George, well known to act in wild gales (5)

I believe the answer is:

segal

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'george well known to act' is the definition.
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'wild gales' is the wordplay.
'wild' is an anagram indicator.
'gales' with letters rearranged gives 'SEGAL'.

'in' is the link.

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