George J. Schaefer

George Joseph Schaefer (November 5, 1888, Brooklyn, New York – August 8, 1981) was an American motion picture producer and studio executive.

In 1941 Orson Welles made his classic film Citizen Kane at RKO.

Other films made by RKO during Schaefer's time at the studio include; Gunga Din (1939), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), and The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) Schaefer was the first person to receive the Motion Picture Association's award for civic and patriotic service.

[2] Schaefer was played by Roy Scheider in RKO 281, a highly fictionalized 1999 TV movie depicting the production of Citizen Kane.

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