George C. Scott
Born: 1927-10-18 in Wise, Virginia, USA
Died: 1999-09-22
Known For: Acting
Biography
George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American actor, director and producer. He was best known for his stage work, as well as his portrayals of the prosecutor Claude Dancer in Anatomy of a Murder (1959), General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964), General George S. Patton in the film Patton (1970), and Ebenezer Scrooge in Clive Donner's film A Christmas Carol (1984).
Filmography
2001
- History vs. Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
1999
- Gloria as Ruby
- Inherit the Wind as Matthew Harrison Brady
- Rocky Marciano as Pierino Marchegiano
1998
- Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero as Self
1997
- 12 Angry Men as Juror 3
- Family Rescue as Clayton Hayes
- Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner as Self - Actor (voice)
1996
- Titanic as Captain Edward J. Smith
- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self
1995
- New York News as Ollie Herman
- Tyson as Cus D'Amato
- Angus as Grandpa Ivan
1994
- Traps as Joe Trapchek
- The Whipping Boy as Blind George
- In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice as Judge Walker
1991
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self
- Weapons at War as Host
- Finding the Way Home as Max Mittelman
1990
- The Exorcist III as Lt. William 'Bill' Kinderman
- The Rescuers Down Under as McLeach (voice)
- Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue as Smoke (voice)
- Descending Angel as Florian Stroia
1989
- The Ryan White Story as Charles Vaughan Sr.
1987
- Mr. President as President Samuel A. Tresch
- Pals as Jack Stobbs
1986
- The Last Days of Patton as Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
- Choices as Evan Granger
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue as Auguste Dupin
1985
- Mussolini: The Untold Story as Benito Mussolini
1984
- A Christmas Carol as Ebenezer Scrooge
- Firestarter as John Rainbird
1983
- China Rose as Burton Allen
- The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt as Narrator
1982
- Oliver Twist as Fagin
1981
- Taps as General Harlan Bache
- Casey Stengel as Self - Host
1980
- The Changeling as John Russell
- The Formula as Barney Caine
1979
- Hardcore as Jake VanDorn
- Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1978
- Movie Movie as Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter
1977
- The Prince and the Pauper as The Ruffler
- Islands in the Stream as Thomas Hudson
1976
- NBC: The First Fifty Years as Self
- Beauty and the Beast as The Beast
1975
- The Hindenburg as Col. Franz Ritter
- Fear on Trial as Louis Nizer
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- The Bank Shot as Walter Upjohn Ballentine
- The Savage Is Loose as John
1973
- The Day of the Dolphin as Jake Terrell
- Oklahoma Crude as Noble 'Mase' Mason
1972
- The New Centurions as Kilvinski
- Rage as Dan Charles Logan
- The Trouble With People as Driver (Story 2)
- The Flim Flam Man as Mordecai
1971
- The Hospital as Dr. Herbert Bock
- The Last Run as Harry Garmes
- They Might Be Giants as Justin Playfair
- The Price as Victor Franz
- A Man Named Lombardi
1970
- Patton as General George S. Patton Jr.
- Jane Eyre as Edward Rochester
- Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles as Self
- The Andersonville Trial as Self
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Victor Franz
- This Savage Land as Jud Barker
- Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall as Max Maxwell / N.Y. Rome
1968
- Petulia as Dr. Archie Bollen
- Petulia: The Uncommon Movie as Himself
1967
- The Flim-Flam Man as Mordecai Jones
- The Crucible as John Proctor
1966
- The Bible: In the Beginning... as Abraham
- The Road West
- Not With My Wife, You Don't! as 'Tank' Martin
1965
- The Car That Became a Star as Self
1964
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as General 'Buck' Turgidson
- The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Paolo Maltese
- The Brazen Bell as Arthur Lilly
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Captain Vince McGuire
- East Side/West Side as Neil Brock
- The List of Adrian Messenger as Anthony Gethryn
- The Power and the Glory as Police Lieutenant
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Virginian as Arthur Lilly
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Ben Casey
- The Hustler as Bert Gordon
- The Picture of Dorian Gray as Lord Henry Wotton
1959
- Anatomy of a Murder as AAG Claude Dancer
- The David Susskind Show as Self
- The Hanging Tree as George Grubb
- Winterset as Trock Estrella
1958
- Naked City as Kermit Garrison
- Kraft Music Hall as Self
1957
- DuPont Show of the Month as Jacques
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Host
1952
1951
- The Red Skelton Show as Dr. Hardship
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Trock
1950
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
1947
- Kraft Television Theatre as Mr. Oakhurst