Ghost Fever 1987 Starring Sherman Hemsley Sherman Hemsley's iconic George Jefferson role is still one of the most influential characters in televison history. Much like many actors of his day, once your typecast, you aren't considered anything but that actor from that famous show. It happened to Adam West, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, Clayton Moore and George Reeves. They no longer had their stage name, when they came on the screen it was the famous character they played and not the role the