George W. Perkins is an
American producer of
films and
television series, most known for being one of the producers of the
dramedy Desperate Housewives, of which he is one of the
executive producers since 2006.
Beginning in the early 1980s Perkins produced or co-produced movies like the 1983
indie film Joystick,
Teen Wolf starring
Michael J. Fox from 1985, the 1986 thriller movie
Extremities starring
Farrah Fawcett and
Who's Harry Crumb? from 1989, starring
John Candy.
During the 1990s and 2000s, Perkins moved on to mainly producing
telefilms. In addition he co-produced the 1997 action film
Metro starring
Eddie Murphy, and in 2003 he was one of the producers for the short lived thriller series
Threat Matrix starring
James Denton. Since 2004, he's been involved with producing
Desperate Housewives, taking over the
executive producer position for the 2007-2008 season.