Biography

George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American actor, director and producer. He was best known for his stage work, as well as his portrayals of the prosecutor Claude Dancer in Anatomy of a Murder (1959), General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964), General George S. Patton in the film Patton (1970), and Ebenezer Scrooge in Clive Donner's film A Christmas Carol (1984).

Known For

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

General 'Buck' Turgidson

The Exorcist III

Lt. William 'Bill' Kinderman

The Bible: In the Beginning...

Abraham

The Changeling

John Russell

12 Angry Men

Juror 3

Anatomy of a Murder

Claude Dancer

Malice

Dr. Martin Kessler

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Paolo Maltese