Editing George C. Scott

{{Short description|American actor, director, and producer (1927–1999)}}
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| caption            = Scott in ''[[The Hustler]]'' (1961)
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| birth_place        = [[Wise, Virginia]], U.S.
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| death_place        = {{nowrap|[[Westlake Village, California]], U.S.}}
| resting_place      = [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]]
| education          = [[Redford High School]]
| alma_mater         = [[University of Missouri]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
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'''George Campbell Scott''' (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American actor, director and producer. He had a celebrated career on both stage and screen.<ref>{{Cite web|title=George C Scott|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/172953%7C59780/George-C-Scott/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Turner Classic Movies|language=en}}</ref> With a gruff demeanor and commanding presence, Scott became known for his portrayal of stern but complex authority figures.

Described by ''[[The Guardian]]'' as "a battler and an actor of rare courage",<ref>{{Cite web|date=1999-09-24|title=George C Scott|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/sep/24/guardianobituaries|access-date=2021-03-21|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> his roles earned him [[List of awards and nominations received by George C. Scott|numerous accolades]] including two [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]], and two [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmys]] as well as nominations for two [[BAFTA Awards]] and five [[Tony Awards]]. Though he won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for playing [[George S. Patton|General George S. Patton]] in ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'' (1970), he became the first actor{{efn-la|Earlier, at the [[8th Academy Awards]] in 1936, screenwriter [[Dudley Nichols]] won the [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] for ''[[The Informer (1935 film)|The Informer]]'', but refused to accept it until the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|Academy]] officially recognized the [[Screen Writers Guild]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 10, 1936 |title=Nichols Declines Award |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/03/10/archives/nichols-declines-award-informer-adapter-finds-writers-guild.html |access-date= April 4, 2020 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Nichols later accepted the award at the 1938 Oscar ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''The Informer'' |work=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5203 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305203723/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5203 |archive-date=March 5, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}} to decline the award, having warned the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] months in advance that he would do so on the basis of his belief that performances cannot be compared to others. His other Oscar-nominated roles include ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]'' (1959), ''[[The Hustler]]'' (1961), and ''[[The Hospital]]'' (1971).

Scott's other notable films include ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' (1964), ''[[Petulia]]'' (1968), ''[[The Day of the Dolphin]]'' (1973), ''[[Movie Movie]]'' (1978), [[Hardcore (1979 film)|''Hardcore'']] (1979), and ''[[The Exorcist III]]'' (1990).

Scott gained fame for his roles on television earning two [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] for his performances in ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1971), and ''[[12 Angry Men (1997 film)|12 Angry Men]]'' (1997). He also played leading roles in ''[[Jane Eyre (1970 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' (1970), ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1976 TV film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (1976), and ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1984). Scott continued to maintain a prominent stage career even as his film stardom waned, and by the end of his career he had accrued five [[Tony Awards|Tony]] nominations for his performances in ''Comes a Day'' (1959), ''[[The Andersonville Trial]]'' (1960), ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' (1974), ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' (1975), and ''[[Inherit the Wind (play)|Inherit the Wind]]''. He directed several of his own films and plays and often collaborated with his wives [[Colleen Dewhurst]] and [[Trish Van Devere]].

==Early life and education ==
George Campbell Scott was born on the kitchen table on October 18, 1927—the younger of two siblings—in the modest [[Wise, Virginia]], home of his parents, Gerald Dewey Scott (1902–1988) and Helena Agnes (née Slemp; 1904–1935). His mother was the first cousin, once removed, of Republican Congressman [[C. Bascom Slemp]].<ref name="Sheward"/> His maternal grandfather was a local jurist, Judge Campbell Slemp.<ref name="letter">{{cite web|title=Letter from George Dewey Scott, father of actor George C. Scott|url=http://vagenweb.org/wise/georgesletter.html|publisher=Wise County Virginia Genealogical Research Site|date=January 6, 1981|access-date=December 23, 2011|archive-date=October 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003165421/http://vagenweb.org/wise/georgesletter.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Scott's mother died just before his eighth birthday, and he was raised by his father, an executive at [[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 were published. He tried on many occasions to write a novel, but never completed one to his own satisfaction. <ref name="Sheward">{{cite book|last1=Sheward|first1=David|title=Rage and Glory: The Volatile Life and Career of George C. Scott|date=October 1, 2008|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781557836700|pages=1, 137}}</ref>

After high school, Scott enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps]], serving from 1945 to 1949. He was assigned to [[Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.|8th and I Barracks]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and his primary duty was serving as honor guard at military funerals at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usmclife.com/2015/07/12-more-surprising-marines-who-became-actors/ |title=12 More Surprising Marines Who Became Actors |website=usmclife.com |date=July 20, 2015 |access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> He later said that during his duty at Arlington, "[I] pick[ed] up a solid drinking habit that stayed with me from then on."<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/obituaries/455563.stm|title=Obituaries—George C. Scott: The Man Who Refused an Oscar|date=September 23, 1999|work=BBC News Online|access-date=December 23, 2011}}</ref>

Following military service, Scott enrolled at the [[University of Missouri]] on the [[G.I. Bill]] where he majored in journalism and then became interested in drama.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://missouri.edu/about/facts/our-alumni/notable-alumni |title=University of Missouri Notable Alumni |website=missouri.edu |access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> His first public appearance on stage was as the barrister in a university production of [[Terence Rattigan]]'s ''[[The Winslow Boy]]'', directed by H. Donovan Rhynsburger. During rehearsals for that show, he made his first stage appearance—in a student production of [[Noël Coward]]'s ''[[Hands Across the Sea (play)|Hands Across the Sea]]'', directed by Jerry V. Tobias. He graduated from the university in 1953 with degrees in English and theater.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mizzou's Most Notable Alumni |url=http://www.mizzou.com/s/1002/index.aspx?sid=1002&gid=1001&pgid=325 |website=mizzou.com |publisher=Mizzou Alumni Association |access-date=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

== Career ==
===1958–1962: Early roles ===
[[File:George C. Scott - 1958.jpg|thumb|upright|On stage as Richard III, 1958]]
Scott first rose to prominence for his work with [[Joseph Papp]]'s [[New York Shakespeare Festival]]. In 1958, he won an [[Obie Award]] for his performances in ''Children of Darkness''<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e2PZrFziBbwC&q=off+broadway+children+of+darkness&pg=PA125 |title=Colleen Dewhurst: Her Autobiography |page=126 |publisher=Scribner |date=April 29, 2002 |isbn=978-0743242707}}</ref> (in which he made the first of many appearances opposite his future wife, actress [[Colleen Dewhurst]]), for ''[[As You Like It]]'' (1958), and for playing [[Richard III of England|the title character]] in [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' (1957–58) (a performance one critic said was the "angriest" Richard III of all time).<ref name="obie">{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0153529.html|title=1957–1958 Obie Awards|publisher=Infoplease.com|year=2007|access-date=2011-12-23}}</ref>

Scott's Broadway debut was in ''Comes a Day'' (1958) which had a short run.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grodin |first1=Charles |title=It Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here: My Journey Through Show Business |date=September 1990 |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |isbn=0-679-73134-2 |pages=61–62}}</ref> Scott's television debut was in a 1958 adaptation of ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' for the ''[[Dupont Show of the Month]]'' directed by [[Robert Mulligan]]. He also appeared in a televised version of ''[[The Outcasts of Poker Flat]]'' (1958) plus episodes of ''[[Kraft Theatre]]'', and ''[[Omnibus (U.S. TV series)|Omnibus]]''. Scott's feature film debut was in ''[[The Hanging Tree (film)|The Hanging Tree]]'' (1959), starring [[Gary Cooper]] and [[Maria Schell]].

[[File:George C. Scott - Geraldine Page - 1959.JPG|thumb|left|With [[Geraldine Page]] (1959) in a publicity still for ''People Kill People Sometimes'']]
Scott earned his first Academy Award nomination for his performance in [[Otto Preminger]]'s ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]'' (1959). Later that year he appeared on Broadway in ''[[The Andersonville Trial]]'' by [[Saul Levitt]] directed by [[Jose Ferrer]], winning critical acclaim for his portrayal of the prosecutor. This was based on the military trial of the commandant of the infamous [[American Civil War|Civil War]] prison camp in [[Andersonville, Georgia]]. It ran for 179 performances from December 1959 to June 1960.

Scott received good reviews for ''The Wall'' (1960–61) which ran for 167 performances. He guest-starred on episodes of ''[[NBC Sunday Showcase|Sunday Showcase]]'', ''[[Playhouse 90]]'', ''[[The Play of the Week|Play of the Week]]'' (doing "[[Don Juan in Hell]]"), ''[[Dow Hour of Great Mysteries]]'', and a ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' production of ''[[Winterset (play)|Winterset]]'', originally written for the stage. Scott received superb notices for his performance in ''[[The Hustler]]'' (1961). He returned to Broadway to direct ''General Seeger'' (1962) by [[Ira Levin]] but it only lasted two performances. The play ''Great Day in the Morning'' (1962), in which he was directed by [[José Quintero]], also had only a brief run.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Scott was in much demand for guest shots on TV shows, appearing in episodes of ''[[Ben Casey]]'' and ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]''. In 1962, Scott appeared as school teacher Arthur Lilly on [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'', in the episode "The Brazen Bell", in which he recites [[Oscar Wilde]]'s poem "[[The Ballad of Reading Gaol]]". That same year, he appeared in NBC's [[medical drama]] ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', in the episode "I Don't Belong in a White-Painted House". He appeared opposite [[Laurence Olivier]] and [[Julie Harris (American actress)|Julie Harris]] in [[Graham Greene]]'s ''[[The Power and the Glory (1961 film)|The Power and the Glory]]'' in a 1961 television production<ref name="olivier">{{cite book|title=Olivier|author=Terry Coleman|publisher=Henry Holt & Co|year=2005|page=[https://archive.org/details/olivier00cole/page/591 591]|isbn=0-8050-7536-4|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/olivier00cole/page/591}}</ref> and also performed in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (1962) off-Broadway.

===1963–1969: Breakthrough ===
Scott's first leading role in a feature was ''[[The List of Adrian Messenger]]'' released in 1963. That year, Scott starred in the hour-long [[Dramatic programming|television drama series]] ''[[East Side/West Side]].'' He portrayed a New York City [[social worker]], along with co-stars [[Cicely Tyson]] and [[Elizabeth Wilson]]. Scott was a major creative influence on the show, resulting in conflicts with [[James T. Aubrey]], the head of [[CBS]]. The [[Emmy Award]]-winning program had a series of guest stars, including [[James Earl Jones]]. The portrayal of challenging urban issues made attracting advertisers difficult, not helped by the limited distribution. Not all CBS [[network affiliate]]s broadcast the show, and it was [[Cancellation (television)|canceled]] after one season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classictvhistory.com/EpisodeGuides/east_side_west_side.html|title=''East Side/West Side''|last=Stephen |first=Bowie|publisher=classictvhistory.com}}The official reason for the series' death, and the one maintained to this day by most of the individuals who worked on the show, was a decline in ratings and a loss of sponsorship resulting from many Southern affiliates' refusal to broadcast ''East Side''. This explanation conveniently locates the bigotry behind the series' cancellation with backward Southern viewers, rather than with the top brass of CBS. But it doesn't hold up to close scrutiny. As Edith Efron pointed out in a 1964 ''TV Guide'' article, ''East Side / West Side'' was dropped by no more affiliates in the South than in any other region of the country, and ultimately only six percent of the potential viewing audience had the series blacked out in their areas. It's more likely that Aubrey and his subordinates gave ''East Side'' the axe because they were caught in a no-win situation: they couldn't allow the show to remain as openly liberal as it was for fear that the voluminous hate mail would scare off sponsors, but they couldn't eliminate the hot-button elements of the series without endangering its critical cachet and existing viewer loyalty. Had the show been a smash in the ratings, its controversial nature would not have been an issue.</ref> Scott had a success during 1963 in an off-Broadway production of ''[[Desire Under the Elms]]''.

[[File:Dr. Strangelove - General Buck Turgidson.png|thumb|left|Scott as General Buck Turgidson in ''Dr. Strangelove'', 1964]]
Scott's highest-profile early role was in the [[Stanley Kubrick]]–directed ''[[Dr. Strangelove|Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]'' (1964), in which he played General "Buck" Turgidson. In later interviews with Kubrick, Scott was revealed to have initially refused to camp it up on camera. As a compromise, Kubrick had Scott go over the top in rehearsal, assuring Scott that the cameras were off, which was untrue. Somehow, Scott was unable to hear the very loud motor on the 35mm film cameras of the time. Kubrick proceeded to use this version in the final cut, which Scott supposedly resented.<ref name="jones">{{cite web|title=James Earl Jones on Dr. Strangelove|url=http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2004/11/james_earl_jone.html|first=Paul|last=Kedrosky|publisher=Infectious Greed|date=November 17, 2004|access-date=2011-12-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127082200/http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2004/11/james_earl_jone.html|archive-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> Scott was one of many stars in ''[[The Yellow Rolls-Royce]]'' (1964).

Scott was cast, under the direction of [[John Huston]] in [[Dino de Laurentiis]]'s ''[[The Bible: In the Beginning]]'', which was released by [[20th Century Fox]] in 1966.<ref>{{IMDb name|0001715|George C. Scott|section=bio}} Retrieved: April 9, 2012</ref> Also in 1966, Scott appeared as Jud Barker in the NBC western ''The Road West'' (also known as ''This Savage Land''), starring [[Barry Sullivan (actor)|Barry Sullivan]], [[Kathryn Hays]], [[Andrew Prine]], and [[Glenn Corbett]]. He also guest starred in ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''. He co-starred with [[Tony Curtis]] in the comedy film ''[[Not with My Wife, You Don't!]]'' (also 1966) and as John Proctor in a television version of ''[[The Crucible]]'' (1967).

Scott returned to Broadway in 1967 to direct ''[[Dr. Cook's Garden]]'' by Ira Levin but quit during tryouts. As an actor, he appeared in a revival of ''[[The Little Foxes]]'' (1967–1968) directed by [[Mike Nichols]], which ran for 100 performances. Scott starred in ''[[The Flim-Flam Man]]'' (1967) and ''[[Petulia (film)|Petulia]]'' (1968). He appeared in the television film ''Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall'' (1969).

===1970–1979: Established star ===
Scott played [[George S. Patton]] in the film ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'' (1970) and researched extensively for the role, studying films of the general and talking to those who knew him. Scott declined the Oscar nomination for ''Patton'', just as he had done for his nomination in 1962 for ''The Hustler'', but won the award anyway.<ref name="post">{{cite news|title=Actor George C. Scott Dead at 71|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19990923/aponline075119_000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305023944/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19990923/aponline075119_000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 5, 2016|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=September 23, 1999|newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2011-12-23}}</ref>

In a letter to the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|Motion Picture Academy]], he stated that he did not feel himself to be in competition with other actors. However, regarding this second rejection of the Academy Award, Scott famously said elsewhere, "The whole thing is a goddamn meat parade. I don't want any part of it."<ref name="bbc"/><ref name="time">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904789,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001001937/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904789,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2007|title=Show Business: Meat Parade|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=March 8, 1971 |access-date=2011-12-23}}</ref> The Best Picture Oscar for ''Patton'' was given to the [[George C. Marshall Foundation]] Library at the [[Virginia Military Institute]] in [[Lexington, Virginia]], the same institution that generations of Pattons attended, by producer [[Frank McCarthy (producer)|Frank McCarthy]] a few weeks after the awards ceremony, and is on display there. Scott accepted the [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|New York Film Critics Award]]. His then-wife Colleen Dewhurst said, "George thinks this is the only film award worth having".<ref name="oscar">{{cite book|title=Inside Oscar|author=Mason Wiley and [[Damien Bona]]|publisher=Ballantine Books|date=February 12, 1986|isbn=978-0-345-31423-9}}</ref>

During the early 1970s, Scott appeared in the made-for-television films ''[[Jane Eyre (1970 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' (1970) as [[Mr. Rochester]] and ''[[The Price (play)|The Price]]'' (1971), a version of the Arthur Miller play. For the latter role, he won an [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]], which he accepted. He also directed a TV version of ''[[The Andersonville Trial (film)|The Andersonville Trial]]'' (1970). Scott then returned his focus to feature films. He appeared in ''[[They Might Be Giants (film)|They Might Be Giants]]'' (1971) with [[Joanne Woodward]], and ''[[The Last Run]]'' (1971) for director [[Richard Fleischer]], with his wife Colleen Dewhurst and also with [[Trish Van Devere]], who would become his fourth and last wife. Scott had a big hit with ''{{sortname|The|Hospital}}'' (1971) based on a script by [[Paddy Chayefksy]]; and ''[[The New Centurions (film)|The New Centurions]]'' (1972) directed by Flesicher based on a book by [[Joseph Wambaugh]].

Scott then appeared in a series of [[Box-office bomb|box office flops]], beginning with ''[[Rage (1972 film)|Rage]]'' (1972), which he both directed and starred in. He then appeared in ''[[Oklahoma Crude (film)|Oklahoma Crude]]'' (1973) directed by [[Stanley Kramer]]; ''[[The Day of the Dolphin]]'' (1973) directed by [[Mike Nichols]], in which Scott appeared with Van Devere; ''[[Bank Shot]]'' (1974), directed by [[Gower Champion]]; and ''[[The Savage Is Loose]]'' (1974), which co-starred Van Devere and which Scott himself directed. Scott returned to television with ''[[Fear on Trial]]'' (1975); and starred in the disaster film ''[[The Hindenburg (film)|The Hindenburg]]'' (1975) for director [[Robert Wise]].

Scott had a big Broadway hit with [[Neil Simon]]'s ''[[Plaza Suite]]'' (1968), directed by Mike Nichols. The show was composed of three separate one-act plays all using the same set, with Scott portraying a different lead character in each act; it ran for 1,097 performances. Scott directed a production of ''[[All God's Chillun Got Wings (play)|All God's Chillun Got Wings]]'' (1975) which starred Van Devere and only had a short run. He directed and played [[Willy Loman]] in a 1975 revival of ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', for which he garnered another Tony nomination.<ref>{{cite web |title=George C. Scott (Performer) |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/george-c-scott-vault-0000018886 |website=Playbill |access-date=19 March 2023}}</ref> Scott received a [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]] nomination for his performance as Astrov in a 1973 revival of ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', directed by Nichols, which ran for 64 performances. Scott starred in a well-received production of [[Larry Gelbart]]'s ''[[Sly Fox]]'' (1976; based on [[Ben Jonson]]'s ''[[Volpone]]''), which ran 495 performances. 

Scott appeared in a television production of ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1976 TV film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (1976), with Trish Van Devere. He later starred as an [[Ernest Hemingway]]-based artist in ''[[Islands in the Stream (film)|Islands in the Stream]]'' (1977) directed by Schaffner and based on Hemingway's posthumously published novel. He had a cameo in ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1977 film)|Crossed Swords]]'' (1977) directed by Fleischer, then had the lead in ''[[Movie Movie]]'' (1978) directed by [[Stanley Donen]], costarring with Van Devere, and ''[[Hardcore (1979 film)|Hardcore]]'' (1979) written and directed by [[Paul Schrader]].

===1980–1989===
Scott starred in ''[[The Changeling (1980 film)|The Changeling]]'' (1980), with [[Melvyn Douglas]], [[John Colicos]], [[Jean Marsh]], and Van Devere, for which he received the Canadian [[Genie Award]] for Best Foreign Film Actor for his performance.<ref name="changeling">{{cite web| url=http://www.reelfilm.com/chngling.htm| title=The Changeling| date=December 17, 2001|author=David Nusair| publisher=Reel Film Reviews|access-date=2011-12-23}}</ref> He followed this with ''[[The Formula (1980 film)|The Formula]]'' (1980) co-starring [[Marlon Brando]], which was a flop. With one exception, it was the last time he had the lead in a major studio feature film. Scott returned to Broadway for ''Tricks of the Trade'' in 1980 with Van Devere, but it ran for a single performance. 

Scott appeared alongside [[Timothy Hutton]] and rising stars [[Sean Penn]] and [[Tom Cruise]] in the coming-of-age film ''[[Taps (film)|Taps]]'' (1981), and was cast as [[Fagin]] in the CBS made-for-TV adaptation of [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' (1982). On Broadway, he starred in and directed a successful revival of Noël Coward's ''[[Present Laughter]]'' which ran during 1982–83. He starred in ''China Rose'' (1983) on television, and in 1984, had a supporting role in ''[[Firestarter (1984 film)|Firestarter]]'' and portrayed [[Ebenezer Scrooge]] in a television adaptation of ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''. He directed the 1984 Broadway revival of Noël Coward's ''[[Design for Living]]'', which ran for 245 performances. In 1986, on Broadway, Scott did ''The Boys in Autumn'' in 1986. In 1993, he appeared off-Broadway successfully with ''Wrong Turn at Lungfish''. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for the role. Scott played the title role in the television film ''[[Mussolini: The Untold Story]]'' (1985).

{{quote box|title=On Influences:|quote=I think I learned to act from people like [[James Cagney]] and [[Paul Muni]]. And I'm sure I learned more from [[Bette Davis]] than anyone. She has enormous presence, a sense of surprise. She sets you up like a great boxer and BAM! she gives you something else. She does have a certain consistent style, but when you examine her work you find enormous variety of color and intelligence.|source=''Scott on Some Aspects of Acting'', ''Time'', March 22, 1971||width=40%||quoted=1}}

Scott reprised his role as Patton in a made-for-television sequel, ''[[The Last Days of Patton]]'' (1986). Based on the final weeks of Patton's life after being mortally injured in a car accident, it contains flashbacks of Patton's life. At the time the sequel was aired, Scott mentioned in a [[TV Guide]] interview that he told the academy to donate his Oscar to the [[General George Patton Museum of Leadership|Patton Museum]], but since the instructions were never put in writing, it was never delivered.<ref name="Roberts">{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Jerry |title=The Hollywood Scandal Almanac: Twelve Months of Sinister, Salacious, and Senseless History |date=2012 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, S.C. |isbn=978-1-61423-786-0 |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JGZ_CQAAQBAJ&q=what+became+of+George+C+Scott%27s+oscar++%22Patton+Museum%22&pg=RA3-PA15 |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref>

On television, Scott appeared in ''[[The Murders in the Rue Morgue]]'' (1986) and ''[[Pals (1987 film)|Pals]]'' (1987; with [[Don Ameche]]). He also played the lead role in the TV series ''[[Mr. President (TV series)|Mr. President]]'' (1987–88), and appeared on ''[[The Johnny Carson Show]]'' in March 1987. Scott starred in the television film ''[[The Ryan White Story]]'' (1989) as Charles Vaughan, the lawyer defending [[Ryan White]].

===1990–1999===
In 1990, he voiced two villainous roles: Smoke in the television special ''[[Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue]]'' and Percival McLeach in the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] film ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]''. He was featured in ''[[The Exorcist III]]'' (1990). For TV, he starred in ''[[Descending Angel]]'' (also 1990) and ''Finding the Way Home'' (1991). On Broadway, he directed and appeared in a revival of ''[[On Borrowed Time]]'' (1991–92). He had a supporting role in ''Curacao'' (1993) and ''[[Malice (1993 film)|Malice]]'' (1993). Scott had a starring role in ''[[Traps (TV series)|Traps]]'' (1994) but the series only ran for five episodes. He also had a semi-regular role on another short-lived series ''[[New York News]]'' (1995). Around this time, Scott appeared in such feature films as ''[[The Whipping Boy]]'' (1994), ''[[Tyson (1995 film)|Tyson]]'' (1995), and ''[[Angus (film)|Angus]]'' (1995). Scott received another Tony nomination for his performance as Henry Drummond in a revival of ''[[Inherit the Wind (play)|Inherit the Wind]]'' (1996). In the latter play, he had to miss many performances due to illness, with his role being taken over by [[National Actors Theatre]] artistic director [[Tony Randall]].<ref name="obit">{{cite news |author=Mel Gussow |date=September 24, 1999 |title=George C. Scott, Celebrated for ''Patton'' Role, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/24/movies/george-c-scott-celebrated-for-patton-role-dies-at-71.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223161411/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/24/movies/george-c-scott-celebrated-for-patton-role-dies-at-71.html |archive-date=2023-12-23 |access-date=2011-12-23 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In 1996, he received an honorary [[Drama Desk Award]] for a lifetime devotion to theatre.

On the small screen, Scott appeared in ''[[Country Justice]]'' (1996), ''[[Titanic (1996 miniseries)|Titanic]]'' (1996) (as the ship's captain), and ''The Searchers'' (1996). Scott portrayed Juror No. 3 in the television film ''[[12 Angry Men (1997 film)|12 Angry Men]]'' (1997), the role played by [[Lee J. Cobb]] in the [[12 Angry Men (1957 film)|1957 film]], for which he would win another Emmy Award. He hosted ''Weapons at War'' on [[A&E (TV network)|A&E TV]], but was replaced after one season by [[Gerald McRaney]]. ''Weapons at War'' moved to [[History (American TV network)|The History Channel]] with Scott still credited as host for the first season. Scott was replaced by [[Robert Conrad]] after his death in 1999. He had support roles in ''[[Gloria (1999 American film)|Gloria]]'' (1999) for [[Sidney Lumet]] and ''[[Rocky Marciano (film)|Rocky Marciano]]'' (1999). Scott made his last film, the television film ''[[Inherit the Wind (1999 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'' (1999), portraying Matthew Harrison Brady (ironically opposite the role he had played on stage) with [[Jack Lemmon]] as Henry Drummond, with whom he had also worked in ''12 Angry Men''. Scott had a reputation for being moody and mercurial while on the set. "There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition ... Then a self-loathing sets in when you realize you're enjoying it", he was quoted as saying.<ref name="people">{{cite news| title=The Beauty Who Tamed the Beast|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20067401,00.html|access-date=2011-12-23|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=February 7, 1977}}</ref> One anecdote relates that one of his stage co-stars, [[Maureen Stapleton]], told the director of Neil Simon's ''Plaza Suite,'' "I don't know what to do – I'm scared of him." The director, [[Mike Nichols]], replied, "My dear, everyone is scared of George C. Scott."<ref name="Time Terrible Fire">{{cite magazine|title=George C. Scott: Tempering a Terrible Fire|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904935,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221203634/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904935,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 21, 2008|access-date=February 19, 2011| magazine=Time|date=March 22, 1971 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:George C. Scott grave at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Brentwood, California.JPG|upright|thumb|Scott's grave]]
Scott was married five times:
# Carolyn Hughes (m. 1951–1955); one daughter, Victoria (b. December 19, 1952).
# Patricia Reed (m. 1955–1960); two children, Matthew (b. May 27, 1957) and actress [[Devon Scott]] (b. November 29, 1958).<ref name="nytimes/2020/06/02/patricia-reed-scott">{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Patricia Reed Scott, Who Cast New York as Hollywood East, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/nyregion/patricia-reed-scott-who-cast-new-york-as-hollywood-east-dies-at-86.html |access-date=27 February 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=2 June 2020}}</ref>
# [[Colleen Dewhurst]] (m. 1960–1965); two sons, writer Alexander Scott (b. August 1960), and actor [[Campbell Scott]] (b. July 19, 1961). Dewhurst nicknamed her husband "G.C."
# Colleen Dewhurst (remarried July 4, 1967 – divorced for a second time on February 2, 1972).
# [[Trish Van Devere]] (m. September 4, 1972), with whom he starred in several films, including the supernatural thriller ''[[The Changeling (film)|The Changeling]]'' (1980). Scott met Van Devere while shooting ''[[The Last Run]]'' (1971), which also featured his ex-wife Dewhurst. Scott adopted Van Devere's nephew, George Dressell, and resided in Malibu. They remained married until his death in 1999.

He had a daughter, Michelle (b. 1954),{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} with Karen Truesdell.

===Politics===
In 1982, Scott appeared in a [[1982 United States Senate elections|campaign]] commercial for moderate [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] U.S. Senator [[Lowell Weicker]] of [[Connecticut]].<ref name="ravo">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/02/nyregion/a-snoozing-bear-upsets-courtly-connecticut-politics.html| title=A Snoozing Bear Upsets Courtly Connecticut Politics| author=Nick Ravo|work=The New York Times| date=November 2, 1988|access-date=2011-12-23}}</ref> Like Weicker, Scott was, at that time, a resident of [[Greenwich, Connecticut]]. Scott identified politically as a [[Moderate conservatism|moderate conservative]] and supported the [[Capital punishment|death penalty]].<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/YDI-Zrasi2c Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180417124727/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDI-Zrasi2c Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=George C. Scott: Patton, Drinking, telling the Academy Awards to lose his number!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDI-Zrasi2c|website=Eileen Prose| date=May 2, 2017 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=January 29, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Illness and death===
Scott suffered a series of heart attacks in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1991/01/04/burt-lancaster-making-gains-in-stroke-therapy/ |title=Burt Lancaster Making Gains In Stroke Therapy |date=January 4, 1991 |access-date=January 3, 2014 |archive-date=January 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104040630/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1991-01-04/news/9101040639_1_burt-lancaster-therapy-stroke |url-status=live }}</ref> He died on September 22, 1999, one month before his 72nd birthday,  of a ruptured [[abdominal aortic aneurysm]].<ref name="obit"/> He was interred in the [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[Westwood, Los Angeles, California|Westwood, California]].<ref>{{cite news |last=King |first=Susan |title=Classic Hollywood: Cemeteries of the stars |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-oct-27-la-et-classic-hollywood-20101027-story.html |access-date=April 7, 2020 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 27, 2010}}</ref>

==Filmography==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 100%;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1956
|[[Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)|''Somebody Up There Likes Me'']]
|Prisoner
|Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1959
| data-sort-value="Hanging Tree, The" | ''[[The Hanging Tree (film)|The Hanging Tree]]''
| George Grubb
|
|-
| ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]''
| Claude Dancer
|
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1961
| data-sort-value="Hustler, The" | ''[[The Hustler]]''
| Bert Gordon
|
|-
| 1963
| data-sort-value="List of Adrian Messenger, The" | ''[[The List of Adrian Messenger]]''
| Anthony Gethyrn
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1964
| ''[[Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb|Dr. Strangelove]]''
| General Buck Turgidson
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Yellow Rolls-Royce, The" | ''[[The Yellow Rolls-Royce]]''
| Paolo Maltese
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1966
| data-sort-value="Bible: In the Beginning..., The" | ''[[The Bible: In the Beginning...]]''
| [[Abraham]]
|
|-
| ''[[Not with My Wife, You Don't!]]''
| Colonel "Tank" Martin
|
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1967
| data-sort-value="Flim-Flam Man, The" | ''[[The Flim-Flam Man]]''
| Mordecai Jones
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Petulia]]''
| Archie Bollen
|
|-
| 1969
| ''This Savage Land''
| Jud Barker
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''
| [[George S. Patton|General George S. Patton Jr.]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1971
| ''[[They Might Be Giants (film)|They Might Be Giants]]''
| Justin Playfair / "[[Sherlock Holmes]]"
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Last Run, The" | ''[[The Last Run]]''
| Harry Garmes
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Hospital, The" | ''[[The Hospital]]''
| Herbert Bock
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1972
| data-sort-value="New Centurions, The" | ''[[The New Centurions]]''
| Andy Kilvinski
|
|-
| ''[[Rage (1972 film)|Rage]]''
| Dan Logan
| Also director
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1973
| ''[[Oklahoma Crude (film)|Oklahoma Crude]]''
| Noble Mason
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Day of the Dolphin, The" | ''[[The Day of the Dolphin]]''
| Jake Terrell
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1974
| ''[[Bank Shot]]''
| Walter Upjohn Ballentine
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Savage Is Loose, The" | ''[[The Savage Is Loose]]''
| John
| Also director
|-
| 1975
| data-sort-value="Hindenburg, The" | ''[[The Hindenburg (film)|The Hindenburg]]''
| Colonel Franz Ritter
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1977
| ''[[Islands in the Stream (film)|Islands in the Stream]]''
| Thomas Hudson
|
|-
| ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1977 film)|Crossed Swords]]''
| The Ruffler
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Movie Movie]]''
| "Gloves" Malloy / "Spats" Baxter
|
|-
| 1979 
| ''[[Hardcore (1979 film)|Hardcore]]''
| Jake Van Dorn
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1980
| data-sort-value="Changeling, The" | ''[[The Changeling (film)|The Changeling]]''
| John Russell
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Formula, The" | ''[[The Formula (1980 film)|The Formula]]''
| Lieutenant Barney Caine
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Taps (film)|Taps]]''
| Brigadier General Harlan Bache
|
|-
| 1983
| ''China Rose''
| Burton Allen
|
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1984
| ''[[Firestarter (1984 film)|Firestarter]]''
| John Rainbird
|
|-
| 1986
| data-sort-value="Murders in the Rue Morgue, The" | ''[[The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986 film)|The Murders in the Rue Morgue]]''
| [[C. Auguste Dupin]]
|
|-
| 1989
| data-sort-value="Ryan White Story, The" | ''[[The Ryan White Story]]''
| Charles Vaughan Sr.
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1990
| ''[[Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue]]''
| Smoke
| Voice, direct-to-video
|-
| data-sort-value="Exorcist III, The" | ''[[The Exorcist III]]''
| Lieutenant William F. Kinderman
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Rescuers Down Under, The" | ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]''
| Percival McLeach
| Voice<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=George C Scott (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/George-C-Scott/ |access-date=July 25, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Descending Angel]]''
| Florian Stroia
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1993
| ''Curaçao''
| Cornelius Wettering
|
|-
| ''[[Malice (1993 film)|Malice]]''
| Martin Kessler
|
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1994
| data-sort-value="Whipping Boy, The" | ''[[The Whipping Boy]]''
| George "Blind George"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| ''[[Tyson (1995 film)|Tyson]]''
| [[Cus D'Amato|Constantine "Cus" D'Amato]]
|
|-
| ''[[Angus (film)|Angus]]''
| Grandpa Ivan Bethune
|
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1999
| ''[[Gloria (1999 American film)|Gloria]]''
| Reuben "Ruby"
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 100%;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1958
| data-sort-value="DuPont Show of the Month, The" | ''[[The DuPont Show of the Month]]''
| Jacques
| Episode: "[[A Tale of Two Cities#Adaptations|A Tale of Two Cities]]"
|-
|[[Kraft Television Theatre|''Kraft Theatre'']]
|John Oakhurst / Nicholas Dreydel
|2 episodes
|-
|[[Omnibus (American TV program)|''Omnibus'']]
|[[Maximilien Robespierre]]
|Episode: "The Empty Chair"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1959
| data-sort-value="United States Steel Hour, The" | ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]''
| Marshal Gulliver
| Episode: "Trap for a Stranger"
|-
|[[NBC Sunday Showcase|''Sunday Showcase'']]
|Dr. Richard Bryan
|Episode: "People Kill People Sometimes"
|-
|''[[Playhouse 90]]''
|Juan de la Torre
|Episode: "[[Target for Three]]"
|-
|[[Winterset (play)|''Winterset'']]
|Trock Estrella
|Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" |1960
|''[[Play of the Week (TV series)|Play of the Week]]''
|[[Satan|The Devil]]
|Episode: "[[Man and Superman|Don Juan in Hell]]"
|-
|''[[Dow Hour of Great Mysteries]]''
|Edward Stevens
|Episode: "[[The Burning Court]]"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1961
| ''[[Ben Casey]]''
| Karl Anders
| Episode: "I Remember a Lemon Tree"
|-
| data-sort-value="Power and the Glory, The" | ''[[The Power and the Glory]]''
| Police Lieutenant
| Television film
|-
|''Golden Showcase''
|Lord Henry Wotton
|Episode: "[[Adaptations of The Picture of Dorian Gray|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]"
|-
| rowspan="4" |1962
| ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]''
| Kermit Garrison
| Episode: "Strike a Statue"
|-
|[[Monitor (British TV programme)|''Monitor'']]
|[[Shylock]]
|Episode: "Stratford-On-The-Subway"
|-
| data-sort-value="Virginian, The" | ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]''
| Arthur Lilly
| Episode: "The Brazen Bell"
|-
|[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|''The Eleventh Hour'']]
|Anton Novak
|Episode: "I Don't Belong in a White-Painted House"
|-
| 1963–1964
| ''[[East Side West Side (TV series)|East Side West Side]]''
| Neil Brock
| 26 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1965
|''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''
|Captain Vince McGuire
|Episode: "A Time for Killing"
|-
|[[The Red Skelton Show|''The Red Skelton Hour'']]
|Dr. Hardship
|Episode: "Freddie at the South Pole or Panhandle with Care"
|-
|1966
|''[[The Road West]]''
|Jud Barker
|2 episodes
|-
| 1967
| data-sort-value="Crucible, The" | ''[[The Crucible#Adaptations|The Crucible]]''
| [[John Proctor (Salem witch trials)|John Proctor]]
| rowspan="3" | Television film
|-
|1969
|''Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall''
|Max Maxwell / N.Y. Rome
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Jane Eyre (1970 film)|Jane Eyre]]''
| [[Edward Rochester]]
|-
| 1971
| data-sort-value="Price, The" | ''[[The Price (play)#Adaptations|The Price]]''
| Victor Franz
| [[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Fear on Trial]]''
| [[Louis Nizer]]
| rowspan="4" | Television film
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1976 TV film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
| The Beast
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Oliver Twist (1982 TV film)|Oliver Twist]]''
| [[Fagin]]
|-
| 1984
| data-sort-value="Christmas Carol, A" | ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''
| [[Ebenezer Scrooge]]
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Mussolini: The Untold Story]]''
| [[Benito Mussolini]]
|Miniseries
|-
| rowspan="2" |1986
|''[[Choices (1986 film)|Choices]]''
|Evan Granger
| rowspan="3" |Television film
|-
| data-sort-value="Last Days of Patton, The" | ''[[The Last Days of Patton]]''
| General George S. Patton Jr.
|-
| 1987
| ''Pals''
| Jack H. Stobbs / John Livingston Spangler
|-
| 1987–1988
| ''[[Mr. President (TV series)|Mr. President]]''
| President Samuel Arthur Tresch
| 24 episodes
|-
|1991
|''Finding the Way Home''
|Max Mittelmann
|Television film
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1994
| ''[[Traps (TV series)|Traps]]''
| Joe Trapcheck
| 5 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Whipping Boy|Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy]]''
| Blind George
| Television film
|-
|[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|''In the Heat of the Night'']]
|Judge Walker
|TV Movie  "A Matter of Justice"  (In syndication, it airs as a two-episode story arc.)
|-
|1995
|''[[New York News]]''
|Ollie Herman
|3 episodes
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Titanic (1996 miniseries)|Titanic]]''
| Captain [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Edward J. Smith]]
| Miniseries
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| ''[[Country Justice]]''
| Clayton Hayes
| rowspan="3" | Television film
|-
| ''[[12 Angry Men (1997 film)|12 Angry Men]]''
| Juror #3
|-
| rowspan=2|1999
| ''[[Rocky Marciano (film)|Rocky Marciano]]''
| Pierino Marchegiano
|-
| ''[[Inherit the Wind (1999 film)|Inherit the Wind]]''
| Matthew Harrison Brady
| Television film; final film role
|}

== Theatre ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 100%;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Playwright
! Venue
! class="unsortable" | Ref
|-
|1958 || ''Comes a Day'' || Tydings Glen || [[Speed Lamkin]] || [[Ambassador Theatre (New York City)|Ambassador Theatre]], [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut || 
|-
|1959 || data-sort-value="Andersonville Trial, The" | ''[[The Andersonville Trial]]'' || Lt. Col. [[Norton P. Chipman]]|| [[Saul Levitt]] || [[Stephen Sondheim Theatre|Henry Miller's Theatre]], Broadway ||
|-
|1960 || data-sort-value="Wall, The" | ''The Wall'' || Dolek Berson || [[Millard Lampell]] || [[Nederlander Theatre|Billy Rose Theatre]], Broadway || 
|-
|1962 || ''General Seeger'' || Maj. General Seeger || rowspan=2|[[Ira Levin]] || [[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Lyceum Theatre]], Broadway ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |1967 || ''[[Dr. Cook's Garden]]'' || Director || [[Belasco Theatre]], Broadway || 
|-
| data-sort-value="Little Foxes, The" | ''[[The Little Foxes]]'' || Benjamin Hubbard || [[Lillian Hellman]] || [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]], Broadway ||
|-
|1968 || ''[[Plaza Suite]]'' || Jesse Kiplinger <br/> Roy Hubley <br/> Sam Nash || [[Neil Simon]] || [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]], Broadway 
|-
|1973 || ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' || Mikhail Astrov || [[Anton Chekov]] || rowspan=3| [[Circle in the Square Theatre]], Broadway ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |1975 || ''[[All God's Chillun Got Wings (play)|All God's Chillun Got Wings]]'' || Director || [[Eugene O'Neill]] || 
|-
| ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' || Willy Loman || [[Arthur Miller]] || 
|-
|1976 || ''[[Sly Fox]]'' || Foxwell J. Sly <br/> The Judge || [[Larry Gelbart]] || [[Broadhurst Theatre]], Broadway ||
|-
|1980 || ''Tricks of the Trade'' || Dr. Augustus Browning || [[Sidney Michaels]] || [[Lena Horne Theatre|Brooks Atkinson Theatre]], Broadway 
|-
|1982 || ''[[Present Laughter]]'' || Garry Essendine <br/> Director || rowspan=2|[[Noël Coward]] || rowspan=4|Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway ||
|-
|1984 || ''[[Design for Living]]'' || Director || 
|-
|1986 || data-sort-value="Boys in the Autumn, The" | ''The Boys in the Autumn'' || Henry Finnegan || Bernard Sabath
|-
|1991 || ''[[On Borrowed Time]]'' || Julian Northrup / Gramps || [[Paul Osborn]] ||
|-
|1996 || ''[[Inherit the Wind (play)|Inherit the Wind]]'' || Henry Drummond || Bernard Sabath || [[Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre|Royale Theatre]], Broadway ||
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by George C. Scott}}

Over his career Scott received numerous accolades including an [[Academy Award]], two [[Golden Globes]] and two [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]. He also received nominations for two [[BAFTA Awards]], two [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]], and five [[Tony Awards]].

Scott has been recognized by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] for the following performances:
* [[32nd Academy Awards]]: [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]], nomination, as Claude Dancer in ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]'' (1959), 
* [[34th Academy Awards]]: Best Supporting Actor, nomination, as Bert Gordon in ''[[The Hustler]]'' (1961)
* [[43rd Academy Awards]]: [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], '''win''', as [[George S. Patton|General George S. Patton]] in ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'' (1970)
* [[44th Academy Awards]]: Best Actor, nomination, as Dr. Herbert Bock, in ''[[The Hospital]]'' (1971)

==Notes==
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==References==
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