George W. George

George W. George (born George Warren Goldberg, February 8, 1920 – November 7, 2007) was an American theater, Broadway and film producer. His credits included the 1981 film My Dinner With Andre and several hit Broadway productions.

George Warren Goldberg was born in Manhattan on February 8, 1920. His parents were the well known cartoonist Rube Goldberg and Goldberg's wife, Irma Seeman. George attended Williams College.

George's father, Rube Goldberg, often received hate mail for his political cartoons during World War II. Rube insisted that both of his sons, George and Thomas, change their surnames to protect themselves. When Thomas chose the last name of "George", George decided to take the same surname as his brother. The newly renamed George W. George wanted to keep a sense of family togetherness by having the same name as his brother.

George W. George made his film producing debut with the 1957 documentary The James Dean Story, which was directed and produced by Robert Altman. Other films to his credit included Rich Kids in 1979, which was written by his wife, Judith Ross George and 1973's Night Watch, which starred Elizabeth Taylor.

George's most well known film was My Dinner With Andre, which was released in 1981. George co-produced the film with Beverly Karp. Starring Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn, it opened to little enthusiasm but soon received critical acclaim and ultimately pulled in a 5 million-dollar box office gross. At the time, five million was considered a good total for a low-budget, independent film.

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