A week earlier they had him over to dinner at their Virginia home. When he said I shall return, (it) was based on his own decision that he wanted to bring this large invasion force to the doorstep of the woman that he loved, the actor said. Suspected burglar inside New Brunswick home was a panicked deer. [15] In 1999, a Golden Palm Star on the Walk of Stars was dedicated to him. When asked about it now, he blinks in apparent bewilderment then goes, Federal case?, Hamilton, who befriended Imelda when he participated in her countrys attempt to create a Southeast Asian answer to Cannes, has remained a fan of the notorious spendthrift. Shed say things like, Ill poison myself if I wish! ). Imelda Romualdez-Marcos with former President Ferdinand Marcos and family during the 1965 inauguration It was during the 1965 campaign that Imelda became influential as a political figure at the national level, supporting her husband's political tactics through her charismatic appeal and youth. 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. NEW YORK (AP) _ A judge granted immunity to George Hamilton to compel the actor to testify at Imelda Marcos fraud trial. Were not sure there ever was a real movie project.. 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, who has made such movies as 'Love at First Bite,' was often seen at parties thrown by the Marcoses and appears in some of the hundreds of home video tapes found after the Marcoses fled the presidential palace. At age 66 and recovering from knee injuries, Hamilton, unable to match the limber dance moves of his younger competitors, charmed the audience and judges with endearingly silly dances that used props, including a Zorro mask and the sword from Zorro, The Gay Blade. Mrs. Marcos is charged with racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, mail fraud and obstruction. In one transaction, $5.5 million in U.S. currency, raised by the government-owned Philippine National Oil Co., was siphoned into an abortive Hamilton movie production on the wartime love life of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. 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. Hamilton made That Man George (1965) and appeared in a production of A Farewell to Arms (1966) on TV. Theyre thought to be an extravagance, but, as my mother said, those are the kind of shoes they make out of a material to match the dress: not the greatest shoes on Earth., Another longtime party pal, arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, was indicted in the same transaction. Kentucky man stops for breakfast, wins $50,000 lottery prize. Although the money went to Hamilton from Mrs. Tantocos account, prosecutor LaBella said it was really a transaction involving Imelda Marcos. A break for Hamilton came in 1990 when Francis Ford Coppola cast him as the Corleone family's lawyer in The Godfather Part III. It features anecdotes that Hamilton had told to Merv Griffin. Hamilton, an unindicted co-conspirator in the case, was granted immunity at the trial. The couple would break up after a year, and a few months later, Johnson became engaged to Marine Corps Captain Charles Robb, (who Hamilton called her genetic destiny), now her husband. Hamilton, who has been named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the case, could testify as early as this afternoon. It turned out to be a stroke of genius for the publicity-hungry Hamilton, who found himself in the headlines and gossip pages. And while Hamilton, who dated the likes of Marilyn Monroe, Danielle Steel and Britt Ekland, isnt currently romantically attached, hes quick to qualify: I have dates. Indeed, it was on the way to a dinner rendezvous a few months ago at industry hangout Craigs a regular spot where he can often be found with pals Robert Wagner, Tom Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard and Sylvie Vartan that he and a companion ended up in a Bentley-on-Bentley wreck. 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. 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Just a year earlier, in 1982, Hamilton had paid $1.5 million for the property. 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. He advised her. 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. Interviews, testimony and court records--some of which were part of the massive evidence introduced in the New York case--also cast new light on the long-acknowledged relationship between the actor and Madam Marcos. He guest-starred on episodes of The Rogues and Ben Casey. In the mid-1980s, Hamilton starred in the sixth season of the Aaron Spelling-produced television serial Dynasty. He also said that Mrs. Marcos later ordered him to transfer the $4-million mortgage on the Hamilton house to another Caribbean shell corporation, Krodo Properties NV, in May, 1984. Los Angeles, A $150,000 executive protection dog? Amid turning 80, George Hamilton looks back on career and life as Hollywood's ultimate showman. He almost immediately landed the lead in a low-budget film, "Crime and. [13] However, Drew Carey was named as Barker's successor. Hamilton, who played a vampire in the movie comedy Love at First Bite, is a friend of the former Philippine first lady. Hes developing two films and a TV series as a producer out of a well-staffed office suite in Beverly Glen, where he first invites THR to meet him, taking a seat beneath a large chalk pastel portrait of his more youthful self. According to Reuters, Hamilton was one of the final three contenders to host the show, alongside Mark Steines and Todd Newton. Things would come up in meetings and shed turn to (Hamilton) and ask what he thought about this or that. Maybe he was a tool for someone, an innocent, Greenberg said in an interview at his Century City office. He guest-starred on episodes of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre and Burke's Law. New York Times October 7, 1966: 38. Hes parlayed his shtick into one of Hollywoods remarkably long-lasting careers including as pitchman and owner of eponymous cigar lounges outlasting stretches when the acting offers dried up. (The lauded French director Louis Malle, who cast him for 1965s Viva Maria!, once sighed, Hes more interested in being in the social columns I dont understand when he should be one of the greatest of his generation.). However, the film was seen by Vincente Minnelli who thought Hamilton would be ideal for the younger son in Home from the Hill (1960), a Southern melodrama with Robert Mitchum. He admitted fronting for secret Marcos interests in a Long Island estate called Lindenmere and a posh 5th Avenue apartment suite in Olympic Tower. Hamilton did tell The Hollywood Reporter last year that hes not tanning as much as he used to and now maintains his bronzed facade with George Hamiltons Constant Color auto-bronzing tinted cream, which he used to shill on QVC. 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. George was urbane and charming by the time I met him when he was 20 years old, she says. From 1972 to 1976, Hamilton was married to actress Alana Stewart. Philippine government sources said they discovered that both Hamilton and his mother had their own keys to the Olympic Tower home--which apparently caused some embarrassment, they said, when Hamilton tried to enter shortly after the Marcos regime collapsed. He deplores the cult of authenticity that has overtaken the town since his heyday. Its off the rails, he admits. 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. [9]), Hamilton went into television in 1969, supporting Lana Turner in the all-star series Harold Robbins' The Survivors (196970).[10]. The real theme of the film became something far more sensitive than I had wanted to get into.. Hamilton played a cat burglar in MGM's Jack of Diamonds (1967). Bernstein said in an interview, however: I was totally directed by Imelda in this. ), The serene relationship Hamilton possesses with artifice was, however, not passed on to his own children. Later, he would recall, I sensed that somewhere inside that bookworm was a babe trying to get out.. Hamilton was great pals with the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos,. That was further illustrated by the contents of a letter found among the once-sealed court records. 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. In August 2008, Hamilton co-starred in Coma, a web series on Crackle. He was an impish, elfish, humorous person always very nice. Get the day's top news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning. 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All Rights Reserved, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2017, All the celebs at Paris Fashion Week February-March 2023: Halsey and more, Billboard Women in Music Awards 2023 red carpet: Lana Del Rey, more, Costume Designers Guild Awards 2023 red carpet: Cate Blanchett, more, All the celebrities at Milan Fashion Week February 2023: Dua Lipa, more. In 2019, Hamilton said he was romantically unattached, but does enjoy dating different ladies. 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. A "beyond the shoes" documentary on the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos. He says he hasnt voted in his life and believes its irresponsible for actors, who have no qualifications, to express opinions on such matters. And, perennially, Hamilton is a pitchman. My One and Only, a 2009 comedy film starring Logan Lerman, was loosely based on a story about George Hamilton's early life on the road with his mother and brother. "[2], Hamilton was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the middle of three boys with an older maternal half-brother and a younger full brother, and lived in Blytheville, Arkansas. As he embarks on his ninth decade he turns 80 on Aug. 12 the actor and avatar of ease knows that his hue is what has made him an icon. In 2001, Hamilton starred on Broadway in the play Chicago in the role of Billy Flynn. This story has been shared 60,063 times. Hamilton has hosted the live stage adaptation of the show The Price Is Right Live! Overdue book returned to Massachusetts library after 56 years. Khashoggi assumed the $4-million Krodo loan, and he has acknowledged acting at the behest of the Marcoses. 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. Eventually, Hamilton relinquished the money to a Hong Kong bank and the funds ended up in London, where a Filipino architect gave the $5.5 million to two swarthy men linked to Mrs. Marcos, according to investigators. The 80-year-old has always been a sun worshipper. She looked at it, Hamilton recalls, looked at it sideways, and said, Well, this looks rather good. Its like the feeling of bubbles in champagne.. I couldnt help thinking it might have been me, Hamilton wistfully wrote in his 2008 memoir, Dont Mind If I Do. He also said that when he was linked to the Marcoses in the past, he received anonymous death threats. The actor said he had met Mrs. Marcos in the late 1970s when he visited the Philippines during a world tour to promote his movie Love at First Bite, a comedy in which he played a vampire. He was drafted into the Army but received a 3-A deferral notice on the grounds that he was the sole financial provider for his mother. It was because of these transactions that the actor was named an unindicted co-conspirator in a New York federal fraud and racketeering case that accused the Marcoses of stealing Philippine money for private real estate investments. While Hamilton had said it to razz Peppard, he realized he meant it. Or, at any rate, he became who he was feigning to be. The place was terribly humid." Estrella, the family's helper who stayed with Remedios and her children in the garage, recounted that: He auditioned for the show, and in March 2007, TMZ reported that Hamilton was a frontrunner to replace Barker. All Rights Reserved. But previously sealed court documents and other financial records recently obtained by The Times further reveal that the actor and the widow of Ferdinand E. Marcos did business together--and that Hamilton was used, perhaps unwittingly, in the historic looting of the Philippine treasury by the Marcoses. He supported Joan Collins in the miniseries Monte Carlo (1986) and had the lead role in the series Spies (1987). Floirendo, who said in a sworn affidavit obtained by The Times that Mrs. Marcos directed him to lend money to Hamilton, was a Philippine sugar and banana magnate who owed his fortune to Marcos-assisted business deals. But a committee of the U.S. Congress investigating the flight of billions of dollars from the Philippines prior to Marcos's ouster said it has no plans to investigate the financial transactions surrounding Hamilton's estate. It was his only marriage; the two separated in 1976 after four years. Their son, Ashley George, was born in 1974. . Tantoco, who today lives in Morocco as a fugitive from federal fraud charges in New York and bail-jumping charges in Rome, traveled virtually everywhere with Mrs. Marcos and acted as her agent in purchases of art, jewelry and real estate, court records confirm. 60,144, This story has been shared 50,062 times. Hamilton enjoyed the huge pleasure of lording over his estate, yet in time it became a burden. Over the years, Hamilton and Mrs. Marcos have traveled the world together, met the Pope together, even shopped together. British bus driver stops to give loose sheep a lift. Memphis-born George Stevens Hamilton, 51, arrived in Hollywood at age 19 with a state acting award from Florida. 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. And an appraisal filed eight months before the loan was made estimated that the house was worth only $2.3 million. Philippine First Lady Imelda R. Marcos dances with American actor George Hamilton during a filipino tribal festival 1/31 at the 2nd Manila International Film Festival. George Hamilton doesnt mind if you lead with his tan. He appeared in the TV movie The Last of the Powerseekers (1973), and had a supporting role in The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, starring Burt Reynolds (1973). They have wined, dined, danced and sung Imeldas favorite song, Dont Fence Me In, together. [7] Reports put his fee around this time at $100,000 per movie. [31], As a contestant in I'm A Celebrity in 2009, Hamilton revealed he had dated at least four Miss Worlds. Its melancholy. Trump legal team requests six-month delay in New York civil lawsuit, SpaceX launches 51 Starlink satellites from California, Merrick Garland makes secret trip to Ukraine. A property like that brings you friends you dont want and relatives who come to stay and dont go, he says. Unlike Tantocos supposed movie investment, the $6 million from Floirendo was regarded as a loan. 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. 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. 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. Imelda Marcos, in full Imelda Romuldez Marcos, ne Imelda Remedios Visitacion Romuldez, (born July 2, 1929, Manila, Philippines), public figure in the Philippines who wielded great power during the 20-year rule of her husband, Pres. 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. He was in Meet Wally Sparks (1997), 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997), and the miniseries Rough Riders (1997), where he portrayed William Randolph Hearst. Imelda Marcos married politician Ferdinand Marcos in 1954. What Colombia plans for their descendants, Messy storms roll eastward after slamming Texas, Louisiana, Ukrainians dig up more bodies from makeshift graves in once-occupied towns, New crew from U.S, Russia and UAE arrives at space station, Murdaughs fall from grace ends in a life sentence for murder. The actor, recently featured on the television program Dynasty, also denied rumors linking him romantically with the former Philippine first lady, Imelda Marcos. 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. The political [people] are happy to use your persona. His playboy image was born. Rafael Fernando, a representative of the Philippine commission charged with recovering Marcos's wealth, said he has turned over document regarding the Hamilton estate to the commission. His trainer has him boxing. During that period, Hamilton said, he had discussions with Tantoco and Floirendo about developing a Philippine film industry. The two met when Hamilton was invited to a 1965 White House dinner after the Johnson family saw his portrayal of legendary country crooner Hank Williams in Your Cheatin Heart. 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. Lynda Bird Johnson Robb at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2018. The former matinee idol was always more well-known for his famous friends than his on-screen appearances. Los Angeles, A $150,000 executive protection dog? . 13,785, This story has been shared 12,109 times. He was a semi-regular celebrity guest on the 1998-1999 syndicated version of Match Game. I just knew him as an amazing character and never did any form of business of any kind with Adnan, explains Hamilton. The film's box-office success created a popularity surge for Hamilton, who also served as executive producer. He was going to show the apartment to Elizabeth Taylor, but they couldnt get in.. He would not knowingly participate in any transaction that has any taint.. After getting the Floirendo loan, Hamilton began an extensive remodeling project that included adding a large garage and about 2,000 square feet of living space to the mansion. The money came from crony Antonio Floirendo Sr. who admitted funneling it for Imelda. He wouldnt talk business with Mrs. Marcos any more than he would with the Pope.. While the actor insists his relationship with Lyndon Johnson was warm, recalling intimate family gatherings as well as a watch the commander in chief gifted him, behind the scenes there was trouble. 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 or gained from the sale. At Columbia, he co-starred with Glenn Ford in A Time for Killing (1967), originally directed by Roger Corman, then by Phil Karlson. Attorneys for the Philippine government believe Krodo was a secret entity used by the Marcoses to funnel money to Hamilton or to control the estate without revealing their interest, the Times reported. While serving as the First Lady of the Philippines, she was instrumental in the establishment of the Cultural Center of the Philippines . What did Disney actually lose from its Florida battle with DeSantis? (To this day, I can take a bullwhip, he boasts, and cut a cigarette in half.) More crucially, Hamilton armed with good looks, easy charm and a given name so WASPy it almost seemed a put-on couldnt have been more game to participate in what would prove to be the old studio publicity machine. After making a cameo in Looking for Love (1964), Hamilton appeared in Your Cheatin' Heart (1964), playing Hank Williams. We've received your submission. Its not depression, he says. The money was for what prosecutor LaBella called a supposed movie deal--purportedly a plan to develop a film about Gen. MacArthurs wartime exploits. In 1964 George Hamilton appeared in a bit part on a television series about three suave con-men cousins. Court documents show that $12 million flowed from secret Marcos bank accounts in the Philippines through Hamilton investments in the United States to other banks and foreign companies allegedly controlled by the Marcoses. New York Times ] October 29, 1966: 1. Records show that two-thirds of it--$4 million--was to be secured by the Beverly Hills house. More recently, Hamilton has been increasingly prominent as an entrepreneur in the tanning and skin care business, marketing his own line of cosmetics and colognes. A whirlwind courtship would follow, with high-profile dates at the Sugar Bowl and Mardi Gras, followed by Easter at the LBJ ranch. Floirendos first loan to Hamilton, made in April, 1982, at the request of Mrs. Marcos, was $600,000, he said. NEW YORK -- Actor George Hamilton, reportedly an unindicted co-conspirator in the Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos fraud case, said Monday he was just a friend of the couple and 'there was. The 1966 Academy Awards were brimming with star power. That said, Hamilton keeps a Make America Great Again cap in the corner of his living room, which Trump, with whom he has mutual Palm Beach pals, gifted him at a campaign rally the actor says he happened into at Trump Tower. Prosecutors contend that Mrs. Marcos, on trial here for fraud and racketeering, looted her nations wealth and spent it to satisfy a voracious appetite for art, jewelry and Manhattan real estate. Sign up for the California Politics newsletter to get exclusive analysis from our reporters. It was his world. (Both Khashoggi and Marcos were later acquitted.) National Park Service: 'Never push a slower friend down' in a bear encounter, March 2 (UPI) -- The National Park Service offered some sage advice for park visitors who encounter bears: "Never push a slower friend down. George Hamilton with the Reflect-A-Tan in Palm Beach, c.1965. Hamilton declined to be interviewed for this story after his attorneys lost a strenuous legal battle to keep sealed hundreds of pages of records and testimony. When they were together, Her pelvis would arrive across the room before the rest of her, Hamilton once volunteered. Investigators lost track of the money in London. He Blunted U.S. Blue Pencil Thomas, Kevin. He purchased the storied mansion with money earned off movies co-starring Olivia de Havilland, Brigitte Bardot and Lana Turner, films that not only were successful but had given Hamilton a real shot at critical approval one he never appears to have been interested in. In a voice choked with emotion, Hamilton described his brothers long and futile battle with kidney and liver disease and said that Mrs. Marcos invited his despondent mother, Ann Hamilton, to visit the Philippines after his death. Firefighters hoist horse stranded in backyard swimming pool. Staff writer William C. Rempel reported from Los Angeles. Malle said "he was a personal choice and I am happy with himHe's more interested in being in the social columns I don't understand when he should be one of the greatest of his generation. He is a courtly Southern gentleman. It was directed by Louis Malle who cast Hamilton on the strength of his performance in Two Weeks in Another Town. [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. LBJ, for his part, wasnt thrilled by his daughters relationship with the smooth man-about-town. Career George Hamilton started his career as a TV actor. 12,109, This story has been shared 11,144 times. He knows everyone in high society, finance, fashion, and he could have been the first Hollywood son-in-law in the White House.. Though she would go on to marry and divorce Rod Stewart, she and Hamilton remain close.