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George C. Scott: Actors
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Synopsis: The second of actor George C. Scott's rare directorial efforts (his first being the 1970 television film The Andersonville Trial), this drama, produced at the height of the Vietnam War, was critical of the military's weapons testing. Scott stars as Dan Logan, a single father living with hisRead More
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Making his cartoon voice-over debut in the anti-drug TV special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1988), Scott served up more vocal villainy in the Disney-animated feature The Rescuers Down Under (1990). Not until his later years did he show signs of slowing down; in 1996, while appearing as Henry Drummond in the {~National Actors Theater} production of {+Inherit the Wind}, he suddenly took ill in mid-performance, excused himself, and left the stage, obliging director Tony Randall to take over the part for the balance of the show.
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Except the main character is being played by George C. Scott. And, somehow, it's not yawn, yawn. Like nothing much happens in the scene, but, as Scott does it, a lot happens. Not that he does a lot of what actors call 'business." On the contrary, he does very little. But what he does do is invested with such tension and purpose that every move is as arresting as a threat. The actor's surface, like the man's, is quiet, controlled.
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Film critic Leonard Maltin said it was Scott's measured forcefulness that set him apart as an actor. "He had an incredible intensity that never really seemed over the top. His explosions were always controlled explosions. He had a great reserve of power to draw upon,'' Maltin said.
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