Born in Norwood, Ohio, USA — Sep 16 1932

George Chakiris (born September 16, 1932) is an American dancer, singer and actor. He is best known for his role as Bernardo in the 1961 film version of West Side Story, which earned him an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Prior to West Side Story, Chakiris appeared uncredited in many musicals such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), White Christmas (1954), and Brigadoon (1954) as a dancer or chorus member. After West Side Story, he had starring roles in several lesser-known critical and commercial failures such as Diamond…
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Eric Bowman

Chris Lahani

Dr. John Martins

Self

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Brett Cole

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Angelo Spinelli

Captain Chuck Corwin

Robert Stone

Carlo Indrezzano


Bernard DeJardine

Professor Peterson
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Ric Montenez

Bernardo

Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Dancer (uncredited)

GI in Tank

Dancer in Play (uncredited)

Etienne

Dancer (uncredited)

Balam

Frédéric Chopin

Self

Lieutenant Erik Bergman

Bernardo

Johnny Allen

Young Groom

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Bank Manager

Pierre

George Chakiris

The Caliph

Dancer (uncredited)

Self

Dancer (uncredited)

Dancer

Dancer in The Ocarina Number (uncredited)

Eric Ericson

Dancer (song "Chop Suey") (uncredited)

Dancer

Haghios

Dr. Dean Kahana

Michael Fury

Dancer

Bube

2nd Lt. John Gregg

Self - Guest Speaker

Robert Stone

Pvt. Steiner

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Saskia

Choir Boy

Self (archive footage)

Larry Curado

Vincent

Robert Bowman

George Clark

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