
George C. Scott
Department: Acting
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

Anatomy of a Murder
1959

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964

The Hustler
1961

Malice
1993

Taps
1981

The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966

The Rescuers Down Under
1990

Patton
1970

The Prince and the Pauper
1977

The Exorcist III
1990

The List of Adrian Messenger
1963

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986

Firestarter
1984

The Formula
1980

The Hospital
1971

12 Angry Men
1997

Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
1990

Angus
1995

A Christmas Carol
1984

Winterset
1959

They Might Be Giants
1971

The Changeling
1980

Rocky Marciano
1999

Hardcore
1979

The Flim-Flam Man
1967

The Day of the Dolphin
1973

Petulia
1968

The Hanging Tree
1959

The New Centurions
1972

Gloria
1999

The Hindenburg
1975

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964

Oliver Twist
1982

Tyson
1995

Islands in the Stream
1977

The Last Run
1971

Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966

Movie Movie
1978

Rage
1972

The Bank Shot
1974

Inherit the Wind
1999

The Ryan White Story
1989

The Power and the Glory
1963

Jane Eyre
1970

Oklahoma Crude
1973

The Last Days of Patton
1986

Descending Angel
1990

This Savage Land
1969

The Savage Is Loose
1974

Pals
1987

The Trouble With People
1972

Fear on Trial
1975

Beauty and the Beast
1976

The Price
1971

Family Rescue
1997

Casey Stengel
1981

The Picture of Dorian Gray
1961

The Andersonville Trial
1970

Choices
1986

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996

A Man Named Lombardi
1971

China Rose
1983

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
1994

Curaçao
1993

The Whipping Boy
1994

The Brazen Bell
1964

Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
1970

Finding the Way Home
1991

The Crucible
1967

The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt
1983

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991

Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner
1997

The Car That Became a Star
1965

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998

Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall
1969

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
1968

NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976

The Flim Flam Man
1972

Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1979

Naked City
1958

The David Susskind Show
1959

Weapons at War
1991

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

East Side/West Side
1963

East Side/West Side
1963

The Virginian
1962

New York News
1995

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Mr. President
1987

Ben Casey
1961

Traps
1994

The Road West
1966

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Titanic
1996

History vs. Hollywood
2001

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

The Bob Hope Show
1950

Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

DuPont Show of the Month
1957

Dinah!
1974

Kraft Music Hall
1958

Omnibus
1952

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

The Red Skelton Show
1951

Kraft Television Theatre
1947

Kraft Television Theatre
1947

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956