George Joseph Burns (born March 13, 1918 – July 17, 2007) was an American character actor.

[1] Captain Burns located an enemy strongpoint and personally guided a tank to destroy the emplacement.

[4] He made his Broadway debut in the original production of Mister Roberts alongside Henry Fonda.

[5] Borgnine recalled that during the 1950s Burns was rejected from the lead of a show, eventually finding out it was due to his befriending suspected communists.

[2] He was buired in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery and was survived by his wife Fern; three sons Brendan, Timothy and Sean; daughter Siobhan and a granddaughter.