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
• The Bible: In the Beginning... as Abraham
• Patton as General George S. Patton Jr.
• 12 Angry Men as Juror 3
• A Christmas Carol as Ebenezer Scrooge
• The Changeling as John Russell
• Malice as Dr. Martin Kessler
• Taps as General Harlan Bache

TV

• Naked City as Kermit Garrison
• The David Susskind Show as Self
• Weapons at War as Host
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Trock
• East Side/West Side
• East Side/West Side as Neil Brock
• The Virginian as Arthur Lilly
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Captain Vince McGuire
• Mr. President as President Samuel A. Tresch
• Ben Casey