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).
Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1998
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1971
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1971
- Theatre World Award · 1958
- Clarence Derwent Awards
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- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1996 · nominated
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Actor · 1991 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1976 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1974 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1972 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1971 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1962 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1960 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1960 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 1959 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Power and the Glory
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Choices
Anatomy of a Murder
12 Angry Men
The Hustler
A Christmas Carol
China Rose
Patton
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Red Skelton Show
The Bible in the Beginning...
Jane Eyre
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
The Changeling
They Might Be Giants
Taps
Hardcore
The Hanging Tree
Angus
The Rescuers Down Under
The Hospital
The Last Run
The Whipping Boy
The Ryan White Story
The Last Days of Patton
Islands in the Stream
The Virginian
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Inherit the Wind
Malice
The Exorcist III
Firestarter
The Hindenburg
This Savage Land
Oklahoma Crude
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Tyson
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Movie Movie
Petulia
Rocky Marciano
Titanic
The Day of the Dolphin
Gloria
Naked City
Family Rescue
The Formula
The Bank Shot
The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt