Interview with West Side Story Actor GEORGE CHAKIRIS

Published: Sept. 26, 2018, 4 a.m.

Actor GEORGE CHAKIRIS has been in Showbiz for more than 6 decades, during that time he shared the big screen along with legends like: Marylin Monroe, Rosalind Russel, Eddie Albert, Cyd Charese, Natalie Wood, Charlton Heston, Yul Brenner, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Widmark, and Lana Turner to name a few. On the small screen he has appeared on many, many television shows like: Murder She Wrote, Dallas, Chips, Fantasy Island, Wonder Woman and Hawaii 5-0 to name a few. But, it was his iconic role as Bernardo, leader of the street gang, The Sharks, in the 1961 Classic musical, West Side Story, for which he won The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, that generations of movie lovers remember him! SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE CHANNEL! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw4fcgG7ODeiEbR7HDUZl3A