George Loros
George Loros | |
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 Loros (right) with Samantha Doane and Charles Kissinger in Winter's Tale, 1968 | |
| Born | George Kandiloros January 9, 1934 New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Hofstra University |
| Occupations | Actor and theatre director |
George Kandiloros (born January 9, 1934)[1] is an American actor and theatre director. He is best known for playing the recurring role of Raymond Curto in the American crime drama television series The Sopranos.
Life and career
Loros was born in New York. He is of Greek descent.[2] He attended and graduated from Hofstra University.[3] He began his stage career in the 1960s, playing numerous lead roles at the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville, Kentucky. During his stage career, he was a Shakespearean actor.[4] In 1966, he appeared in the stage play Is Love Everything?,[5] and in 1968, he starred as the clown in the stage play Winter's Tale, starring along with Diane Houghton and Samantha Doane.[6] He then began his screen career in 1967, appearing in the film The Flim-Flam Man.[7] In 1970, he played as Malcolm in the film Diary of a Mad Housewife.[1]
Later in his career, Loros made his television debut in the ABC drama television series Nakia. He guest-starred in television programs including Kojak, Barney Miller, Starsky & Hutch, Baretta, The Six Million Dollar Man and The Rockford Files,[8] and played the recurring role of Raymond Curto in the HBO crime drama television series The Sopranos. He also appeared in films such as Clean, Deadly Illusion, W. C. Fields and Me, The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight and Serpico.[1] Aside from acting, he directed the Off-Broadway play The Petrified Forest in 2001.[9]
Loros retired from acting in 2012, last appearing in the film Redemption.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "George Loros". AllMovie. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
- ↑ Aldous, Steve; Gillies, Gary (February 27, 2025). The Harry O Viewing Companion: History and Episodes of the Classic Detective Series. McFarland. p. 181. ISBN 9781476654102 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 "Welcome to George Loros". George Loros. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Shakespearean Actors". The State Journal. Frankfort, Kentucky. August 9, 1968. p. 2. Retrieved July 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "'Is Love Everything' Is Season's Funny Comedy Closing Playhouse". The Advocate-Messenger. Danville, Kentucky. September 2, 1966. p. 2. Retrieved July 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Little-Played 'The Winter's Tale' Opens Shakespeare-in-the-Park". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. July 7, 1968. p. 91. Retrieved July 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "'Frolics '67' A Revue That Keeps Moving". The Miami News. Miami, Florida. April 25, 1967. p. 22. Retrieved July 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Bruno, Otto (2022). Barney Miller and the Files of the Ol’ One-Two. BearManor Media. p. 210. ISBN 9781629338583 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "NYC's Pantheon Becomes a Petrified Forest, Oct. 20-Nov. 17". Playbill. October 20, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
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- Male actors from New York (state)
- American male film actors
- American male stage actors
- American male television actors
- American male Shakespearean actors
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- Hofstra University alumni
- 20th-century American people of Greek descent
- American theatre directors