Talk:George C. Scott

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Trying to disambiguate Producer Did Mr Scott produce only films, or did he also produce stage productions? --Rpyle731^talk 01:22, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

Wife beater?

Scott has been reported as having beaten both his wives and to have beaten Ava Gardner during their relationship so badly that her retina became detached.

Does anyone have something to substantiate this claim? Was Scott ever arrested for spousal abuse? Did Ava Gardner (or his two wives) ever make these claims in public? I think the sentence should be removed if no citable evidence comes forward. I know he's dead now, but slander is still slander. 207.6.31.119 11:04, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

You might want to take the rumor out of the Ava Gardner page also. pgc512 7 Feb 06

Ava Gardner's memoir devotes most of a chapter to the beatings she endured during her affair with George C Scott. He hit her so hard once she suffered a detached retina. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbrown603 (talk • contribs) 18:41, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

When Scott died, Liz Smith reported in her column that when ex-wife Colleen Dewhurst was once asked what Scott was like, she is said to have replied, "Actor. Boozer. Wife-beater. What else do you want to know?"

You can check the Amazon.com page for "Ava Gardner" by Lee Server. One of the customer reviews refers to Gardner being portrayed in this biography as the victim of "the criminal physical abuse of George C. Scott." In the Guardian Unlimited (UK), a review of Server's book states: "Her affair with George C Scott was characterised by booze and violence. He beat her up badly enough to put her in hospital while they were shooting The Bible." Http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1783735,00.html

I believe that Kitty Kelley's biography of Frank Sinatra reported that Gardner allegedly phoned former husband Sinatra, who is said to have remained in love with Ava for the rest of his life. Sinatra was so enraged that he wanted serious bodily harm inflicted on Scott. But Gardner is said to have begged Sinatra not to do anyting so drastic. So, supposedly, some bruisers were sent to break-and-enter Scott's apartment in London while he was out and slashed the clothes in his closet to shreds. The warning was relayed to Scott that if he ever touched Gardner again, the same thing would happen to him. Knowing that the warning came from "Frank," who could get to him even where he lived, Scott wisely decided to end his relationship with Gardner.

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Scott's Oscar and the Patton Museum

I added the comment from Scott's TV Guide interview about his Oscar, where he mentions that "As far as I know, it's at the Patton Museum at Fort Knox, because that's where I told the Academy to send it." I can't cite the author of the article, it was in the TV Guide issue in September 1986 the week that The Last Days of Patton aired. When I next visited the Patton Museum in the Summer of 1989 while attending the Armor Officer Advanced Course at Fort Knox, I asked the curator about Scott's Oscar and he informed me that since Scott had never put his instructions in writing, the Academy never delivered it, and the Museum never expected its delivery. Lyle F. Padilla, Major, Armor, US Army Reserve (retired), lpadilla@voicenet.com 207.103.47.66 05:34, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

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Most Famous Early Role???

I think is is very subjective to say that his most famous early role is Dr. Strangelove, especially since he was critically acclaimed in Anatomy of a Murder, perhaps this could be cleaned up —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.215.154.27 (talk) 23:21, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

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Political Ad

I looked at the article cited for Scott's commercial on behalf of Lowell Weicker in 1988. That article actually says Scott first appeared in a TV ad for Weicker in 1982, and that he did it again in 1988. (In fact, the article suggests the 1982 ad was more effective.) Right now, this entry implies that Scott appeared on Weicker's behalf in 1988 only. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.131.142.97 (talk) 06:22, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Missing Entry

Murders in the Rue Morgue (TV, 1986) -- any particular reason not in the list?

66.3.106.4 (talk) 09:41, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Question re: Strangelove

"Stanley Kubrick would frequently ask Scott to redo it in an 'over the top' fashion. Kubrick would then proceed to use this version in the final cut, which Scott supposedly resented".

In the second sentence, should this be "used the most outrageous version in his final edit", or some other language? It's not really clear which of the takes we are referring to. Also, avoid passive voice (throughout)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.30.63.67 (talk) 08:38, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Buried next to Matthau... while Matthau was still alive?

His remains were interred... next to Walter Matthau"

Consiedering that Scott died in September 1999 and Matthau died in July 2000, either Matthau's remains were interred next to Scott's or Scott's were kept above ground for about nine months. Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 23:31, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Refused Oscar Nomination for The Hustler

It is mentioned on The Hustler (film) page that Scott refused his nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor from that film. Is this something that should be included on this page?Cdiasoh (talk) 19:40, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Middle name

I have an old encyclopedia set (from approximately 1985) that lists Mr. Scott's middle name as Crosby. 216.16.80.162 (talk) 05:20, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Unmarked Grave

Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.242.71.160 (talk) 07:14, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Paragraph of OR on location of Academy award

The following italicized section of a paragraph containing OR was excised from the article's Broadway and film career section and relocated here as a resource to be consulted/cleaned-up/cited and possibly re-introduced:

[Note: Italicized section is the OR added 2-22-2015]:

The location of the Oscar that Scott won is unknown the Oscar displayed at the Virginia Military Institute <ref></ref> Lexington, Virginia, is the one won for Best Picture Patton the producer Franklin Sheaffer graduated from there in the early 30's he was a real life officer in the Army, he was on General George C Marshall's staff during WWII. The Oscar for Best picture was sent to the Marshall Foundation in honor of Marshall he did graduate in 1901 the same institution that is what the Marshall Foundation states on the card in the glass display of the Oscar located in the lobby located at VMI that generations of Pattons have attended. Scott did not turn down the New York Film Critics Award for his performance (of which his then wife Colleen Dewhurst said, "George thinks this is the only film award worth having")..

Wikiuser100 (talk) 06:05, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

References

Religion

The article calls him an atheist. I'm not trying to start a big debate over religion, but it seems like every reference (anywhere) to Scott being an atheist can be traced back to an interview he supposedly did on '60 Minutes.' But the details are non-existent. When did it air? Can we see it? Is there a transcript? Let's nail down something firm about this, or delete it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.143.202.206 (talk) 00:19, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

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". . . in an unmarked grave located to the right of that of Walter Matthau."

Is there a better way to say, "He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California in an unmarked grave located to the right of that of Walter Matthau"? If you are looking at Matthau's grave, Scott's grave is to the left of it. The only way it would be conceivably considered "to the right" is from the perspective of the interred body of Walter Matthau. Does that make sense? I really think it should be re-worded for clarity. --Schmendrick (talk) 21:07, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Problem with first paragraph

There is something wrong with the first paragraph: "He was in the best 12 players in the work-bill shankly known for his stage work, as well as his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film Patton, as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and as Ebenezer Scrooge in Clive Donner's 1984 film A Christmas Carol."

I believe that the entire phrase "in the best 12 players in the world-bill shankly" should be removed, as it *may* refer to Bill Shankly. Or does anybody have a better interpretation? Either way, this needs cleaning up, and I am not a George C. Scott expert ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mprogers (talk • contribs) 21:18, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

portraying Matthew Harrison Brady (ironically opposite the role he had played on stage)

Methinks someone misunderstands the meaning of the word "ironically", but certainly misunderestimates it. ;=) Ealtram (talk) 16:31, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

more citations needed|date=July 2020  ??????????

I think the latest "More citations" is problematic. If one considers the references to films and television as "citations", there are plenty, it's just they are not in the form of writing, it's a different medium. But in a larger sense they are just as much third-party references; "citations"; despite:

An "easy" solution is to just go to the articles of film and movie references and borrow references, which unfortunately may not have direct references to George Scott, but it will satisfy the aesthetics and surface appearance that inspired the person to tag this "more citations" in the first place. It's kind of a bureacratic nightmare but a lot of Wikipedia is degenerating into this Kafkaesque parody because it's so easy to put tags like "more citations" without an ounce of effort. Without the slightest bit of work. If that person can't be bothered, than neither am I. Cuvtixo (talk) 14:32, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Movie Gloria

His credits donot mention this movie. It very well could of been his last role. 2607:FB91:2F28:8F87:AC39:38F1:6746:51AE (talk) 16:35, 26 July 2023 (UTC)