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
- Rocky Marciano as Pierino Marchegiano
- Inherit the Wind as Matthew Harrison Brady
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
- Angus as Grandpa Ivan
- Tyson as Cus D'Amato
- New York News as Ollie Herman
1994
- In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice as Judge Walker
- The Whipping Boy as Blind George
- Traps as Joe Trapchek
1991
- Finding the Way Home as Max Mittelman
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self
- Weapons at War as Host
1990
- Descending Angel as Florian Stroia
- The Exorcist III as Lt. William 'Bill' Kinderman
- Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue as Smoke (voice)
- The Rescuers Down Under as McLeach (voice)
1989
- The Ryan White Story as Charles Vaughan Sr.
1987
- Pals as Jack Stobbs
- Mr. President as President Samuel A. Tresch
1986
- Choices as Evan Granger
- The Last Days of Patton as Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
- 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
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
- Beauty and the Beast as The Beast
1975
- Fear on Trial as Louis Nizer
- The Hindenburg as Col. Franz Ritter
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- The Savage Is Loose as John
- The Bank Shot as Walter Upjohn Ballentine
1973
- Oklahoma Crude as Noble 'Mase' Mason
- The Day of the Dolphin as Jake Terrell
1972
- The Trouble With People as Driver (Story 2)
- The New Centurions as Kilvinski
- Rage as Dan Charles Logan
1971
- The Hospital as Dr. Herbert Bock
- The Price as Victor Franz
- The Last Run as Harry Garmes
- They Might Be Giants as Justin Playfair
- A Man Named Lombardi
1970
- Jane Eyre as Edward Rochester
- Patton as General George S. Patton Jr.
- The Andersonville Trial as Self
- Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles as Self
1969
- Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall as Max Maxwell / N.Y. Rome
- This Savage Land as Jud Barker
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
- Not With My Wife, You Don't! as 'Tank' Martin
- The Road West
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
- The List of Adrian Messenger as Anthony Gethryn
- The Power and the Glory as Police Lieutenant
- East Side/West Side as Neil Brock
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
- Winterset as Trock Estrella
- Anatomy of a Murder as Claude Dancer
- The Hanging Tree as George Grubb
- The David Susskind Show as Self
1958
- Naked City as Kermit Garrison
- Kraft Music Hall as Self
1957
- DuPont Show of the Month as Jacques
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Co-Host/Nominee
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