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Dec 17, 1984 · A Christmas Carol: Directed by Clive Donner. With George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence, Edward Woodward. A bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
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George C. Scott, 71, an Academy Award-winning actor with a pugilist's profile and a gravel-throated timbre that he put to brilliant use in portraying military brass in film satires and dramas ...
Oct 13, 2023 · George C. Scott was the the Oscar-winning actor who remained active right up to the very end of his life, making his mark in dozens of movies, television shows and plays before his death in 1999 at…
Sep 6, 2016 · His performance brought him his first Oscar nomination. At age 32, George C. Scott had arrived. By the time “Patton” came along a decade later, Scott was an established star. However, he wasn’t the first choice to play the famous General. Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum, Lee Marvin and Rod Steiger had all turned down the role.
Release. 17 December 1984. ( 1984-12-17) A Christmas Carol is a 1984 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol (1843). The film was directed by Clive Donner, who had been an editor of the 1951 film Scrooge, and stars George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge. It also features Frank Finlay as Marley's ...
Biography by AllMovie [+] One of the finest American actors of his generation, George C. Scott was born in Virginia and raised in Detroit. After serving in the Marines from 1945 to 1949, Scott enrolled at the University of Missouri, determined to become an actor. Though his truculent demeanor and raspy voice would seem to typecast him in ...
George C. Scott was an immensely talented actor, a star of the big screen, stage and television. He was born on October 18, 1927 in Wise, Virginia, to Helena Agnes (Slemp) and George Dewey Scott. At the age of eight, his mother died, and his father, an executive at Buick, raised him. In 1945, he joined the United States Marines and spent four ...
