George Plimpton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-03-18 (76 years old)

Deathday

2003-09-26

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

George Plimpton

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.

Acting

1997

Good Will Hunting

as Psychologist

1991

Little Man Tate

as Winston F. Buckner

1984

Garbo Talks

as Self (uncredited)

1970

Rio Lobo

as George, Whitey's 4th Henchman

1981

Reds

as Horace Whigham

1985

Volunteers

as Lawrence Bourne Jr.

2001

Just Visiting

as Dr. Brady

2012

1992

2021

The Capote Tapes

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

1968

2001

1995

Nixon

as President's Lawyer

1991

Coney Island

as (voice)

1968

The Detective

as Reporter (uncredited)

1991

L.A. Story

as Straight Weatherman

1968

The Queen

as Self

1962

Lawrence of Arabia

as Bedouin (uncredited)

2015

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2006

Factory Girl

as Himself

1984

2009

Soul Power

as Self (archive footage)

1995

Just Cause

as Elder Phillips

1999

EDtv

as Panel Member

2001

1998

1990

Production

1968

Paper Lion

as Story

2006

Infamous

as Book

1968

Paper Lion

as Book

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