George Sanders Biography

Fast Facts

• Honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• While working at an advertising agency, he was encouraged to enter the dramatic arts by the company's secretary, aspiring actress Greer Garson
• Quote: "Acting is like roller-skating․ Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting․"
• Quote: "I am not one of those people who would rather act than eat․ Quite the reverse․ My own desire as a boy was to retire․ That ambition has never changed․"
• Frequently portrays villains who deliver cutting lines in films
• Widely recognized for his charming voice and urbane manner
• Is the brother of fellow actor Tom Conway who he co-starred alongside in "Death of a Scoundrel․"
• Sixteen years after divorcing socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor, he married her sister Magda in 1970
• Claimed to hate giving interviews because he was not being paid for them
• Crime novels "Crime on My Hands" and "Stranger at Home" were published under his name, but they were actually ghostwritten by Craig Rice and Leigh Brackett respectively