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George C. Scott: George Patton
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George C. Scott turns down his nomination for Best Supporting Actor in The Hustler,, disdaining the awards as self-serving and meaningless. He was the first actor to decline a nomination. Despite his rejection, the Academy decided to uphold the nomination, but he did not win the award. However, in 1971, he again denounced the awards, calling them a "meat parade," but won the Best Actor Oscar, which he refused, for his performance in Patton. Scott died in 1999.
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George C. Scott was frequently cast as a gruff-but-heroic type in his long and distinguished career on stage and screen. He started on the New York stage, moved to television in its early days, and then began a film career that eventually earned him four Academy Award nominations. Scott won the Oscar as best actor for portraying U.S. general George S. Patton, Jr. in the epic 1970 World War II movie Patton. (He refused the award, decrying the competition of awards shows.) His other films include Dr. Strangelove (1964, directed by Stanley Kubrick, They Might Be Giants (1971, with Scott as a mental patient who imagines himself to be Sherlock Holmes), the caper comedy Bank Shot (1974) and the horror flick Firestarter (1984, with Drew Barrymore).
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(George Campbell Scott), 1927–99, American actor, b. Wise, Va. Fiery and intense, Scott played his first major roles in Richard III, The Merchant of Venice, and As You Like It for the New York Shakespeare Festival. Other plays included The Andersonville Trial (1959), Uncle Vanya (1973), an elderly Huckleberry Finn in The Boys in Autumn (1986), and a lawyer based on Clarence Darrow in Inherit the Wind (1996). He gradually began to devote more attention to film, proving to be a strong, sometimes overpowering presence. His films include Anatomy of a Murder (1959), The Hustler (1962), Dr. Strangelove (1964), Hospital (1972), Islands in the Stream (1977), Taps (1982), and Gloria (1999). He won an Academy Award for Patton (1970), usually considered his finest film performance, but refused it. He reprised his role as the four-star general in a 1986 television movie. Late in his career he ... directed plays and films.
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Oscar winner George C. Scott died Wednesday at his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Westlake Village. He was 71. Cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Scott won the best-actor Oscar in 1970 for his performance in the title role of Patton (1970). Critic John Gillett said at the time: "Here is an actor so totally immersed in his part that he almost makes you believe he is the man himself." However, Scott refused to attend the Oscar ceremonies or even to accept the statuette, claiming that the Oscar race was a pointless contest that failed to contribute to the betterment of the industry or the acting profession.
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George C. Scott earned a place in film history with his unforgettable performance in the title role of Patton, for which he earned an Academy Award®. Many feel that the actor shares qualities with the brilliant, fiery and obstinate general. His refusal to accept the Oscar® furthered that impression, securing his reputation as one of the most independent and outspoken actors alive. BIOGRAPHY® follows Scott from his rural Virginia childhood through his long career in this gripping portrait. Clips from his many roles on film, TV and the stage highlight his long career, while news footage, rare photos and intimate interviews with colleagues and confidantes detail his tumultuous off-screen life.
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George C. Scottfirst gained fame as an actor for the movie, Anatomy Of A Murder, in which he played a wiley prosecutor opposite Jimmy Stewart as the defense attorney. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor. However, his most famous early role was in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick) where he played the part of General "Buck" Turgidson. Scott's greatest role... was when he played the swaggering and controversial World War II Army general, George Patton, in the 1970 movie, Patton. Scott had researched extensively for this role, studying films of the general and talking to those who knew him. Having declined an Academy Award nomination for his appearance in The Hustler (Paul Newman), Scott returned his Oscar for Patton, stating that he didn't feel himself to be in competition with other actors.OthernotableGeorge C. Scott movies include Taps (Sean Penn, Tom Cruise)and Oliver Twist .
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