George Gerdes (February 23, 1948 – January 1, 2021) was an American singer-songwriter and character actor.
He formed a group, the Alumicron Fab Tabs, with friend Loudon Wainwright III, before graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in 1969.
His second album was produced by Nik Venet and featured session musicians including Charlie McCoy and Kenny Buttrey.
He appeared in Sam Shepard's play Fool for Love, and Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men, both on Broadway.
He also appeared in many television and film roles, including parts in The Squeeze (1987), Miami Vice (1987), Single White Female (1992), Amistad (1997), Hidalgo (2004) and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011).