Early life and education

Dzundza was born in Rosenheim, Germany, to a Ukrainian father and Polish mother who were forced into factory labour by the Nazis. He spent the first few years of his life in displaced persons camps with his parents and one brother. Before immigrating to the United States in 1956, the family lived in Amsterdam for some years. His family then moved to the US, settling in New York City, where George attended Xavier High School. Dzundza attended St. John's University, studying speech and theatre arts. He is a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Career

In 1987, Dzundza played Sam Hesselman, a disabled man in a wheelchair, in No Way Out and Commander Daskal in The Beast. His other major film roles include The Deer Hunter, White Hunter Black Heart, Basic Instinct, Crimson Tide, and Dangerous Minds. He played NYPD Sergeant Max Greevey on Law & Order for one season before leaving the show. Dzundza had his own 1981 sitcom series Open All Night, about the owner of a "Store 364" convenience store in Inglewood, CA.

His other, lesser-known acting work includes an appearance on The Waltons (1975), playing the Archie Bunker-like father in the short-lived Christina Applegate sitcom Jesse, and voicing supervillain the Ventriloquist in Batman: The Animated Series and Perry White in Superman: The Animated Series, as well as numerous minor roles within both shows. His Broadway theatre credits include Terrence McNally's The Ritz.

He portrayed American Nazi leader Frank Collin in the 1981 made-for-television movie Skokie.

In 2005, he played Anubis (aka "Jim") in the Stargate SG-1 Season 8 episode "Threads".

More recently, Dzundza portrayed George O'Malley's father on Grey's Anatomy.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	Massage Parlor Murders	Mr. Creepy
1975	Starsky & Hutch	Crandell	TV series, 1 episode
1975	The Waltons	A.J. Covington	TV series, 1 episode
1979	Salem's Lot	Cully Sawyer	TV miniseries
1981	Skokie	Frank Collin	TV film
1981-1982	Open All Night	Gordon Feester	TV series
1981	A Long Way Home	Floyd Booth	TV film
1984	The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck	Lt. DeCarlo	TV film
1985	The Execution of Raymond Graham	Prison Chaplain	TV film
1985	Country Dance	Lt. Conde	TV film
1988	Something Is Out There	Frank Dileo	TV miniseries
1989	The Ryan White Story	Dr. Kleiman	TV film
1989	Cross of Fire	Boyd Gurley	TV miniseries
1990-1991	Law & Order	Sgt. Max Greevey	TV series, 22 episodes
1993-1995	Batman: The Animated Series	Arnold Wesker / The Ventriloquist	TV series, 7 episodes
1994	Matlock	Michael Brennan	TV series, 1 episode
1996	The Limbic Region	Lloyd	TV film
1996-1999	Superman: The Animated Series	Perry White	TV series, 8 episodes
1997	The New Batman Adventures	Arnold Wesker / The Ventriloquist	TV series, 1 episode
1998-1999	Jesse	John Warner, Sr.	TV series, 22 episodes
2002-2003	Hack	Tom Grzelak	TV series, 22 episodes
2005	Stargate SG-1	Anubis	TV series, 1 episode
2005-2007	Grey's Anatomy	Harold O'Malley	TV series, 7 episodes

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	The Deer Hunter	John Welsh
1981	Honky Tonk Freeway	Eugene
1983	Streamers	Cokes
1984	Best Defense	Steve Loparino
1986	No Mercy	Captain Stemkowski
1987	No Way Out	Sam Hesselman
1987	No Man's Land	Uncle Mike	Uncredited
1988	The Beast	Daskal
1990	White Hunter Black Heart	Paul Landers
1990	Impulse	Lt. Joe Morgan
1991	The Butcher's Wife	Leo Lemke
1992	Basic Instinct	Detective Gus
1995	Crimson Tide	Chief of the Boat (COB) William Cob
1995	Dangerous Minds	Hal Griffith
1997	That Darn Cat	Boetticher
1997	Do Me a Favor	Wallace Muller
1998	Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero	Dr. Gregory Belson	Direct-to-video
1998	Species II	Col. Carter Burgess Jr.
1999	Instinct	Dr. John Murray
2000	Above Suspicion	Stamos
2002	City by the Sea	Reg Duffy
2005	National Lampoon's Adam & Eve	Eve's dad
2006	Superman: Brainiac Attacks	Perry White	Direct-to-video

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