George Woodard (born June 18, 1952) is an actor, musician, and dairy farmer in

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. He experimented with acting in high school, taking part in high school and local summer stock plays and musicals, while rebuilding the family dairy business. Later he moved to

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for approximately four years to explore acting. The need for someone to lead the operation of the Woodard family farm brought him home to Vermont. He took over the dairy business. His job of dairy farming mixed with his acting career resulted in his being featured in an article for

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. He appeared in the films ''

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'', ''

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'', '' My Mother's Early Lovers'', ''

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'', '' America's Heart and Soul'', along with a few TV commercials. In 2010, Woodard wrote the screenplay, directed, edited and acted in "The Summer of Walter Hacks," a coming of age story set in the long forgotten rural New England of the 1950s.

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* American male film actors Living people People from Waterbury, Vermont Male actors from Vermont 1952 births {{US-screen-actor-stub