George Memmoli (August 3, 1938 – May 20, 1985) was an American actor. Memmoli was a friend and frequent collaborator of director Martin Scorsese, providing memorable appearances in Mean Streets (1973), New York, New York (1977), and contributed to a documentary focused on a mutual friend of Scorsese's and Memmoli's - American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978). He is also known for his portrayal of the engineer Earl during the first season (21 episodes) of the lambasted sitcom Hello, Larry.
George was a bartender and intermission vibraphone player at the Tunetimers Club in Queens, New York City in the early 1960s. The group, the Tunetimers, played Las Vegas, Nevada as a lounge act for many years.
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Because of injuries sustained in an accident during the production of the movie The Farmer (1977), Memmoli had to decline the role of the disturbed passenger in Taxi Driver (1976) that was ultimately played by the film's director Martin Scorsese.
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