 George was a supporting character who appeared in various adaptations of the BBC sitcom Blackadder , played by Hugh Laurie . Each series saw a different incarnation of the character , because each was set in a different period of history . He was most prominently featured in the third and fourth series , shouting almost all of his lines throughout both . The character was added to the series as a replacement for the Lord Percy Percy character , who did not appear in the third instalment because Tim McInnerny , the actor playing him , feared being typecast . 
