George Furth

George Furth (Book, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, 1932-2008) was born in Chicago, graduated from Northwestern University, and did postgraduate work at Columbia University. He worked extensively as an actor, appearing in many feature films, including The Best Man, Oh God!, Doctor Detroit, Young Doctors In Love, The Man With Two Brains, Cannonball Run, Hooper, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Blazing Saddles, Shampoo, Sleeper, The New Interns and Myra Breckinridge; he also acted in many major television shows. In addition to Merrily We Roll Along, he wrote the Broadway shows Company, The Act, Twigs, The Supporting Cast, Precious Sons and Getting Away with Murder.