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Nationality
  
American

Known for
  
Dreamlanders


Name
  
George Figgs

Role
  
Actor

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Born
  
1947
Baltimore, Maryland

Occupation
  
Actor Projectionist Film historian

Movies
  
Female Trouble, Multiple Maniacs, Desperate Living

George Figgs on Ub Iwerks


George Figgs (born 1947, Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor and projectionist. He began his career portraying characters in the early films of John Waters. Because of his work with Waters, he is considered one of the Dreamlanders, Waters' ensemble of regular cast and crew members.

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Figgs is a film historian interested in film noir and independent films. From 1991 to 1999 Figgs was the owner/operator of the Orpheum Cinema in the Fell's Point section of Baltimore.

Film roles

  • Mondo Trasho (1969) as Asylum Inmate/Man in Waiting Room
  • Multiple Maniacs (1970) as Jesus Christ
  • Pink Flamingos (1972) as Bongo player
  • Female Trouble (1974) as Dribbles
  • Desperate Living (1977) as Herbert
  • Polyester (1981) as Abortion Picketer
  • Divine Trash (1998) as himself
  • A Dirty Shame (2004) as Neuter (uncredited)
  • I Am Divine (2013) as himself

    • Crew

  • Serial Mom (1994) (projectionist)
  • Major League II (1994) (projectionist)
  • Twelve Monkeys (1995) (projectionist: Baltimore)
  • Home for the Holidays (1995) (projectionist) (uncredited)
  • Boys (1996) (projectionist)
  • Pecker (1998) (dailies projectionist) (uncredited)
  • Cecil B. DeMented (2000) (projectionist)

    • References

    George Figgs Wikipedia
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