George Seaton Biography

Fast Facts

• Recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1961
• Served as Presidents of the Screen Writers Guild from 1948-49
• Best known for works including "Miracle on 34th Street", "Airport" and "The Country Girl", among others
• After working in radio just out of college, he would eventually sign a contract as a writer for MGM in 1933 and later move to 20th Century Fox in the mid 1940s
• Following years of success in the film industry, he would try his luck with writing for Broadway, however, his debut play 'But Not Goodbye', would close after only a few weeks
• His wife Phyllis served as the first-ever female mayor of Beverly Hills
• Was the original voiceover for The Lone Ranger radio series in the early '30s and claims to have come up with the slogan, 'Hi-Ho, Silver' because he could not whistle to summon the horse