▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁E ads ▁would ▁be ▁leaving ▁the ▁show , ▁which ▁in ▁any ▁event ▁was ▁not ▁renew ed ▁for ▁the ▁following ▁season — mean ing ▁he ▁only ▁missed ▁the ▁series ▁finale ▁television ▁movie , ▁Im mort ality . ▁He ▁later ▁star red ▁as ▁Jack ▁Dal ton ▁on ▁the ▁CBS ▁action - ad vent ure ▁series ▁Mac G y ver ▁for ▁three ▁seasons . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁E ads ▁was ▁born ▁and ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Bel ton , ▁Texas . ▁His ▁father ▁is ▁Arthur ▁" C appy " ▁E ads , ▁a ▁retired ▁district ▁att orney ▁who ▁died ▁November ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁His ▁mother ▁is ▁Viv ian ▁Baker ▁( née ▁Ath ens ). ▁George ▁graduated ▁from ▁Bel ton ▁High ▁School ▁( 1 9 8 5 ) ▁and ▁from ▁Texas ▁Te ch ▁University ▁( 1 9 8 9 ) ▁with ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁market ing . ▁In ▁college , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Ph i ▁D elta ▁Th eta ▁frat ern ity . ▁Prior ▁to ▁beginning ▁an ▁acting ▁career , ▁E ads ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁copy ▁machine ▁sales man , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁s elling ▁first ▁aid ▁and ▁safety ▁supplies ▁for ▁C int as . ▁ ▁Career ▁E ads ▁drove ▁to ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁California ▁in ▁a ▁pick up ▁tr uck ▁borrow ed ▁from ▁his ▁step father , ▁to ▁purs ue ▁his ▁acting ▁career . ▁When ▁he ▁arrived ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ,