Jeffrey Weissman

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Jeffrey Weissman portrayed George McFly in Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III, after the leave of Crispin Glover. Born on October 2, 1958, Weissman first worked for Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale in their film I Wanna Hold Your Hand, where he appeared, without screen credit, as a fan of Ringo Starr. Bearing little resemblance to Crispin Glover, Weissman received heavy makeup and facial prosthetics in order to portray George McFly, then was filmed hanging upside-down in an anti-gravity Ortho-lev. Weissman also imitated Glover's voice in portraying George. Glover filed suit against Universal for unauthorized use of his likeness, and a settlement resulted in a change in the rules of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).

Interestingly, George McFly is not the only person portrayed by both Jeffrey Weissman and Crispin Glover. In the 1991 film The Doors, Glover played the role of artist Andy Warhol. Weissman played the role of Andy Warhol in a 2000 television movie, The 70s.

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• Jeffrey Weissman on Wikipedia