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George Albert "Buck" Flower (October 28, 1937 – June 18, 2004) was an American actor, writer, producer, assistant director, production manager, and casting director.
YearTitleRole1970NormaMother1970Cousin Jed Rises AgainBar Patron1970Country CuzzinsWalter Wimpy1971Touch MeHarry BelmontGeorge 'Buck' Flower (1937-2004) was a versatile and prolific character actor who appeared in over 100 movies, including John Carpenter's They Live and Back to the Future. He also worked as a writer, producer, director, and casting director in various genres and styles.
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- Milton-Freewater, Oregon, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
The exceptionally talented and versatile George "Buck" Flower did all this and more during a remarkably busy, diverse, and impressive career that spanned 35 years and over a 100 movies as a character actor alone. Flower was born on October 28, 1937, in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon.
- October 28, 1937
- June 18, 2004
George Herman Buck Jr. (December 22, 1928 – December 11, 2013) was an American entrepreneur who devoted much of his life to recording jazz by producing albums and acquiring the rights to those produced by companies established by others.
- Early Life and Career
- Master of The Revels
- Scholarly Work
- Last Years and Death
- Sources
Buck was baptised on 1 October 1560 in Holy Trinity, Ely, Cambridgeshire. He was the eldest son and probably second of the four children of Elizabeth Nunn, née Petterill, of Brandon Ferry, Suffolk, and Robert Buck (d. 1580), a church official. His great-grandfather, Sir John Buck, was executed after supporting Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth ...
In 1597, the queen seems to have promised Buck the reversion (the right to succeed to an office when it next fell vacant) of the office of Master of the Revels. The office was held at the time by Buck's relation by marriage, Edmund Tilney. The playwright John Lyly, however, believed that since about 1585 Queen Elizabeth had led him to expect appoin...
Buck was an historian and minor poet. His main verse work, ΔΑΦΝΙΣ ΠΟΛΥΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΣ (Daphnis Polystephanos): An Eclog Treating of Crownes, and of Garlandes... (1605), an historical-pastoral poem, was written to glorify and celebrate King James I's royal ancestors on the occasion of his coronation. It mentions Richard III favourably "because / All accusa...
The Exchequer delayed, from 1613, in paying wages to Buck and his Revels Office associates. Buck became unable to discharge his duties as Master of the Revels by March 1622, was declared insane the following month, and was succeeded in office by Sir John Astley. He died in October of that year, leaving a considerable estate. His "nephew Stephen Buc...
Baldwin, David (2011). Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes in the Tower, The History Press ISBN 0752468979Buck, George. The History of King Richard the Third (1619), Gloucester: Alan Sutton, (ed.) Kincaid, Arthur (1979; 2nd edition 1981) ISBN 0904387267Buck, George. "The Third Vniversite of England", printed as an appendix to Stow, John (1615). The Annales or Generall Chronicle of England, LondonJun 18, 2004 · George Buck Flower (1937-2004) was a versatile and prolific actor who appeared in many films and TV shows, often as a drunk or homeless character. He also worked as a writer, producer, and director, and was the father of actress Verkina Flower.
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Actor: Angel Heart. George Buck is known for Angel Heart (1987), Bull Durham (1988) and See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989).
