You gotta hand it to theatre kids - they will do anything to create a character.
George Furth (who I believe had his name misspelled in the credits for one episode as Firth) appeared in two episodes of the show, first as a jealous suitor competing with Peter for Valerie's affections and the second as a creepy occultist attempting to bring Ruth Buzzi's husband back from the dead.
But a guest appearance on a rock and roll sitcom is merely a drop in the bucket for this guy.
After graduating in the early 1950s with a bachelor's degree in theatre from Northwestern, he made his way to Broadway and the Actors Studio, debuting on stage in 1961, a play titled A Cook for Mr. General. He then worked collaboratively with Stephen Sondheim on musicals such as Company and wrote several plays, including Twigs, The Supporting Cast, and Precious Sons, as well as a book for The Act.
Shall I go on?
On the small screen, he appeared in shows such as Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; I Dream of Jeannie; That Girl; Green Acres; Batman; The Odd Couple; Happy Days; All in the Family; Murphy Brown; L.A. Law; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Murder, She Wrote; and Little House on the Prairie.
Little HOUSE?
On the big screen, he was in The Boston Strangler, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Myra Breckinridge, Blazing Saddles, Shampoo, Oh, God!, The Cannonball Run, The Man with Two Brains, and Bulworth.
His last IMDb acting credit was in 1998; however, his last writing credit was in 2004, penning lyrics for the musical The End, which was reworked under the title Last Call. Furth passed in 2008 after a long, strange, and interesting career.
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