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.

Known For

The Simpsons

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Saturday Night Live

ER

American Experience

American Experience

Wings

The Equalizer

All Movies (36)

• The Capote Tapes2021 · as Self (voice) (archive footage)
• Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead2015 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself2012 · as Himself (archive footage)
• Soul Power2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Shortcut to Happiness2007 · as Self
• Factory Girl2006 · as Himself
• Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P.2003 · as Critic
• Bullet in the Brain2001 · as Narrator
• Just Visiting2001 · as Dr. Brady
• Sam the Man2001 · as Self
• EDtv1999 · as Panel Member
• The Last Days of Disco1998 · as Clubgoer
• Good Will Hunting1997 · as Psychologist
• When We Were Kings1996 · as Self
• Nixon1995 · as President's Lawyer
• Just Cause1995 · as Elder Phillips
• The Donner Party1992 · as voice
• Little Man Tate1991 · as Winston F. Buckner
• L.A. Story1991 · as Straight Weatherman
• Coney Island1991 · as (voice)
• The Bonfire of the Vanities1990 · as Well Wisher
• A Fool and His Money1989 · as Gott
• Uncensored Channels: TV Around The World With George Plimpton1986 · as Himself (Host)
• Volunteers1985 · as Lawrence Bourne Jr.
• Garbo Talks1984 · as Self (uncredited)
• Good Morning, Mr. Orwell1984 · as Self - Host
• Reds1981 · as Horace Whigham
• Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration1979 · as Narrator
• If Ever I See You Again1978 · as Lawrence
• The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover1977 · as Quentin Reynolds
• Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo1970 · as Narrator
• Rio Lobo1970 · as George, Whitey's 4th Henchman
• The Queen1968 · as Self
• The Detective1968 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• Beyond the Law1968 · as Mayor
• Lawrence of Arabia1962 · as Bedouin (uncredited)

All TV Shows (26)

• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson2005 · as Self - writer
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Winterhoff
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Cook
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Lamont Otis
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as John Barrett
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Mr. Parker
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Nathaniel Parker
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as General Carpenter
• Deadline2000 · as Bar Patron
• Just Shoot Me!1997 · as George Plimpton
• The West1996 · as Self (voice)
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• The Single Guy1995 · as George Plimpton
• Central Park West1995
• ER1994 · as John Carter Sr.
• Baseball1994 · as Self
• The Civil War1990 · as George Templeton Strong (voice)
• Wings1990 · as Dr. Greyson
• The Simpsons1989 · as George Plimpton (voice)
• American Experience1988 · as Self (voice)
• American Experience1988 · as (voice)
• The Equalizer1985 · as Clinton Brandauer
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Kraft Music Hall1958 · as Self