Biography: life and films
George C. Scott was an American actor, film director and producer whose birth name was George Campbell Scott. He was born in Wise, Virginia, USA on 18th October 1927 and died in Westlake Village, California, USA on 22nd September 1999, aged 71.His best films as an actor include Robert Rossen's The Hustler (1961), Stanley Kubrick's comedy-thriller Dr. Strangelove (1964), Richard Fleischer's The New Centurions (1972), Stanley Donen's comedy Movie Movie (1978) and Harold Becker's Taps (1981), and whose best work as a film director include Rage (1972).
George C. Scott appeared in 37 films and directed 2 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Richard Fleischer (3 films), John Huston (2), Harold Becker (2) and Franklin J. Schaffner (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (15 films), Thriller (10), comedy (7), crime-thriller (4), comedy-drama (4), Horror (4), Documentary (3), romance (2), history (2), comedy-romance (2), War (2) and Biography (2).
Our average rating for George C. Scott over all films is: 3.1
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) [a]
The Hanging Tree (1959) [a]
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) [a]
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) [a]
Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966) [a]
The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) [a]
The Flim-Flam Man (1967) [a]
Petulia (1968) [a]
Patton (1970) [a]
The Hospital (1971) [a]
The Last Run (1971) [a]
They Might Be Giants (1971) [a]
Rage (1972) [a,d]
The New Centurions (1972) [a]
Oklahoma Crude (1973) [a]
The Day of the Dolphin (1973) [a]
Bank Shot (1974) [a]
The Savage Is Loose (1974) [a,d]
Islands in the Stream (1977) [a]
The Prince and the Pauper (1977) [a]
Movie Movie (1978) [a]
The Changeling (1980) [a]
Taps (1981) [a]
Firestarter (1984) [a]
The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt (1986) [a]
The Exorcist III (1990) [a]
The Rescuers Down Under (1990) [a]
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) [a]
Malice (1993) [a]
Gloria (1999) [a]
Religulous (2008) [a]
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