George Englund

George Englund June 22 1926 September 14 2017 was an American film editor director producer and actor Englund was born George Howe Ripley in Washington DC the son of actress Mabel Albertson and Harold Austin Ripley His mother was Jewish His uncle was actor Jack Albertson After his parents divorced his mother married Ken Englund whose surname young George adopted Englund was married to actress Cloris Leachman from 1953 to 1978 They had five children Adam Bryan 19551986 George Jr Morgan and Dinah While he was married to Leachman he had an affair with actress Joan Collins which was confirmed by Leachman He was very handsome very urbane incredibly witty Fascinating And eight years older than me Collins said On April 10 1980 he married actress Bonnie Graves They had two children Graves and Max 19821994 The couple divorced in 1992 For the last ten years of his life his companion was Frances Bowes art collector patron and vicechair lady at Dia Center for the Arts Max Englund died from complications from spinal muscular atrophy SMA a genetic disorder that starts in the central nervous system CNS and affects all the muscles in the body He was best friends with Marlon Brando who starred in Englunds 1963 film The Ugly American and wrote a memoir about their friendship