Famous Places The London... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... Studio One is one of Reggaes most renowned record labels, having been described as the Motown of Jamaica. ... Naked City was a John Zorn-led avant-garde music group that incorporated recognizable elements of jazz, surf music, metal, punk rock and literally dozens of other music genres. ... Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was a film director. ... Alternate meanings of Route 66: New Jersey State Highway 66, Interstate 66, and a company named after the route US Highway 66 or Route 66 was and is the most famous road in the United States highway system and quite possibly the most famous and storied highway in the world. ... Martin Milner (born December 28, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actor best known for his performances as Officer Pete Malloy in the cult-classic Adam-12. ... Sam Peckinpah David Samuel Peckinpah (February 21, 1925 - December 28, 1984) was an American film director, known as Sam Peckinpah. ... Arthur Hiller (born November 22, Canadian film maker. ... Robert Redford Charles Robert Redford Jr. ... Robert Duvall Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American film actor and director. ... Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. ... Ethel Waters, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1938 Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an African American blues vocalist who frequently performed jazz, big band, gospel, and popular music, on Broadway and off. ... Martin Sheen Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez (born August 3, 1940), better known as Martin Sheen, is an American actor, best known for his roles in the film Apocalypse Now, and currently as President Josiah Bartlet on the television drama The West Wing. ...

For Maharis, a string of film failures followed, including "Quick Before It Melts" (1964), "Sylvia" (1965), "A Covenant with Death" (1967), "The Happening" (1967) and "The Desperados" (1969). To complicate matters, Maharis was arrested for lewd conduct on December 15, 1967 when he made a pass at a male vice squad officer and was fined $50 after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace. On November 21, 1974, at age 46, Maharis was arrested for committing a sex act with a hairdresser in the men's room of a gas station in Los Angeles. He was booked on a sex perversion charge and released on $500 bail.

However, Maharis remained a popular sex symbol and in July 1973 posed nude for Playgirl's second issue. An impressionist painter and nightclub singer, Maharis, who had released "Just Turn Me Loose!", "Portrait in Music" and "George Maharis Sings!" through Epic Records earlier in his career, continued to paint and perform in nightclubs. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Maharis guest-starred in dozens of hit television series, including Fantasy Island, Kojak, McMillan and Wife, Barnaby Jones, Police Story and Switch, as well as Murder She Wrote in 1990. In 1993 he performed in his, to date, final film, Doppelganger. 1981 issue of Playgirl magazine featuring actor Leigh McCloskey Playgirl is a monthly erotic lifestyle magazine published in the United States that features seminude or fully nude men. ... Tattoo and Mr. ... Telly Savalas as Theo Kojak Kojak was a US detective TV series which ran between 1973 and 1978 on CBS, starring Telly Savalas as bald New York City policeman Lt. ... McMillan and Wife was an American crime drama television series that aired on NBC from 1971 to 1978. ... Barnaby Jones was a detective series which ran on CBS from 1973 to 1980. ... This article is about the American TV series Police Story, for the Jackie Chan film see Police Story (movie) Police Story was an anthology television drama on the NBC broadcast network from the years 1973 through 1977. ... Electrical switches. ... Categories: Television stubs | Crime television series ... Doppelganger (a. ...

Now retired from acting, Maharis continues to paint.

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