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- Birth nameVasilios Basil Choulos
- George Vasilios Choulos was born on March 31, 1927 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Number One with a Bullet (1987). He was married to Laura Theresa Grimaldi. He died on March 17, 2003 in Greenbrae, California, USA.
- SpouseLaura Theresa Grimaldi(1955 - March 17, 2003) (his death, 5 children)
- He was a member of the defense team for Jack Ruby in 1963. He also represented Lenny Bruce, Abby Hoffman, Jerry Rubin and Timothy Leary.
- Lawyer and law partner of the attorney Melvin Belli.
- Choulos was perhaps best known for organizing a brazen scheme to rescue a man accused of drug dealing, Joel David Kaplan, from a Mexican prison in 1971. Convinced by Kaplan's sister that Kaplan had been framed, Choulos and three others piloted a helicopter into the prison yard, scooped up Kaplan and carried him away. The so-called "10-Second Jailbreak" was the basis for the 1975 Charles Bronson film "Breakout."
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