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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 18, 1927
Died
September 26, 2003
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- George Ames Plimpton
George Plimpton
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.9
Self (voice) (archive footage)
The Capote Tapes
2021
6.6
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
🎬
7.7
Himself (archive footage)
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
2012
6.4
Self (archive footage)
Soul Power
2009
5.6
Self
Shortcut to Happiness
2007
6.0
Himself
Factory Girl
2006
0.0
Self - writer
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2005
🎬
6.3
Critic
Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P.
2003
5.8
Narrator
Bullet In The Brain
2001
7.8
Winterhoff
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
Credits
The Capote Tapes
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2021
5.9
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2015
6.6
🎬
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
as Himself (archive footage)
2012
7.7
Soul Power
as Self (archive footage)
2009
6.4
Shortcut to Happiness
as Self
2007
5.6
Factory Girl
as Himself
2006
6.0
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Self - writer
2005
0.0
🎬
Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P.
as Critic
2003
6.3
Bullet In The Brain
as Narrator
2001
5.8
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Winterhoff
2001
7.8
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Cook
2001
7.8
Just Visiting
as Dr. Brady
2001
4.7
Sam the Man
as Self
2001
2.3
Deadline
2000
0.0
EDtv
as Panel Member
1999
6.0
The Last Days of Disco
as Clubgoer
1998
6.2
Good Will Hunting
as Psychologist
1997
8.2
Just Shoot Me!
as George Plimpton
1997
6.6
When We Were Kings
as Self
1996
7.5
The West
as Self (voice)
1996
8.4
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Nixon
as President's Lawyer
1995
6.9
The Single Guy
as George Plimpton
1995
5.0
Central Park West
1995
4.0
Just Cause
as Elder Phillips
1995
6.3
ER
as John Carter Sr.
1994
7.8
Baseball
as Self
1994
7.4
The Donner Party
as voice
1992
6.8
Little Man Tate
as Winston F. Buckner
1991
6.5
L.A. Story
as Straight Weatherman
1991
6.5
Coney Island
as (voice)
1991
6.0
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Well Wisher
1990
5.6
The Civil War
as George Templeton Strong
1990
7.9
Wings
as Dr. Greyson
1990
6.9
The Simpsons
as George Plimpton (voice)
1989
8.0
A Fool and His Money
as Gott
1989
4.3
American Experience
as (voice)
1988
6.9
American Experience
as Self (voice)
1988
6.9
Uncensored Channels: TV Around The World With George Plimpton
as Himself (Host)
1986
1.0
The Equalizer
as Clinton Brandauer
1985
7.1
Volunteers
as Lawrence Bourne Jr.
1985
5.5
Garbo Talks
as Self (uncredited)
1984
6.2
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
as Self - Host
1984
8.1
Reds
as Horace Whigham
1981
6.9
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Narrator
1979
1.0
If Ever I See You Again
as Lawrence
1978
10.0
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Quentin Reynolds
1977
4.9
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
as Narrator
1970
0.0
Rio Lobo
as George, Whitey's 4th Henchman
1970
6.5
The Queen
as Self
1968
6.2
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Detective
as Reporter (uncredited)
1968
5.9
Beyond the Law
as Mayor
1968
4.8
Lawrence of Arabia
as Bedouin (uncredited)
1962
8.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1958
4.7