George C. Scott

Known for: Acting

Born: 1927-10-18 – 1999-09-22 (aged 71)

From: Wise, Virginia, USA

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 (107)

TV★ 8.0
History vs. Hollywood
2001
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Inherit the Wind
1999
as Matthew Harrison Brady
MOVIE★ 5.9
Rocky Marciano
1999
as Pierino Marchegiano
MOVIE★ 5.9
Gloria
1999
as Ruby
MOVIE★ 7.0
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.7
12 Angry Men
1997
as Juror 3
MOVIE
Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner
1997
as Self - Actor (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Family Rescue
1997
as Clayton Hayes
TV★ 5.9
Titanic
1996
as Captain Edward J. Smith
MOVIE★ 6.4
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self
TV★ 7.0
New York News
1995
as Ollie Herman
MOVIE★ 6.6
Angus
1995
as Grandpa Ivan
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tyson
1995
as Cus D'Amato
MOVIE★ 10.0
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
1994
as Judge Walker
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Whipping Boy
1994
as Blind George
TV★ 9.0
Traps
1994
as Joe Trapchek
MOVIE★ 6.3
Malice
1993
as Dr. Martin Kessler
MOVIE★ 6.4
Curaçao
1993
as Cornelius Wettering
MOVIE★ 8.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.3
Finding the Way Home
1991
as Max Mittelman
TV★ 6.0
Weapons at War
1991
as Host
MOVIE★ 5.5
Descending Angel
1990
as Florian Stroia
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Rescuers Down Under
1990
as McLeach (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Exorcist III
1990
as Lt. William 'Bill' Kinderman
MOVIE★ 6.3
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
1990
as Smoke (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Ryan White Story
1989
as Charles Vaughan Sr.
TV★ 8.3
Mr. President
1987
as President Samuel A. Tresch
MOVIE★ 5.3
Pals
1987
as Jack Stobbs
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Last Days of Patton
1986
as Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986
as Auguste Dupin
MOVIE★ 8.0
Choices
1986
as Evan Granger
TV★ 5.3
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as Benito Mussolini
MOVIE★ 7.5
A Christmas Carol
1984
as Ebenezer Scrooge
MOVIE★ 6.3
Firestarter
1984
as John Rainbird
MOVIE★ 7.5
China Rose
1983
as Burton Allen
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt
1983
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.7
Oliver Twist
1982
as Fagin
MOVIE★ 6.8
Taps
1981
as General Harlan Bache
MOVIE★ 7.0
Casey Stengel
1981
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Formula
1980
as Barney Caine
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Changeling
1980
as John Russell
MOVIE★ 10.0
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1979
MOVIE★ 6.7
Hardcore
1979
as Jake VanDorn
MOVIE★ 6.0
Movie Movie
1978
as Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
as The Ruffler
MOVIE★ 6.5
Islands in the Stream
1977
as Thomas Hudson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Beauty and the Beast
1976
as The Beast
MOVIE
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Hindenburg
1975
as Col. Franz Ritter
MOVIE★ 9.0
Fear on Trial
1975
as Louis Nizer
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Savage Is Loose
1974
as John
TV★ 7.0
Dinah!
1974
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Bank Shot
1974
as Walter Upjohn Ballentine
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Day of the Dolphin
1973
as Jake Terrell
MOVIE★ 6.1
Oklahoma Crude
1973
as Noble 'Mase' Mason
MOVIE★ 6.7
Rage
1972
as Dan Charles Logan
MOVIE
The Trouble With People
1972
as Driver (Story 2)
MOVIE★ 6.6
The New Centurions
1972
as Kilvinski
MOVIE
The Flim Flam Man
1972
as Mordecai
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Hospital
1971
as Dr. Herbert Bock
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Last Run
1971
as Harry Garmes
MOVIE★ 7.0
They Might Be Giants
1971
as Justin Playfair
MOVIE
The Price
1971
as Victor Franz
MOVIE
A Man Named Lombardi
1971
MOVIE★ 7.0
Jane Eyre
1970
as Edward Rochester
MOVIE
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
1970
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Andersonville Trial
1970
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Patton
1970
as General George S. Patton Jr.
MOVIE★ 9.0
Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall
1969
as Max Maxwell / N.Y. Rome
MOVIE★ 6.3
This Savage Land
1969
as Jud Barker
TV★ 7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Victor Franz
MOVIE★ 6.0
Petulia
1968
as Dr. Archie Bollen
MOVIE
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
1968
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Flim-Flam Man
1967
as Mordecai Jones
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Crucible
1967
as John Proctor
MOVIE★ 5.8
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966
as 'Tank' Martin
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
as Abraham
TV★ 7.5
The Road West
1966
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Car That Became a Star
1965
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Paolo Maltese
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Brazen Bell
1964
as Arthur Lilly
MOVIE★ 8.1
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as General 'Buck' Turgidson
TV★ 5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Captain Vince McGuire
TV★ 7.8
East Side/West Side
1963
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Power and the Glory
1963
as Police Lieutenant
MOVIE★ 6.7
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
as Anthony Gethryn
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as Arthur Lilly
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MOVIE
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1961
as Lord Henry Wotton
TV★ 5.9
Ben Casey
1961
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Hustler
1961
as Bert Gordon
TV★ 8.0
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960
as Edward Stevens
MOVIE★ 9.0
Winterset
1959
as Trock Estrella
MOVIE★ 7.8
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
as AAG Claude Dancer
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Hanging Tree
1959
as George Grubb
TV★ 7.0
The David Susskind Show
1959
as Self
TV★ 5.4
Kraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
TV★ 5.7
Naked City
1958
as Kermit Garrison
TV★ 7.4
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Jacques
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
TV★ 6.3
Omnibus
1952
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Trock
TV★ 7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Dr. Hardship
TV★ 7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
TV★ 7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
as Mr. Oakhurst