Biography

George Furness(1896-1985)

Actor

Born George Abbot Furness in Elizabeth, New Jersey on December 31, 1896 and passed away April 2, 1985. He moved to Japan in 1946 to become one of the Western lawyers defending Japanese war criminals. Furness succeeded in getting an acquittal for his client, WW2-era Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, who was reinstated in his old job in 1954. As did many English-speaking expatriates, Furness enjoyed a minor second career in Japanese movies.

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Prisonnières des Martiens

6.0

Dr. Svenson(as Jôji Fânesu)

1957

Panique à bord

6.7

Third Officer Osborne

1960

Le Choc des planètes

5.7

Hooverman(as Jôji Fânesu)

1962

Kureji ogon sakusen

5.5

Kid Gold's corporate lawyer

1967

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Actor

Kureji ogon sakusen
5.5
- Kid Gold's corporate lawyer
- 1967
Le Choc des planètes
5.7
- Hooverman (as Jôji Fânesu)
- 1962
Ma geisha
6.5
- George (Robaix's butler)
- 1962
Himalaya mushuku: Shinzô yaburi no yarô domo
- Chairman Mohammed
- 1961
Dai-sanji sekai taisen: Yonjû-ichi jikan no kyôfu
6.8
- American Joint Chiefs Of Staff member
- 1960
Panique à bord
6.7
- Third Officer Osborne
- 1960
Watashi wa kai ni naritai
7.3
- International Military Tribunal for the Far East member (uncredited)
- 1959
Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai
6.4
TV Movie
- Attorney for the protagonist
- 1958
Haha to kenjû
- Williams (as George Furnest)
- 1958
Pigalle à Tokyo
6.2
- (as George A. Furness)
- 1957
Prisonnières des Martiens
6.0
- Dr. Svenson (as Jôji Fânesu)
- 1957
Umi no yarôdomo
6.4
- (as George A. Furness)
- 1957
Ôzora no chikai
- Delegate
- 1952