Actor George Mikell remembered as ‘the best of gentlemen’ after death at 91
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breakingnews.ieActor George Mikell, best known for his roles in The Guns Of Navarone and The Great Escape, has died at the age of 91. The Lithuanian-born actor also appeared in Young Winston, The Sea Wolves, Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun and Escape To Victory with Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone, directed by John Huston.
His agent Thomas Bowington said he died of natural causes after a period of illness He added: “Unlike the many grim, cold and sometimes outright sadistic parts he was asked to portray on the big and small screen, they could not have been in further contrast to the man himself. “He really was gentle George.
He told me that he saw the worst of what people can do to each other as a child growing up during World War II. “He became a
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