George C. Scott
Acting
- Born:
- 1927-10-18
- Died:
- 1999-09-22
- Place of birth:
- Wise, Virginia, USA
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).
Known For
Filmography
History vs. Hollywood
Inherit the Wind
Rocky Marciano
Gloria
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
12 Angry Men
Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner
Family Rescue
Titanic
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
New York News
Angus
Tyson
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
The Whipping Boy
Traps
Malice
Curaçao
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Finding the Way Home
Weapons at War
Descending Angel
The Rescuers Down Under
The Exorcist III
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
The Ryan White Story
Mr. President
Pals
The Last Days of Patton
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Choices
Mussolini: The Untold Story
A Christmas Carol
Firestarter
China Rose
The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt
Oliver Twist
Taps
Casey Stengel
The Formula
The Changeling
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Hardcore
Movie Movie
The Prince and the Pauper
Islands in the Stream
Beauty and the Beast
NBC: The First Fifty Years
The Hindenburg
Fear on Trial
The Savage Is Loose
Dinah!
The Bank Shot
The Day of the Dolphin
Oklahoma Crude
Rage
The Trouble With People
The New Centurions
The Flim Flam Man
The Hospital