George Coulouris

Distinguished stage actor and character player of the screen who entered films in 1933 and specialized in playing immaculate villains. Coulouris was an original member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater and appeared as the memorably frosty and forever nonplussed guardian Walter Parks Thatcher in Welles' "Citizen Kane" (1941).

• Born:
  October 1, 1903 in Manchester, England, United Kingdom
• Died:
  April 25, 1989.
• Job Titles:
  Actor

Education

• Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England

Milestones

• 1926 Debut as British stage actor; had minor roles at the Old Vic and leads with the Festival Theatre in Cambridge
• 1929 First role on Broadway
• 1933 Film acting debut, Christopher Bean