George Plimpton

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1927-03-18

Died: 2003-09-26

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	Lawrence of Arabia	Bedouin (uncredited)	80
2	1968	Beyond the Law	Mayor	48
3	1968	The Detective	Reporter	60
4	1968	The Queen	Self	64
5	1970	Rio Lobo	George, Whitey's 4th Henchman	64
6	1970	Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo	Narrator	0
7	1977	The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover	Quentin Reynolds	50
8	1978	If Ever I See You Again	Lawrence	100
9	1979	Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration	Narrator	10
10	1981	Reds	Horace Whigham	69
11	1984	Good Morning, Mr. Orwell	Self - Host	81
12	1984	Garbo Talks	Self (uncredited)	61
13	1985	Volunteers	Lawrence Bourne Jr.	55
14	1986	Uncensored Channels: TV Around The World With George Plimpton	Himself (Host)	10
15	1989	A Fool and His Money	Gott	45
16	1990	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Well Wisher	56
17	1991	Coney Island	(voice)	60
18	1991	L.A. Story	Straight Weatherman	65
19	1991	Little Man Tate	Winston F. Buckner	66
20	1992	The Donner Party	voice	68
21	1995	Just Cause	Elder Phillips	62
22	1995	Nixon	President's Lawyer	69
23	1996	When We Were Kings	Self	77
24	1997	Good Will Hunting	Psychologist	82
25	1998	The Last Days of Disco	Clubgoer	62
26	1999	EDtv	Panel Member	60
27	2001	Sam the Man	Self	30
28	2001	Just Visiting	Dr. Brady	47
29	2001	Bullet In The Brain	Narrator	58
30	2006	Factory Girl	Himself	60
31	2009	Soul Power	Self (archive footage)	63
32	2012	Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself	Himself (archive footage)	77
33	2015	Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon	Self - Actor (archive footage)	66
34	2021	The Capote Tapes	Self (voice) (archive footage)	64

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1958	Kraft Music Hall	Self	44
2	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
3	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	66
4	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	69
5	1985	The Equalizer	Clinton Brandauer	71
6	1988	American Experience	(voice)	75
7	1988	American Experience	Self (voice)	75
8	1989	The Simpsons	George Plimpton (voice)	80
9	1990	Wings	Dr. Greyson	69
10	1990	The Civil War	George Templeton Strong	81
11	1994	Baseball	Self	74
12	1994	ER	John Carter Sr.	78
13	1995	Central Park West		46
14	1995	The Single Guy	George Plimpton	63
15	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
16	1996	The West	Self (voice)	84
17	1997	Just Shoot Me!	George Plimpton	66
18	2000	Wonderland		100
19	2000	Deadline		0
20	2001	A Nero Wolfe Mystery	Winterhoff	78
21	2001	A Nero Wolfe Mystery	Cook	78