George C. Scott

ActorDirectorProducer Oct 18 (died age 71) Wise, Virginia, USA 1947–2001 (54 year career)

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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

Film

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

General 'Buck' Turgidson

Film

Anatomy of a Murder

AAG Claude Dancer

Film

The Hustler

Bert Gordon

Film

Patton

General George S. Patton Jr.

Film

The Rescuers Down Under

McLeach (voice)

Film

12 Angry Men

Juror 3

Film

The Changeling

John Russell

Film

A Christmas Carol

Ebenezer Scrooge

Filmography

Acting (108)

Movies (78)

Gloria

1999

as Ruby

5.8

Rocky Marciano

1999

as Pierino Marchegiano

5.7

Inherit the Wind

1999

as Matthew Harrison Brady

6.1

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

as Self

12 Angry Men

as Juror 3

Family Rescue

as Clayton Hayes

Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner

1997

as Self - Actor (voice)

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

as Self

Tyson

as Cus D'Amato

Angus

as Grandpa Ivan

The Whipping Boy

as Blind George

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice

1994

as Judge Walker

10.0

Malice

1993

as Dr. Martin Kessler

6.3

Curaçao

1993

as Cornelius Wettering

6.1

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Self

Finding the Way Home

as Max Mittelman

The Exorcist III

as Lt. William 'Bill' Kinderman

6.3

Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue

as Smoke (voice)

Descending Angel

as Florian Stroia

The Rescuers Down Under

1990

as McLeach (voice)

6.6

The Ryan White Story

1989

as Charles Vaughan Sr.

6.3

Pals

1987

as Jack Stobbs

3.7

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

as Auguste Dupin

Choices

as Evan Granger

The Last Days of Patton

1986

as Gen. George S. Patton Jr.

Firestarter

as John Rainbird

A Christmas Carol

as Ebenezer Scrooge

China Rose

as Burton Allen

The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt

as Narrator

Oliver Twist

as Fagin

Taps

as General Harlan Bache

6.8

Casey Stengel

1981

as Self - Host

The Changeling

as John Russell

The Formula

as Barney Caine

Hardcore

as Jake VanDorn

Arthur Miller on Home Ground

1979

Movie Movie

1978

as Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter

6.0

The Prince and the Pauper

1977

as The Ruffler

5.9

Islands in the Stream

as Thomas Hudson

Beauty and the Beast

as The Beast

Fear on Trial

as Louis Nizer

The Hindenburg

as Col. Franz Ritter

The Savage Is Loose

as John

The Bank Shot

as Walter Upjohn Ballentine

5.4

The Day of the Dolphin

1973

as Jake Terrell

5.8

Oklahoma Crude

1973

as Noble 'Mase' Mason

The New Centurions

as Kilvinski

Rage

as Dan Charles Logan

The Trouble With People

1972

as Driver (Story 2)

The Flim Flam Man

1972

as Mordecai

The Hospital

as Dr. Herbert Bock

They Might Be Giants

as Justin Playfair

A Man Named Lombardi

The Last Run

as Harry Garmes

The Price

as Victor Franz

Patton

1970

as General George S. Patton Jr.

7.5

Jane Eyre

1970

as Edward Rochester

7.1

The Andersonville Trial

1970

as Self

6.7

Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles

1970

as Self

Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall

1969

as Max Maxwell / N.Y. Rome

This Savage Land

as Jud Barker

Petulia

as Dr. Archie Bollen

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie

1968

as Himself

The Flim-Flam Man

as Mordecai Jones

The Crucible

as John Proctor

The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966

as Abraham

7.3

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

1966

as 'Tank' Martin

5.5

The Car That Became a Star

1965

as Self

6.0

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964

as General 'Buck' Turgidson

8.1

The Brazen Bell

1964

as Arthur Lilly

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

as Paolo Maltese

6.1

The List of Adrian Messenger

1963

as Anthony Gethryn

6.6

The Power and the Glory

1963

as Police Lieutenant

The Hustler

1961

as Bert Gordon

7.7

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1961

as Lord Henry Wotton

The Hanging Tree

as George Grubb

Anatomy of a Murder

as AAG Claude Dancer

Winterset

as Trock Estrella

Television (30)

History vs. Hollywood

2001

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Titanic

1996

as Captain Edward J. Smith

5.9

New York News

1995

as Ollie Herman

Traps

1994

as Joe Trapchek

Weapons at War

1991

as Host

6.0

Mr. President

1987

as President Samuel A. Tresch

7.5

Mussolini: The Untold Story

as Benito Mussolini

Dinah!

as Self

The Road West

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as Captain Vince McGuire

East Side/West Side

as Neil Brock

East Side/West Side

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Virginian

as Arthur Lilly

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Ben Casey

The David Susskind Show

as Self

Naked City

as Kermit Garrison

Kraft Music Hall

as Self

DuPont Show of the Month

as Jacques

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Presenter

Omnibus

The Red Skelton Show

as Dr. Hardship

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Trock

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Kraft Television Theatre

1947

as Mr. Oakhurst

7.5

Crew (5)

Movies (4)

The Savage Is Loose

Director

The Savage Is Loose

Producer

Rage

Director

The Andersonville Trial

1970

Director

6.7

Television (1)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Producer

8.6