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8	->''"I became an actor to escape my own personality. Acting is the most therapeutic thing in the world... I think all the courage that I may lack personally I have as an actor."''
9	-->-- '''George C. Scott''', quoted in ''Life'' magazine, March 8, 1968
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11	George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American actor and director from Virginia, best remembered for his portrayal of General UsefulNotes/GeorgeSPatton in ''Film/{{Patton}}'' (1970) and his eccentric aversion to the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, for which he was nominated four times in his career. Twice, he rejected the nominations without being successful. The one time he won the Award, for ''Patton'', he famously refused to attend the ceremony. Scott opposed competitive awards on the grounds that every dramatic performance was unique and therefore incomparable to others. That said, he accepted an Emmy for his performance in the 1971 production of Creator/ArthurMiller's ''The Price'', saying that the Emmy Awards were more honest in appreciating an actor's work.
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13	Modern audiences and critics, including Creator/RogerEbert, continue to hold in high regard several of Scott's performances. He is frequently counted among the finest actors of all time.
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15	Scott's fame in Hollywood was matched by his renown on the stage, where he was prolific not only as an actor but also as a director. He received five Tony nominations over a span of 38 years for his performances in ''Comes a Day'' (1958), ''The Andersonville Trial'' (1959), ''Theatre/UncleVanya'' (1974), ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' (1975), and ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'' (1996). He also directed the 1970 TV adaptation of ''The Andersonville Trial'', which won three Primetime Emmy Awards.
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17	However, Scott failed to make a mark as a film director: neither ''Rage'' (1972) nor ''The Savage is Loose'' (1974) was well received. Also overlooked today is his performance as social worker Neil Brock in the avant-garde 1963–64 TV drama ''East Side/West Side'', which was one of the first series to feature a regular black cast member.
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19	An alcoholic with a violent temper, Scott had a long-standing reputation as being one of Hollywood's "bad boys", although he mellowed considerably with age. Scott was married five times to four different women: Carolyn Hughes (1951-1955), Patricia Reed (1955-1960), Colleen Dewhurst (1960-1965, 1967-1972), and Trish Van Devere (1972-1999). Two of his children followed him into acting: daughter Devon Scott (born 1958) and son Creator/CampbellScott (born 1961).
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21	On September 22, 1999, he died of an abdominal aortic aneurysm at the age of 71.
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24	!!George C. Scott on TV Tropes:
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26	* ''Film/SomebodyUpThereLikesMe'' (1956), as an uncredited extra (one of the prisoners being transported with Creator/PaulNewman)
27	* ''Film/AnatomyOfAMurder'' (1959) as Claude Dancer [[note]]only his second film appearance and first Oscar nomination[[/note]]
28	* ''Film/{{The Hustler\|1961}}'' (1961) as Bert Gordon [[note]]second Oscar nomination[[/note]]
29	* ''[[Film/DrStrangelove Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]'' (1964) as Gen. Buck Turgidson
30	* ''Film/TheYellowRollsRoyce'' (1965) as Paolo
31	* ''Film/{{The Bible\|1966}}'' (1966) as Abraham
32	* ''Theatre/TheCrucible'' (1967) as John Proctor
33	* ''Film/{{Petulia}}'' (1968) as Dr. Archie Bollen
34	* ''Film/{{Patton}}'' (1970) as Gen. George S. Patton[[note]]third Oscar nomination and only Oscar win; notoriously declined the award[[/note]], reprised in 1986's ''The Last Days of Patton''.
35	* ''Film/TheHospital'' (1971) as Dr. Herbert Bock [[note]]fourth and final Oscar nomination[[/note]]
36	* ''Film/TheyMightBeGiants'' (1971) as Justin Playfair
37	* ''Film/TheNewCenturions'' (1972) as Andy Kilvinski
38	* ''Film/BankShot'' (1974) as Walter Upjohn Balentine
39	* ''Film/{{The Hindenburg\|1975}}'' (1975) as Col. Franz Ritter
40	* ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'' (1977) as The Ruffler
41	* ''Film/{{Hardcore}}'' (1979) as Jake Van Dorn
42	* ''Film/TheChangeling'' (1980) as John Russell
43	* ''Film/{{Taps}}'' (1981) as Gen. Harlan Bache
44	* ''Literature/OliverTwist'' (1982 TV Movie) as Fagin
45	* ''Film/{{Firestarter}}'' (1984) as Rainbird
46	* ''Film/{{A Christmas Carol\|1984}}'' (1984) as Ebenezer Scrooge
47	* ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'' (1990) as Smoke (voice)
48	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'' (1990) as Percival [=McLeach=] (voice)
49	* ''Film/TheExorcistIII'' (1990) as Lt. William Kinderman
50	* ''Film/{{Malice}}'' (1993) as Dr. Martin Kessler
51	* ''Film/{{Tyson}}'' (1995) as Cuz D'Amato
52	* ''Series/{{Titanic\|1996}}'' (1996) as Captain Smith
53	* ''[[Film/TwelveAngryMen1997 12 Angry Men]]'' (1997) as Juror #3
54	* ''Film/{{Gloria}}'' (1999) as Ruby
55	* ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'' (1999 TV Movie) as Matthew Harrison Brady
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58	!!Tropes commonly used in his roles
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60	* LargeHam: More so in his later years.
61	* MoneyDearBoy: He once said that the only reason he kept acting in films after the early 1970s was so that he could pay alimony to his three ex-wives and support his six children from previous relationships. His real passion was the theatre.
62	* ReactionShot: Scott's tortured screams of "turn it off" in the 1979 film ''Hardcore'' have been [[MemeticMutation mashed up]] numerous times with artistic performances that are [[SoBadItsGood so bad they're good]]. The result? Videos [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKSAvNOIaNo like these]].
63	* RomanceOnTheSet: He had a tempestuous affair with Creator/AvaGardner while making ''Film/{{The Bible\|1966}}''.
64	* StarMakingRole: Gen. Buck Turgidson in ''Film/DrStrangelove'', before it was eclipsed in history by Gen. George S. Patton ''Film/{{Patton}}''.
65	* YoungerThanTheyLook: True throughout his career. Notably, he played a General (General Turgidson in ''Dr. Strangelove'') when he was 35 (while Turgidson's age was never brought up, it is still quite young for a General), a 60-year-old Patton when he was 42, and a 60-70 plus Scrooge when he was 57. His alcoholism may have been responsible for his older appearance.

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