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Acting

George C. Scott

Career: Active from 1959 to 1999, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 51
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

George C. Scott Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.6, average 5.4
Coming of Age
2.2, average 3.0
Fantasy
1.0, average 1.7
Cringe Humor
1.5, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 9
Courtroom Drama 5
Character-Driven 5
Coming-of-Age 5
Political Intrigue 5
Class Conflict 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Historical Setting 4
Nostalgic 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Historical Drama 4
Witty Dialogue 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

19 titles · average score 59

Inherit the Wind

66

as Matthew Harrison Brady

Rocky Marciano

48

as Pierino Marchegiano

Gloria

41

as Ruby

12 Angry Men

86

as Juror 3

Titanic

59

TV show · as Captain Edward J. Smith

Tyson

51

as Cus D'Amato

Angus

67

as Grandpa Ivan

Malice

57

as Dr. Martin Kessler

Curaçao

56

as Cornelius Wettering

The Exorcist III

59

as Lt. William 'Bill' Kinderman

Descending Angel

41

as Florian Stroia

The Rescuers Down Under

72

as McLeach (voice)

1980s

15 titles · average score 62

Mr. President

TV show · as President Samuel A. Tresch

The Last Days of Patton

63

as Gen. George S. Patton Jr.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

58

as Auguste Dupin

Mussolini: The Untold Story

61

TV show · as Benito Mussolini

A Christmas Carol

86

as Ebenezer Scrooge

Firestarter

52

as John Rainbird

China Rose

64

as Burton Allen

The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt

as Narrator

Oliver Twist

65

as Fagin

Taps

63

as General Harlan Bache

The Changeling

75

as John Russell

The Formula

32

as Barney Caine

1970s

22 titles · average score 60

Hardcore

70

as Jake VanDorn

Movie Movie

61

as Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter

Islands in the Stream

77

as Thomas Hudson

The Hindenburg

43

as Col. Franz Ritter

The Day of the Dolphin

40

as Jake Terrell

Oklahoma Crude

53

as Noble 'Mase' Mason

The New Centurions

63

as Kilvinski

Rage

57

as Dan Charles Logan

The Hospital

78

as Dr. Herbert Bock

They Might Be Giants

54

as Justin Playfair

The Last Run

57

as Harry Garmes

Patton

85

as General George S. Patton Jr.

1960s

21 titles · average score 69

Petulia

77

as Dr. Archie Bollen

The Flim-Flam Man

71

as Mordecai Jones

The Crucible

as John Proctor

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

51

as 'Tank' Martin

The Bible: In the Beginning...

47

as Abraham

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

91

as General 'Buck' Turgidson

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

60

as Paolo Maltese

The List of Adrian Messenger

65

as Anthony Gethryn

The Power and the Glory

as Police Lieutenant

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Arthur Lilly

The Hustler

84

as Bert Gordon

The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Lord Henry Wotton

1950s

8 titles · average score 79

Anatomy of a Murder

90

as Claude Dancer

The Hanging Tree

79

as George Grubb

as Trock Estrella

Naked City

69

TV show · as Kermit Garrison

DuPont Show of the Month

TV show · as Jacques

Omnibus

75

TV show

The Red Skelton Show

77

TV show · as Dr. Hardship

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Victor Franz / The Beast

1940s

1 title · average score 78

Kraft Television Theatre

78

TV show · as Mr. Oakhurst / Nicholas Dreydel