He also had guest roles in many television series including Consider Your Verdict, Homicide, Division 4, The Flying Doctors, Bodyline, A Country Practice, Mother and Son, All Saints.
He wrote and directed the miniseries The Harp in the South and its sequel Poor Man's Orange, as well as the film Dad and Dave: On Our Selection.
Whaley undertook a tremendous amount of groundbreaking work with Indigenous actors, such as David Gulpilil, Jack Charles, Ivan Sen, Warwick Thornton and Erica Glynn.
[6] Whaley taught as Head of Acting at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) from 1976 to 1981, where among other students, he taught Mel Gibson, Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Hugo Weaving, Philip Quast, Steve Bisley, Tom Burlinson, Linda Cropper, Penny Cook, Anne Tenney, Heather Mitchell and Di Smith.
In his later years, Whaley moved to Dorroughby, in the Northern Rivers, where he taught Acting for Stage and Screen at Lismore Conservatorium.
[4] In his final years, George struggled with Parkinsons disease, and relocated to Feros Village in Bangalow, to receive medical care.