George C. Scott
Actor, Film actor
1927 – 1999
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Who was George C. Scott?
George Campbell Scott 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, as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, and as Ebenezer Scrooge in Clive Donner's 1984 film A Christmas Carol. He was the first actor to refuse the Academy Award for Best Actor, having warned the Academy beforehand that he would refuse it on philosophical grounds.
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- Born
- Oct 18, 1927
Wise - Also known as
- George Campbell Scott
- George Scott
- G.C.
- George C Scott
- Parents
- Spouses
- Carolyn Hughes
(1951/08/30 - 1955/01/01) - Patricia Reed
(1955/03/01 - 1960/06/05) - Colleen Dewhurst
(1960 - 1965) - Colleen Dewhurst
(1967/07/04 - 1972/02/02) - Trish Van Devere
(1972/09/04 - 1999/09/22)
- Carolyn Hughes
- Children
- Ethnicity
- White people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Missouri
- Lived in
- Virginia
- Died
- Sep 22, 1999
Westlake Village - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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