George C. Scott
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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).
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Inherit the Wind | Matthew Harrison Brady | FLOP | |
| 1998 | Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero | Self | HIT | |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men | Juror 3 | HIT | |
| 1996 | Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self | FLOP | |
| 1995 | Angus | Grandpa Ivan | HIT | |
| 1995 | Tyson | Cus D'Amato | FLOP | |
| 1994 | In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice | Judge Walker | HIT | |
| 1994 | The Whipping Boy | Blind George | HIT | |
| 1993 | Malice | Dr. Martin Kessler | FLOP | |
| 1993 | Curaçao | Cornelius Wettering | FLOP | |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self | HIT | |
| 1991 | Finding the Way Home | Max Mittelman | HIT | |
| 1990 | The Rescuers Down Under | McLeach (voice) | HIT | |
| 1990 | The Exorcist III | Lt. William 'Bill' Kinderman | FLOP | |
| 1990 | Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue | Smoke (voice) | FLOP | |
| 1989 | The Ryan White Story | Charles Vaughan Sr. | FLOP | |
| 1986 | The Last Days of Patton | Gen. George S. Patton Jr. | FLOP | |
| 1986 | The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Auguste Dupin | FLOP | |
| 1986 | Choices | Evan Granger | HIT | |
| 1984 | A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | HIT | |
| 1984 | Firestarter | John Rainbird | FLOP | |
| 1983 | China Rose | Burton Allen | FLOP | |
| 1982 | Oliver Twist | Fagin | HIT | |
| 1981 | Taps | General Harlan Bache | HIT | |
| 1980 | The Changeling | John Russell | HIT | |
| 1979 | Hardcore | Jake VanDorn | HIT | |
| 1978 | Movie Movie | Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter | FLOP | |
| 1977 | The Prince and the Pauper | The Ruffler | FLOP | |
| 1977 | Islands in the Stream | Thomas Hudson | FLOP | |
| 1975 | The Hindenburg | Col. Franz Ritter | FLOP | |
| 1975 | Fear on Trial | Louis Nizer | HIT | |
| 1973 | Oklahoma Crude | Noble 'Mase' Mason | FLOP | |
| 1972 | Rage | Dan Charles Logan | HIT | |
| 1972 | The New Centurions | Kilvinski | HIT | |
| 1971 | The Hospital | Dr. Herbert Bock | HIT | |
| 1971 | The Last Run | Harry Garmes | FLOP | |
| 1971 | They Might Be Giants | Justin Playfair | HIT | |
| 1970 | Jane Eyre | Edward Rochester | HIT | |
| 1970 | The Andersonville Trial | Self | HIT | |
| 1970 | Patton | General George S. Patton Jr. | HIT | |
| 1968 | Petulia | Dr. Archie Bollen | FLOP | |
| 1967 | The Flim-Flam Man | Mordecai Jones | HIT | |
| 1966 | The Bible: In the Beginning... | Abraham | HIT | |
| 1965 | The Car That Became a Star | Self | FLOP | |
| 1964 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Paolo Maltese | FLOP | |
| 1964 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | General "Buck" Turgidson | HIT | |
| 1963 | The List of Adrian Messenger | Anthony Gethryn | HIT | |
| 1961 | The Hustler | Bert Gordon | HIT | |
| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder | AAG Claude Dancer | HIT | |
| 1959 | The Hanging Tree | George Grubb | HIT |