- George Glass
George Glass (1910 - 1984) was an American
film producer andpublicist , best known for his work withStanley Kramer . In Kramer's 1997 autobiography, describing how he formed his first production company in the late 1940s, he called Glass "one of the best publicity men in town," and remarked "I was fortunate to get Glass, with whom I had worked in the Lewin-Loew partnership before the war. He was a bright man and a very smooth operator." ["A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: A Life in Hollywood" by Stanley Kramer and Thomas M. Coffey; Harcourt, 1997.]Glass is widely credited with originating the witicism, "An actor is a kind of guy who if you ain't talking about him ain't listening." ["Famous Lines: The Columbia Dictionary of Familiar Quotations"; Columbia University Press, 1996. See also slightly different wording at [http://creativewit.com/acting.html creativewit.com] , [http://chatna.com/theme/actors.htm All the Best Quotes] , [http://www.cybernation.com/quotationcenter/quoteshow.php?type=author&id=3504 cybernation.com] (all retrieved 19-January-2008).] (That quotation has also been attributed to
Marlon Brando .)In fiction
George Glass is the name of the non-existent boyfriend that Jan Brady made up in an episode of "
The Brady Bunch ". [The Brady Bunch, episode 34, season 2, "The Not-So-Ugly Duckling", first aired November 20, 1970; see [http://www.tv.com/the-brady-bunch/the-not-so-ugly-duckling/episode/4900/summary.html?tag=ep_list;ep_title;8 tv.com] listing (retrieved 19-January-2008).]References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0321935/ George Glass] at the
Internet Movie Database
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