George Plimpton
Acting • Born 1927-03-18 – Died 2003-09-26
Biography
George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor and occasional amateur sportsman. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Plimpton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
57 credits
Good Will Hunting
Movie • 1997
Psychologist
Little Man Tate
Movie • 1991
Winston F. Buckner
Garbo Talks
Movie • 1984
Self (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
Movie • 1970
George, Whitey's 4th Henchman
Reds
Movie • 1981
Horace Whigham
Volunteers
Movie • 1985
Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Just Visiting
Movie • 2001
Dr. Brady
A Fool and His Money
Movie • 1989
Gott
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Movie • 2012
Himself (archive footage)
The Donner Party
Movie • 1992
voice
The Capote Tapes
Movie • 2021
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Beyond the Law
Movie • 1968
Mayor
Sam the Man
Movie • 2001
Self
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 1979
Narrator
Nixon
Movie • 1995
President's Lawyer
Coney Island
Movie • 1991
(voice)
If Ever I See You Again
Movie • 1978
Lawrence
The Detective
Movie • 1968
Reporter (uncredited)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Movie • 1977
Quentin Reynolds
L.A. Story
Movie • 1991
Straight Weatherman
The Queen
Movie • 1968
Self
When We Were Kings
Movie • 1996
Self
Lawrence of Arabia
Movie • 1962
Bedouin (uncredited)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Movie • 2015
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Factory Girl
Movie • 2006
Himself
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Movie • 1984
Self - Host
Soul Power
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Just Cause
Movie • 1995
Elder Phillips
Uncensored Channels: TV Around The World With George Plimpton
Movie • 1986
Himself (Host)
EDtv
Movie • 1999
Panel Member
Bullet in the Brain
Movie • 2001
Narrator
The Last Days of Disco
Movie • 1998
Clubgoer
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Movie • 1970
Narrator
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Movie • 1990
Well Wisher
Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P.
Movie • 2003
Critic
Shortcut to Happiness
Movie • 2007
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
George Plimpton (voice)
The Single Guy
TV • 1995
George Plimpton
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Deadline
TV • 2000
Wings
TV • 1990
Dr. Greyson
Central Park West
TV • 1995
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Clinton Brandauer
Just Shoot Me!
TV • 1997
George Plimpton
ER
TV • 1994
John Carter Sr.
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
American Experience
TV • 1988
(voice)
American Experience
TV • 1988
Self (voice)
The Civil War
TV • 1990
George Templeton Strong
Baseball
TV • 1994
Self
The West
TV • 1996
Self (voice)
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
TV • 2001
Winterhoff
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
TV • 2001
Cook
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
TV • 2005
Self - writer