Georges Vitaly, real name Vitali Garcouchenko (January 15 1917-January 2 2007), was a 20th-century French actor, theater director and theater manager. The son of immagrants from the Russian revolution, he trained as an actor from 1934. In 1947, he won the concours des jeunes compagnies with Le Mal Court by Jacques Audiberti with Suzanne Flon. The same year he founded the Théatre de la Huchette which he directed until 1952. Then, from 1954 to 1970, he was director of the Théâtre La Bruyère, in Paris. From 1970 to 1975, he was director of the Maison de la culture in Nantes. In 2002 he was honored with the Prix du Brigadier, a Brigadier honnor for his carrer in theater. He was married to the comedian Monique Delaroche.