James "Jimmy" George was born in Los Angeles on July 28, 1937, becoming one of those hard-to-find native Californians. At the age of four, Jimmy's parents divorced and his mother decided to return to Mississippi, where she was born. Taking her two sons, Jimmy and Johnny, she returned to Ruleville, Mississippi where her mother lived. Jimmy's mother returned to Los Angeles in 1953 leaving Jimmy and Johnny with their grandmother to finish their schooling, but before long, Jimmy decided to hitchhike west to be with his mother.

He spent the summer working and in the fall registered for school in Los Angeles. He made the football team but wasn't too happy with the school so he made his second of fourteen hitchhiked trips back and forth to Ruleville where he finally decided to finish his schooling. In Ruleville, Jimmy earned a scholarship to the Mississippi Delta Community College and made the football and track teams. After college, Jimmy became a sailor in the United States Navy for two years.

In 1959 Jimmy moved back to California where, thanks to his Uncle Seth Banks, a Hollywood wardrobe man of forty-five years, he got a job in the wardrobe department. Jimmy became a good wardrobe man and enjoyed working with stars like Jackie Gleason, Robert DeNiro, Jerry Lewis, and Robert Redford. During his career, Jimmy also proved to be a competent actor doing bit parts in pictures like Ode to Billy Joe, Jerimiah Johnson, Little Big Man and of course, The Wild Wild West.

In 1965 Jimmy was invited to join the crew on a television series about to begin filming. When The Wild Wild West started, he and the show's star, Robert Conrad became fast friends. During the first season's hiatus, Bob asked Jimmy to be Producer of a movie he wrote and was going to film in Mexico. Bob would also star in and direct the movie. The movie introduced one of the costars, Jan Michael Vincent, to the movie industry.

Near the end of the second season of filming The Wild Wild West, Bob got into a bar fight where he and his stunt buddies hung out. When the fight broke out, Bob hit and seriously hurt someone. The "brass" the studio gave serious thought to dropping the show, but decided on a more brutal punishment. It was decided to fire Bob's closest friends. Jimmy was one of the first to go. It was a sad day on the set during the weeks that followed.

While filming the last show of the third season, Bob had a very serious fall from a chandelier and for the third consecutive year, the "brass" again considered canceling the show. Instead of canceling what was a highly successful show, they decided that if there was going to be a forth season, it would be without Robert Conrad doing his own stunts. Bob, if he wanted the show to continue, had no choice in the matter so he suggested using Jimmy as his double, a very frustrating decision for an athletic with Bob's ability. The big "brass" agreed to use Jimmy and he rejoined the show for the fourth and final season.

Jimmy returned to the show as Bob's stunt-double. When there was no stunt work, Bob assigned Jimmy to bit parts on the show and he proved to be quite capable of his performances. When the show was canceled due to the "so-called" violence on the show, Jimmy returned to the costume department. He did an occasional stunt on other shows and ended up with Jane Seymore's show, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman.

Jimmy thought Jane was "a great gal" but after thirty-nine years in the business, Jimmy decided he had it. At the age of 60, he found a new love; computers, so in April of 1998, before the show began a new season, Jimmy retired. There is no evidence that the show was canceled because Jimmy left the show.

Early in 1999, Jimmy's mother needed a nursing home and with the upkeep of his newly remodeled home in Simi Valley being more than he cared to pay, Jimmy made what appears to be his last and final move to Brandon, Mississippi to be with his mother. He really appears to have found true happiness. He is attempting to finish his first big computer job collating the names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and clothing sizes, of more than 12,000 stars, friends and acquaintances he's worked with.