Printable Biography of George Wallace

However, after a year he decided it was time to move up from rags in search of rigs. He began working in transit advertising, and within a couple of years, progressed to become Vice President of a company where he sold and supervised the selling of ad space on the sides of mass transit vehicles. Throughout this entire time, George was known as a successful businessman. Unbeknownst to all, his life in sales was only a pit stop on his strategically planned career path towards his first love—COMEDY.

As soon as George was ready to change careers, the transition occurred smoothly. Within a week Wallace was seen onstage at a comedy club and was offered a job writing for the RED FOXX SHOW. He spent a year writing for the show by day and perfecting his standup routine by night. According to George, sales and comedy are very similar—“In advertising I had to sell space, whereas in comedy I have to sell myself.”

As his reputation in comedy grew, George was suggested as a competitor for the cable television special “The Big Laff Off.” He won over 150 entrants and captured the first prize of $2,000 and club engagements all over the country. from there, the jokes started flowing quicker and the audiences kept laughing.

George has been featured in his own HBO “One Night Stand,” and has appeared in several motion pictures including, A Rage in Harlem, Punchline, Bert Rigby You’re a Fool, Hot to Trot, Things Are Tough All Over and Post Cards From the Edge.

His television credits include regular appearances on The Tonight Show, The Arsenio Hall Show, Oprah Winfrey, Late Night With David Letterman, Live with Regis & Kathie Lee, Entertainment Tonight, and Comic Strip Live. George also parlayed the part of boxing impresario Don King in the NBC Special, TV Or Not TV.

George regularly performs in Las Vegas and has appeared at such major clubs as The Comedy Store, Budd Friedman’s Improvisation, Catch a Rising Star, The Punchline, and is currently selling out concert venues around the country. As a highly requested opening act, George has worked for many top names entertainers, including Kenny G, The Beach Boys, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Donna Summer, Natalie Cole, Tom Jones, The Pointer Sisters, George Benson and Paul Anka.

By age six, George knew that he wanted to be a comedian. Inspired by such comedy greats as Red Skelton, Redd Foxx, Johnny Carson, Richard Pryor and Milton Berle he knew he would one day achieve his dream: however, in order to be comfortable and successful, George realized that he had to have a “financial cushion.” With ambitious intentions, he left his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia to attend college at the University of Akron in Ohio. Upon graduating, armed with degrees in transportation and marketing, George hit the job market. However, his future career in comedy always remained alive in the back of his mind.