He is noted for his perpetual, chestnut-colored suntan and his colorful boulevardier lifestyle. Privacy Notice Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. but obviously she had some interest in it.. But it was the couples appearance at the 1966 Oscars that really got tongues wagging. On a 1975 episode of Columbo, Hamilton played a psychiatrist who uses hypnosis to commit a murder, whose arrogant assertions in his own defence establish that he was in fact at the scene of the crime. The actor, recently featured on the television program 'Dynasty,' also denied rumors linking him romantically with the former Philippine first lady, Imelda Marcos. 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Maybe he was a tool for someone, an innocent, said Arthur N. Greenberg, Hamiltons attorney. Very elegantly dressed and able to make you laugh: You cant say that of many people., Hamiltons no crank about the good old days. October 9, 1990 LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda allegedly funneled $12 million out of the country through actor George Hamilton, a newspaper reported today. George Stevens Hamilton (born August 12, 1939)[1] is an American actor. Court records obtained by the Los Angeles Times indicate the actor, known for his deep suntan, used part of the money to finance the mortgage on a Beverly Hills mansion and to launch a film development project. While hes the first to laugh about it explaining that his dermatologist long ago just gave up on convincing him to limit his solar exposure, and counting himself lucky not to have been felled by skin cancer he remains an evangelist for sunbathing, which he started because he didnt like wearing film makeup that melted in the heat. It turned out to be a stroke of genius for the publicity-hungry Hamilton, who found himself in the headlines and gossip pages. Attorneys for the Philippine government believe that Krodo was a secret entity of the Marcoses, used to funnel money to Hamilton or to control the property without revealing their interests. His height is 1.85 m tall, and weight is 70 kg. In 2011 Hamilton did undergo treatment to have a skin cancer growth removed. Hamilton was interested in buying a neighbors property in order to expand his house, and Bernstein--Mrs. Marcos property manager in New York--made veiled inquiries on his behalf. (When I took out Woodrow Wilsons daughter, they didnt make such a fuss, presenter Milton Berle joked.). . New York Times October 7, 1966: 38. He returned to MGM to make Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! I just knew him as an amazing character and never did any form of business of any kind with Adnan, explains Hamilton. Although Hamilton maintains that he has had no involvement with the house since selling it to Khashoggi in 1986, he nonetheless is laying claim to art and furnishings in the house that he says are personal belongings of great sentimental value to his mother. Imelda's commentary is complemented by archival footage of her glamorous jet-setting first lady years, including meetings with Nixon, Reagan, Gaddafi and Mao (who, she says, praised her for . But on that April evening, every eye in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was fixed on the years glamorous it couple: actor George Hamilton and Lynda Bird Johnson, the 22-year-old daughter of then-President Lyndon Johnson. Smart move: Emcee Bob Hope used the twosome as fodder for much of his opening monologue. [citation needed], His stepfathers were Carleton Hunt and Jesse Spalding; his stepmother was June Howard, with whom Hamilton said he had repeated sexual relations when he was age 12, shortly after she married his father, and again later when he was an adult. Thanks for contacting us. Newsweek magazine dubbed him the Sultan of suntan.. In the book "The Untold Story of Imelda Marcos" by Carmen Navarro Pedrosa, the garage is described as: "a carport with roof, posts, and cement flooringThe flooring was barely a foot from the ground. But the actors attorney, Arthur N. Greenberg, said Hamilton thought he was dealing with wealthy Philippine entrepreneurs and never knew that the millions of dollars he received came from his friends, the Marcoses. Hamilton and both of his sons attended military schools; GT attended Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Terms of Use Hamilton still resides in the hilltop estate. In his deposition, Hamilton testified that he decided against going ahead with the project. LaBella characterized the Floirendo loans and elements of the 1986 house sale as strange transactions that appeared to disguise the transfer of Marcos funds out of the Philippines via the Beverly Hills property. Over the years, Hamilton and Mrs. Marcos have traveled the world together, met the Pope together, even shopped together. LOS ANGELES -- Actor George Hamilton, who recently sold his lavish Beverly Hills estate for $6 million, denies that exiled Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos or his wife owned the property. Hamilton has acknowledged publicly and privately that he received things of value from Mrs. Marcos, from free trips to Morocco and Europe to the use of Filipino laborers sent to help remodel his house to a white Rolls-Royce for his mother. He knows everyone in high society, finance, fashion, and he could have been the first Hollywood son-in-law in the White House.. She was acquitted earlier this year of fraud and federal racketeering in a New York criminal case in which Hamilton was an unindicted co-conspirator. He said Hamilton attended business meetings with Mrs. Marcos. Can religion save us from Artificial Intelligence? In August 2008, Hamilton co-starred in Coma, a web series on Crackle. March 2 (UPI) -- A Maryland woman scored a $100,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket less than 12 hours after she scored an $11,000 jackpot at a casino. Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter. Whatever happened in the past, the future of the former Hamilton house is certain: it goes to the Philippine government as soon as the agreement, already approved, is filed. Hes uniquely qualified to assess the countrys only better-known perma-tanner, Donald Trump. Now, one of those prominent friendships, with deposed Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos, has put Hamilton in the middle of global legal disputes, precipitated threats against his life and made his former Beverly Hills mansion the object of a Manila government effort to recover some fraction of the billions of dollars stolen from its national treasury during the Marcos regime. But Hamiltons attorney said that the actor thought he was dealing only with Khashoggi, Floirendo and their agents. Mrs. Gomez said that Mrs. Tantocos son, Bienvenido Tantoco Jr., told her in the spring of 1984 that his mother was in charge of four New York buildings owned by F.L. She testified that F.L. stood for first lady and referred to Mrs. Marcos. Actor George Hamilton said Imelda Marcos saved his mother's life by inviting the despondent woman to the Philippines after Hamilton's brother died. Its not depression, he says. Hamilton was great pals with the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, who was accused of illegally amassing a fortune with her husband Ferdinand Marcos. We've received your submission. [30][31] In December 1999, Kimberly gave birth to their son, George Thomas Hamilton (nicknamed "GT"[32] or George Jr.). His takeaway was Teenys and Bills devout commitment to glamour as a way of life: It took the mundane out of the world., Brother David, whom Hamilton frequently visits in Palm Beach, describes the perspective that Teeny and Bill shared as a philosophy of optimism, a looking for the best out of life, to make it adventurous rather than dull. While never poor, mother and brothers were at times broke which they saw as temporary, a bad hand in a poker game as Teeny teetered from one supportive suitor to the next. The settlement agreement, expected to be announced perhaps as early as next week, validates Manilas claims that the house, which Hamilton sold in 1986, was financed with looted Philippine funds. Its like the feeling of bubbles in champagne.. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed him to a long-term contract. Records show that two-thirds of it--$4 million--was to be secured by the Beverly Hills house. in 2015 called Stewarts & Hamiltons (it lasted a single season), he found that his grown sons Ashley, an actor, musician and comedian, and George Jr., a college student didnt share his equanimity about self-caricature. Johnson.[29]. [14] Hamilton was executive producer of the 2009 film My One and Only, loosely based on his early life and relationship with his mother. According to Reuters, Hamilton was one of the final three contenders to host the show, alongside Mark Steines and Todd Newton. And although the $12 million in Hamilton transactions represent only a fraction of the $5 billion that the Marcoses are suspected of bleeding from their nations economy, the transactions are regarded by federal investigators as typical Marcos deals.. The film's box-office success created a popularity surge for Hamilton, who also served as executive producer. He believes her to be a misunderstood humanitarian she personally phoned Cedars-Sinai when Hamiltons brother Bill lay dying, startling the nurse on duty, a Filipina, into taking special care and that the focus on her enormous shoe collection is a big to-do about nothing. Mrs. Marcos, 60, is accused of helping her late husband, former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, loot their nations treasury of more than $220 million to secretly buy four New York buildings and artwork. I just played into it, Hamilton says, grinning. Early on, he cashed in on his nickname, The Tanned One, with the George Hamilton Sun Care System during the late 1980s that at one point was sold exclusively at Neiman Marcus. He starred in the TV films Togetherness (1970) and The Last of the Powerseekers, a 1971 compilation of two episodes of Harold Robbins' The Survivors. Theyre given an unusual amount of credibility, he says. Johnson and Chuck Robbs wedding at the White House, December 9, 1967. 18,169, This story has been shared 13,785 times. It was produced by Sandy Howard who said Hamilton was "a hot commodity these days" because he was dating Lyndon Johnson's daughter. Well, kind of, Video shows Memphis jailers beating Black inmate before his death, Skin lesion removed from President Bidens chest last month was cancerous, doctor says, Desperate mountain residents trapped by snow beg for help; We are coming, sheriff says, Newsom, IRS give Californians until October to file tax returns, Before and after photos from space show storms effect on California reservoirs. While Hamilton had said it to razz Peppard, he realized he meant it. Hamilton wanted to do more serious material, so he appeared in the lower budgeted Angel Baby (1961), a drama about an evangelist, for Allied Artists. Teeny was escaping Hamiltons father, a philandering bandleader. In 2006, it was rumored that Hamilton would replace Bob Barker on The Price Is Right. He has received one additional BAFTA nomination and two Golden Globe nominations. [3][4], Hamilton attended the Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York, graduating in 1957.[5]. That was further illustrated by the contents of a letter found among the once-sealed court records. Once, when Bernstein suggested that Mrs. Marcos should consider investing in a 200,000-acre Utah site, he said Hamilton came up to his office to investigate the deal on her behalf. Long before it became axiomatic for actors to leverage their personal brands, Hamilton understood that his persona was matinee idol. Theyve remained friends. U.S. District Judge John F. Keenan said in his Monday order that prosecutors sought immunity because Hamilton had indicated he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions that might incriminate him. The thing to remember about George is hes the best-connected actor in the history of the film business, said William Stadiem, co-author of Hamiltons memoir, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Charles LaBella said the government intends to prove that the so-called loan to Hamilton was actually money from one of the secret Marcos bank accounts in Manila. He produced and appeared in Medusa (1973). For eighteen months, Hamilton, a 26-year-old B-level actor, known more for his debonair personality and dark good looks than his acting chops, and LBJs eldest daughter Lynda were quite the item. Hamilton made That Man George (1965) and appeared in a production of A Farewell to Arms (1966) on TV. The records show that 18 months later, the actor used his home to secure a $4 million loan from Calno Holdings N.V., a Netherland Antilles corporation known to be linked to close Marcos associates. . They have wined, dined, danced and sung Imeldas favorite song, Dont Fence Me In, together. Years later, the couple invited him to Robbs inauguration as Governor of Virginia. He has been in the sun for years and years and years, and has managed to escape sun damage. And an appraisal filed eight months before the loan was made estimated that the house was worth only $2.3 million. Shed initiated it when George was living in Manhattan for a stretch as a preteen with his father, by then working as a high-ranking executive at Elizabeth Arden. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day OConnor turned back his final appeal in late August. Court records, testimony and financial documents show that the money then followed a zigzag path that investigators believe ended in Marcos control. 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In Summer 2016, Hamilton appeared in television commercials for KFC as the "Extra Crispy Colonel", a deeply tanned version of the company's mascot Colonel Sanders, a role which he returned to in Spring 2018. . Mrs. Marcos is charged with racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, mail fraud and obstruction. Hamilton's at his most forthright when describing the emotional bond he shares with his loved ones, such as ex-wife Stewart. Director Ramona S. Diaz Writers Eric Martin Lois Vossen Stars Imelda Marcos Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Imee Marcos See production, box office & company info Add to Watchlist 8 User reviews 17 Critic reviews 69 Metascore Awards 2 wins & 1 nomination Photos 9 Imelda was funding him, said the prosecutor, who continues to investigate the flow of Marcos funds around the world. He made deposits in his own name, not fictitious accounts . LaBella is skeptical. A lot of young actors do it and they shouldnt. In 2010 Hamilton was chosen as one of David Hasselhoff's roasters in the Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff. I dont believe (Hamilton) had any reason to believe he was dealing with money belonging to Mrs. Marcos, Greenberg said. He was in Casper Meets Wendy (1998), P.T. They did all the lying. In conjuring his playboy image, MGM manufactured an old-money background. Hamilton never married Blackford, but they became friends again as their son got older. He would not knowingly participate in any transaction that has any taint.. He wouldnt talk business with Mrs. Marcos any more than he would with the Pope.. [33], Hamilton has a well-known social relationship with Imelda Marcos, widow of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, and had business ties to the Marcos family. U.S. District Judge John F. Keenan said in his Monday order that prosecutors sought immunity because Hamilton had indicated he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions that might incriminate him. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. In 2003, Hamilton hosted The Family, a reality television series, for one season. When shooting a Kardashians-knockoff reality show for E! In 2019, Hamilton said he was romantically unattached, but does enjoy dating different ladies. Maybe he was a tool for someone, an innocent, Greenberg said in an interview at his Century City office. for nonpolitical reasons, for nongovernmental purposes.. Hamilton remains vigorous, in all connotations. The Manila government plans to sell the house, now valued at more than $5 million, to help shore up its depleted hard currency reserves. Judge Mariana R. Pfaelzer ordered the papers released last June, and a federal appeals court, calling the actor a noted man-about-town who should expect to be the object of publicity, rejected Hamiltons appeal. News at the time. Mrs. Tantoco, who owns a department store in Manila, was charged with Mrs. Marcos but is a fugitive. 50,062, This story has been shared 18,198 times. Luckily, they were unscathed. He had supporting roles in The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977), The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977), Killer on Board (1977), Sextette (1978), The Users (1978), From Hell to Victory (1979), Institute for Revenge (1979), and Death Car on the Freeway (1979). Hamilton's name . He summoned beauty expert extraordinaire, George Masters, to his home to oversee Johnsons hair and makeup for the big event, knowing the cameras would be zeroing in on the couple. Hamilton invited Johnson to join him in Acapulco, and she, surprisingly, accepted. 49,964, This story has been shared 18,169 times. Hamilton testified that he borrowed the money from Gliceria Tantoco, a woman identified by several previous witnesses as an agent for Mrs. Marcos, as part of a film development venture. Hamilton, who once received an honorary degree from the International Smart Tan Network, a trade association for indoor tanning facilities, that he still prominently displays, says vitamin D is a healer for me. These days, though, to maintain his mahogany effect, he relies on a vintage stash of George Hamiltons Constant Color auto-bronzing tinted cream, which he once peddled on QVC. The money was for what prosecutor LaBella called a supposed movie deal--purportedly a plan to develop a film about Gen. MacArthurs wartime exploits. It was a bad time, Hamilton says of the saga, his voice soft. The remaining $2 million was loaned with no security. The two have remained friends over the years. Hamilton credits his larger-than-life Southern belle socialite mother, Anne, known as Teeny, and nine-years-older gay half brother Bill as defining influences. He returned to TV for The Seekers (1979) and The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway (1979), then he did 1981's Zorro, The Gay Blade, which he produced. Her co-defendant, Saudi financier Adnan Khashoggi, is charged with fraud and obstruction for allegedly helping the Marcoses hide their ownership of the four buildings and art.