Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 18, 1927
Died
Sep 26, 2003
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
58 titles
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
Filmography
The Capote Tapes
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Himself (archive footage)
Soul Power
Self (archive footage)
Shortcut to Happiness
Self
Factory Girl
Himself
Infamous
Book
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Self - writer
Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P.
Critic
Bullet in the Brain
Narrator
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Winterhoff
Just Visiting
Dr. Brady
Sam the Man
Self
Deadline
Bar Patron
EDtv
Panel Member
The Last Days of Disco
Clubgoer
Good Will Hunting
Psychologist
Just Shoot Me!
George Plimpton
When We Were Kings
Self
The West
Self (voice)
E! True Hollywood Story
Nixon
President's Lawyer
The Single Guy
George Plimpton
Central Park West
Just Cause
Elder Phillips
ER
John Carter Sr.
Baseball
Self
The Donner Party
voice
Little Man Tate
Winston F. Buckner
L.A. Story
Straight Weatherman
Coney Island
(voice)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Well Wisher
The Civil War
George Templeton Strong (voice)
Wings
Dr. Greyson
The Simpsons
George Plimpton (voice)
A Fool and His Money
Gott
American Experience
Self (voice)
Uncensored Channels: TV Around The World With George Plimpton
Himself (Host)
The Equalizer
Clinton Brandauer
Volunteers
Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Garbo Talks
Self (uncredited)
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Self - Host
Reds
Horace Whigham
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Narrator
If Ever I See You Again
Lawrence
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Quentin Reynolds
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Narrator
Rio Lobo
George, Whitey's 4th Henchman
Paper Lion
Book