George Christopher (December 8, 1907 – September 14, 2000) was a Greek-American politician, and the 34th Mayor of San Francisco, serving in that office from January 1956 until January 1964. He was, as of 2012, the last Republican to be elected mayor of San Francisco; all San Francisco mayors since he left office have been Democrats.
Born George Christophes in Arcadia, Greece, the son of James Christophes and Mary Koines Christophes, Christopher and his family emigrated to the United States in 1910 and settled in San Francisco's South of Market Street neighborhood, then known as "Greektown", when Christopher was two years old. Christopher left day school at the age of fourteen when his father James died, and he became sole support of his family. He sold papers, then talked his way into a job at the San Francisco Examiner as a copy boy. In 1935, he married Tula Sarantitis, daughter of a baker whom George did bookkeeping for.
After studying accounting at Golden Gate College from which he earned a BA in Accounting in 1930, he worked for numerous small firms keeping their accounts and eventually bought out a small dairy on Fillmore Street, which became the Christopher Dairy. He was prosecuted in the 1940s for breaking the newly passed milk price-fixing laws.
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George, Christopher Filmography
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2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1994, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1987, role: actor , character name: Ranger Michael Kelly
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1985, role: actor , character name: Lawyer
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1983, role: actor , character name: Hank Andrews
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1982, role: actor , character name: Lt. Bracken
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1982, role: actor , character name: MacArthur
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1981, role: actor , character name: Coach George Michaels
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1981, role: actor , character name: Venarius
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1980, role: actor , character name: Peter Bell
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1980, role: actor , character name: Detective James Dalton
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1978, role: actor , character name: Neal Barry
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1978, role: actor
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1977, role: actor , character name: Steve Buckner
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1977, role: actor , character name: Bill
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1976, role: actor , character name: Lieutenant Commander C. Wade McClusky
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1976, role: actor , character name: Books' Victim in Flashback
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1976, role: actor , character name: Sheriff Phil Marsh
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1976, role: actor , character name: Kelly
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1976, role: actor , character name: Stan Burkhart
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1975, role: actor , character name: Duane Jeffreys
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1975, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1974, role: actor , character name: Roy MacRae
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1973, role: actor , character name: Gas Station Attendant
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1973, role: actor , character name: Lawyer
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1973, role: actor , character name: Calhoun
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1973, role: actor , character name: Davert
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1972, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1972, role: actor , character name: Lieutenant Pete King
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1972, role: actor , character name: Joe Craddock
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1971, role: actor , character name: Vic Jacobi
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1971, role: actor , character name: Larry Towers
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1971, role: actor , character name: Cameron Steele
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1970, role: actor , character name: Morgan
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1970, role: actor , character name: Lieutenant Dan August
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1970, role: actor , character name: Dan Nodeen
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1970, role: actor , character name: Steve Michaelis
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1969, role: actor , character name: Ray Faulkner
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1969, role: actor , character name: Col. Greg Brandon
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1968, role: actor , character name: Gavilan
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1968, role: actor , character name: Sgt. Sam Troy
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1968, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1968, role: actor , character name: Hagan Arnold
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1966, role: actor , character name: Nelse McLeod
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1966, role: actor , character name: Bill Patterson
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1965, role: actor , character name: Sailor
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2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2002, role: actor , character name: Reporter #1
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2000, role: actor , character name: Jealous Ted
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1998, role: actor , character name: Little Jimmy Corkhill
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1991, role: actor , character name: Man in cafe
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1985, role: actor , character name: Young Kid
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2005, role: miscellaneous crew
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2002, role: director
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2002, role: miscellaneous crew
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