Happy Birthday to
George Chakiris
76 today
Professional dancer Chakiris would almost certainly has a completely forgetable career if he hadn't crossed erica twice and again across the Atlantic in order to get in role in the West End prodution of West Sie Story. Curiously enough when the musical was filmed his experience was almoat irrelevant as his part was changed from the Jet leader Riff to Shark boss Bernardo.
Here he is argueing with fellow Oscar winner Rita Moreno about the benefits of America:
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