George Pentecost ( July 15, 1939 - December 23, 2003) was an American stage, screen and Television actor who (like Dick Yarmy & Tom Kindle) made three appearances in Mork & Mindy in three different roles across Season 1 to Season 4.
Biography[]
George Pentecost was born on 15th July, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, USA alongside brothers Paul, Donald Pentecost and a sister, Jane. He died December 23, 2003 (age 64) in Los Angeles, California, USA. after a long illness.
Career[]
Stage[]
Pentecost was a talented stage actor, appearing in over 17 Broadway plays including: You Can't Take It With You (Nov 1965); The School for Scandal (1966); Right You Are Playbill (Nov 1966) ; The Wild Duck (Nov 1966); You Can't Take It With You (April 1967); War and Peace (April 1967); Pantagleize(1967); The Show-Off (March 1967); The Cherry Orchard (March1968); Pantagleize(1968); The Show Off (1968); The School for Wives (Feb 1971); 12th Night (1972); Enemies (Nov 1972) The Visit (Nov 1973); Chemin de Fer (Nov 1973); The Misanthrope (Jan 1983)
His first screen credit came in playing Pologgy in one of his prior stage roles Enemies, in the TV Series Great Performances in 1974. In 1976 he made his big screen bow in the Oscar Winning movie All The Presidents Men.
| Year | Movie | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | All the President's Men | George |
| 1980 | The Last Married Couple in America | Roy |
| 1984 | No Small Affair | Minister |
His TV appearances took off from there, appearing in TV Movies such as: Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); Snavely (1978); Doc Curtis (1981); After George (1983); Roswell (1994), while he appeared in many many well known TV shows through the 70s through the 90s.
| Year | TV Series | Episodes | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Great Performances | Enemies | Pologgy |
| 1976 | Delvecchio | APB: Santa Claus | Jim Rimson |
| 1977 | Blansky's Beauties | 13 Episodes | Horace 'Stubbs' Wilmington |
| 1977 | Happy Days | Hollywood: Part 1 | Duvall |
| 1977 | Laverne & Shirley | The Robot Lawsuit | Cramer |
| 1977-1979 | Barney Miller | 2 Episodes | Dr. Rene Boudreau / Rev. Albert Carrey |
| 1977-1979 | The Rockford Files | 2 Episodes | George Neff / Carl Colavito |
| 1978 | Rhoda | All Work and No Play | Father Flanagan |
| 1978 | Charlie's Angels | Winning Is for Losers | George Ritlin |
| 1978 | Family | Just Friends | Apartment manager |
| 1979-1982 | Mork & Mindy | Mork's Mixed Emotions
Mork's Best Friend Midas Mork |
The Maitre D' / Herman / Quentin |
| 1979 | Lou Grant | Vet | Dangler |
| 1979 | Starsky and Hutch | Targets Without a Badge: Part 1 | Gesslin |
| 1980 | Benson | Takin' It to the Streets | Wesley Corbett |
| 1980-84 | Diff'rent Strokes | 2 Episodes | Mr. Havermeyer / E.G. Stilson |
| 1983 | Nine to Five | Did it Happen One Night? | Donald Bellows |
| 1984-1985 | Another World | 2 Episodes | Tony Jones |
| 1986 | Remington Steele | Steele on the Air | Bud Tyler |
| 1986 | Night Court | 2 Episodes | Father Gilday / Dr. Laurance Osbourne |
| 1986 | Family Ties | Checkmate | Eric Nordstrom |
| 1987 | Newhart | 2 Episodes | Minister |
| 1989 | Generations | 6 Episodes | Dean Walsh |
| 1989 | Hooperman | Take My Building, Please | Dentist |
| 1989 | Knots Landing | Twice Victim | Marcello |
| 1990 | L.A. Law | Bang... Zoom... Zap | Joan Nystrom |
| 1991 | Dream On | To Have and Have and Have and Have Not | Maitre D' |
| 1991 | The New WKRP in Cincinnati | Lotto Fever | Lottery Official |
| 1991 | Major Dad | Educating Casey | Mr. Tower |
| 1995 | Kirk | Love! Valor! Deception! | Host |
Mork & Mindy[]
George Pentecost made three appearances in Mork and Mindy, two in Season 1 and 1 in Season 4.
Season 1[]
Mork's Mixed Emotions - He played the Maitre D' who, on the occasion of Mindy's birthday tries to extort money from the couple when she and Mork go out for her birthday, only to suffer the consequences from a Mork whose emotions are unstable.
Mork's Best Friend - He played Mr. Herman the head of the Herman Funeral Home, who working under the misapprehension Mork is talking about a human gets increasingly disturbed when Mork tries to arrange a funeral for his caterpillar.
Season 4[]
Midas Mork - He plays Quentin, the butler in the massive mansion the McConnell's end up in after Mork makes Gold to fulfil Mindy's fantasies.