George C. Scott
Gender: Male
Born: 18th October 1927
Died: 22nd September 1999
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: New York News, East Side/West Side, Mr. President, The Virginian, Traps, Mussolini: The Untold Story
Movies: Angus, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Hardcore, Patton, Petulia, Taps, The Changeling, The Exorcist III, The Formula, The Hanging Tree, The Hindenburg, The Hospital, The Hustler, The Rescuers Down Under, They Might Be Giants, Not with My Wife, You Don't!, Gloria, Titanic, The Day of the Dolphin, Malice, Jane Eyre, A Christmas Carol, The Flim-Flam Man, Bank Shot, Rage, Movie Movie, Anatomy of a Murder, The Hustler, Firestarter, CIA: Exiled, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, China Rose, Pals, Descending Angel, Islands in the Stream, The Last Run, The Last Days of Patton, The Ryan White Story, Crossed Swords, Beauty and the Beast, The Savage is Loose, The New Centurions, The Bible: In The Beginning, The Yellow Rolls-Royce, The List of Adrian Messenger, Oliver Twist, Country Justice, Inherit the Wind, The Exorcist series, Tyson, Rocky Marciano, 12 Angry Men, Vintage Movie Classics: It's War, Choices, Finding the Way Home, Oklahoma Crude, Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
George C. Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American stage and film actor, director and producer. He was best known for his stage work, as well as his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film Patton, and as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove.
George Campbell Scott was born in Wise, Virginia, the son of Helena Agnes (née Slemp; 1904–1935) and George Dewey Scott (1902–1988). His mother died just before his eighth birthday, and he was raised by his father, an executive with Buick. Scott's original ambition was to be a writer like his favorite author, F. Scott Fitzgerald; while attending Redford High School in Detroit, he wrote many short stories, none of which was ever published. As an adult, he tried on many occasions to write a novel, but was never able to complete one to his satisfaction.
Scott joined the US Marines, serving from 1945-49. He was assigned to 8th and I Barracks in Washington, D.C., in which capacity he taught English literature and radio speaking/writing at the Marine Corps Institute. He later claimed his duties at Arlington led to his drinking. After his military service, Scott enrolled in the University of
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