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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Academy Awards
Best Actor
Known For
Malice
(1993)
Dr. Martin Kessler
A Christmas Carol
(1984)
Ebenezer Scrooge
The Exorcist III
(1990)
Lt. William 'Bill' Kinderman
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(1964)
General "Buck" Turgidson
The Bible: In the Beginning...
(1966)
Abraham
The Changeling
(1980)
John Russell
12 Angry Men
(1997)
Juror 3
Firestarter
(1984)
John Rainbird
Anatomy of a Murder
(1959)
Claude Dancer
Patton
(1970)
Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
Hardcore
(1979)
Jake VanDorn
Taps
(1981)
General Harlan Bache
The Hustler
(1961)
Bert Gordon
The Prince and the Pauper
(1977)
The Ruffler
The Hanging Tree
(1959)
George Grubb
The Hindenburg
(1975)
Col. Franz Ritter
Full Filmography
Acting
Anatomy of a Murder
(1959)
Claude Dancer
Winterset
(1959)
Trock
The Hanging Tree
(1959)
George Grubb
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(1961)
Lord Henry Wotton
The Hustler
(1961)
Bert Gordon
The List of Adrian Messenger
(1963)
Anthony Gethryn
The Power and the Glory
(1963)
Police Lieutenant
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
(1964)
Paolo Maltese
The Brazen Bell
(1964)
Arthur Lilly
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(1964)
General "Buck" Turgidson
The Car That Became a Star
(1965)
Self
The Bible: In the Beginning...
(1966)
Abraham
Not With My Wife, You Don't
(1966)
'Tank' Martin
The Flim-Flam Man
(1967)
Mordecai Jones
The Crucible
(1967)
John Proctor
Petulia
(1968)
Dr. Archie Bollen
This Savage Land
(1969)
Jud Barker
Patton
(1970)
Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
The Andersonville Trial
(1970)
Self
Jane Eyre
(1970)
Edward Rochester
The Last Run
(1971)
Harry Garmes
The Hospital
(1971)
Dr. Herbert Bock
They Might Be Giants
(1971)
Justin Playfair
The Price
(1971)
Victor Franz
A Man Named Lombardi
(1971)
The New Centurions
(1972)
Kilvinski
Rage
(1972)
Dan Charles Logan
The Trouble With People
(1972)
Driver (Story 2)
Oklahoma Crude
(1973)
Noble "Mase" Mason
The Day of the Dolphin
(1973)
Jake Terrell
The Savage Is Loose
(1974)
John
The Bank Shot
(1974)
Walter Upjohn Ballentine
Fear on Trial
(1975)
Louis Nizer
The Hindenburg
(1975)
Col. Franz Ritter
Beauty and the Beast
(1976)
The Beast
Islands in the Stream
(1977)
Thomas Hudson
The Prince and the Pauper
(1977)
The Ruffler
Movie Movie
(1978)
Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter
Hardcore
(1979)
Jake VanDorn
The Changeling
(1980)
John Russell
The Formula
(1980)
Barney Caine
Casey Stengel
(1981)
Self - Host
Taps
(1981)
General Harlan Bache
Oliver Twist
(1982)
Fagin
China Rose
(1983)
Burton Allen
The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt
(1983)
Narrator
A Christmas Carol
(1984)
Ebenezer Scrooge
Firestarter
(1984)
John Rainbird
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
(1986)
Auguste Dupin
The Last Days of Patton
(1986)
Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
Choices
(1986)
Evan Granger
Pals
(1987)
Jack Stobbs
The Ryan White Story
(1989)
Charles Vaughan Sr.
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
(1990)
Smoke (voice)
The Exorcist III
(1990)
Lt. William 'Bill' Kinderman
The Rescuers Down Under
(1990)
McLeach (voice)
Descending Angel
(1990)
Florian Stroia
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(1991)
Self
Finding the Way Home
(1991)
Max Mittelman
Curaçao
(1993)
Cornelius Wettering
Malice
(1993)
Dr. Martin Kessler
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
(1994)
Judge Walker
The Whipping Boy
(1994)
Blind George
Angus
(1995)
Grandpa Ivan
Tyson
(1995)
Cus D'Amato
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
(1996)
Self
Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner
(1997)
Self - Actor (voice)
Family Rescue
(1997)
Clayton Hayes
12 Angry Men
(1997)
Juror 3
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
(1998)
Self
Inherit the Wind
(1999)
Matthew Harrison Brady
Gloria
(1999)
Ruby
Rocky Marciano
(1999)
Pierino Marchegiano
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
(2010)
General George S. Patton Jr. (archive footage)
Directing
Production