George Dzundza ( ; born July 19, 1945) is a retired 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 Matlock.
Early life and education
Dzundza was born in Rosenheim, Germany, shortly after the end of World War II, to Ukrainian father Roman Dzundza and Polish mother Maria Humenecka. His father was from Kalush and mother from Lviv, both in what is now Ukraine. Each had been conscripted into forced labor by the Nazi regime. Dzundza spent his early years living in displaced persons camps with them. He became a naturalized US citizen. However, his professional stage debut was in a 1973 New York Shakespeare Festival production of King Lear, He also starred in the Broadway productions The Ritz and Legend, 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, He portrayed American Nazi leader Frank Collin in the 1981 television film Skokie. In 1983, he starred in Robert Altman's film Streamers, based on the David Rabe play of the same name. and Commander Daskal in The Beast in 1988. Other major film roles of his include The Deer Hunter, Impulse,
His other acting work includes an appearance on The Waltons (1975),
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| Species II
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| 1999
| Instinct
| Dr. John Murray
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| 2000
| Above Suspicion
| Stamos
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| rowspan="2" |2002
|Determination of Death
|Mac
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|City by the Sea
| Reg Duffy
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| 2005
| National Lampoon's Adam & Eve
| Eve's dad
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| 2006
| Superman: Brainiac Attacks
| Perry White (voice)
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Television
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! Role
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| rowspan="2" |1974
| Kung Fu
| Mr. Evans / 1st John
| Episode: "Night of the Owls, Day of the Doves"
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| Great Performances
| Gentleman
| Episode: "King Lear"
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| rowspan="5" |1975
| Movin' On
| Charlie Banner
| Episode: "From Baltimore to Eternity"
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| Starsky & Hutch
| Crandell
| Episode: "Snowstorm"
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| The Waltons
| A.J. Covington
| Episode: "The Abdication"
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| Grady
| George Kosinski
| 3 episodes
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| Joe Forrester
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| Episode: "The Best Laid Schemes"
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| 1976
| Bert D'Angelo/Superstar
| Mike Zuber
| Episode: "Murder in Velvet"
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| 1977
| The Streets of San Francisco
| Paul Weber
| Episode: "The Canine Collar"
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| 1978
| The Defection of Simas Kudirka
| Gruzauskas
| Television film
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| 1979
| Salem's Lot
| Cully Sawyer
| Miniseries
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| 1979–1980
| Young Maverick
| Clem
| 2 episodes
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| rowspan="2" |1981
| Skokie
| Frank Collin
| rowspan="2" |Television film
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| A Long Way Home
| Floyd Booth
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| 1981–1982
| Open All Night
| Gordon Feester
| 13 episodes
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| rowspan="2" |1983
| The Face of Rage
| Nick
| Television film
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| Faerie Tale Theatre
| The Woodsman
| Episode: "Sleeping Beauty"
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| rowspan="2" |1984
| The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
| Lt. DeCarlo
| rowspan="2" |Television film
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| When She Says No
| Paul Fellows
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| 1984, 1988
| CBS Schoolbreak Special
| Mr. Elder / Arthur Jennings
| 2 episodes
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| rowspan="3" |1985
| The Rape of Richard Beck
| Blastig
| rowspan="3" |Television film
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| Brotherly Love
| Lieutenant Conde
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| The Execution of Raymond Graham
| Prison Chaplain
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| rowspan="3" |1986
| The Disney Sunday Movie
| Pete Selzer
| Episode: "2 1/2 Dad"
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| The Twilight Zone
| Colonel Ilyanov
| Episode: "Red Snow"
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| One Police Plaza
| Detective Gustav Stamm
| Television film
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| rowspan="2" |1987
| Crime Story
| Ivan Ivanovitch Patchenko
| Episode: "Mig 21"
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| Glory Years
| John Moss
| Television film
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| 1988
| Something Is Out There
| Frank Dileo
| 2 episodes
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| rowspan="3" |1989
| Terror on Highway 91
| Sheriff Jessie Barton
| rowspan="2" |Television film
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| The Ryan White Story
| Dr. Kleiman
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| Cross of Fire
| Boyd Gurley
| Miniseries
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| 1990–91
| Law & Order
| Sergeant Max Greevey
| Main cast (22 episodes)
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| 1992
| What She Doesn't Know
| Jack Kilcoin
| Television film
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| 1993–95
| Batman: The Animated Series
| Arnold Wesker/The Ventriloquist, G. Carl Francis, Chubb (voices)
| 6 episodes