George C. Scott

Acting · Born 1927-10-18 in 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).

Filmography

• Anatomy of a Murder as AAG Claude Dancer
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as General 'Buck' Turgidson
• The Hustler as Bert Gordon
• Malice as Dr. Martin Kessler
• Taps as General Harlan Bache
• The Bible: In the Beginning... as Abraham
• The Rescuers Down Under as McLeach (voice)
• Patton as General George S. Patton Jr.
• The Prince and the Pauper as The Ruffler
• The Exorcist III as Lt. William 'Bill' Kinderman