George C. Scott

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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).

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Wise, Virginia, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

18 October 1927, 98 years old

Known For

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

The Rescuers Down Under

Patton

Anatomy of a Murder

The Hustler

The Exorcist III

Firestarter

The Changeling

Malice

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Inherit the Wind

Matthew Harrison Brady

1999

Rocky Marciano

Pierino Marchegiano

1999

Gloria

Ruby

1999

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

Self

1998

12 Angry Men

Juror 3

1997

Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner

Self - Actor (voice)

1997

Family Rescue

Clayton Hayes

1997

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

Self

1996

Angus

Grandpa Ivan

1995

Tyson

Cus D'Amato

1995

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice

Judge Walker

1994

The Whipping Boy

Blind George

1994

Malice

Dr. Martin Kessler

1993

Curaçao

Cornelius Wettering

1993

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Self

1991

Finding the Way Home

Max Mittelman

1991

Descending Angel

Florian Stroia

1990

The Rescuers Down Under

McLeach (voice)

1990

The Exorcist III

Lt. William 'Bill' Kinderman

1990

Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue

Smoke (voice)

1990

The Ryan White Story

Charles Vaughan Sr.

1989

Pals

Jack Stobbs

1987

The Last Days of Patton

Gen. George S. Patton Jr.

1986

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Auguste Dupin

1986

Choices

Evan Granger

1986

A Christmas Carol

Ebenezer Scrooge

1984

Firestarter

John Rainbird

1984

China Rose

Burton Allen

1983

The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt

Narrator

1983

Oliver Twist

Fagin

1982

Taps

General Harlan Bache

1981

Casey Stengel

Self - Host

1981

The Formula

Barney Caine

1980

The Changeling

John Russell

1980

Hardcore

Jake VanDorn

1979

Movie Movie

Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter

1978

The Prince and the Pauper

The Ruffler

1977

Islands in the Stream

Thomas Hudson

1977

Beauty and the Beast

The Beast

1976

The Hindenburg

Col. Franz Ritter

1975

Fear on Trial

Louis Nizer

1975

The Savage Is Loose

John

1974

The Bank Shot

Walter Upjohn Ballentine

1974

The Day of the Dolphin

Jake Terrell

1973

Oklahoma Crude

Noble 'Mase' Mason

1973

Rage

Dan Charles Logan

1972

The Trouble With People

Driver (Story 2)

1972

The New Centurions

Kilvinski

1972

The Hospital

Dr. Herbert Bock

1971

The Last Run

Harry Garmes

1971

They Might Be Giants

Justin Playfair

1971

The Price

Victor Franz

1971

A Man Named Lombardi

1971

Jane Eyre

Edward Rochester

1970

Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles

Self

1970

The Andersonville Trial

Self

1970

Patton

General George S. Patton Jr.

1970

Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall

Max Maxwell / N.Y. Rome

1969

This Savage Land

Jud Barker

1969

Petulia

Dr. Archie Bollen

1968

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie

Himself

1968

The Flim-Flam Man

Mordecai Jones

1967

The Crucible

John Proctor

1967

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

'Tank' Martin

1966

The Bible: In the Beginning...

Abraham

1966

The Car That Became a Star

Self

1965

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Paolo Maltese

1964

The Brazen Bell

Arthur Lilly

1964

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

General "Buck" Turgidson

1964

The Power and the Glory

Police Lieutenant

1963

The List of Adrian Messenger

Anthony Gethryn

1963

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Lord Henry Wotton

1961

The Hustler

Bert Gordon

1961

Winterset

Trock Estrella

1959

Anatomy of a Murder

Claude Dancer

1959

The Hanging Tree

George Grubb

1959