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