George Plimpton
Acting
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.
Filmography 55
Movies (36)
The Capote Tapes2021Self (voice) (archive footage)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead2015Self - Actor (archive footage)
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself2012Himself (archive footage)
Soul Power2009Self (archive footage)
Shortcut to Happiness2007Self
Factory Girl2006Himself
Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P.2003Critic
Bullet in the Brain2001Narrator
Just Visiting2001Dr. Brady
Sam the Man2001Self
EDtv1999Panel Member
The Last Days of Disco1998Clubgoer
Good Will Hunting1997Psychologist
When We Were Kings1996Self
Nixon1995President's Lawyer
Just Cause1995Elder Phillips
The Donner Party1992voice
Little Man Tate1991Winston F. Buckner
L.A. Story1991Straight Weatherman
Coney Island1991(voice)
The Bonfire of the Vanities1990Well Wisher
A Fool and His Money1989Gott
Uncensored Channels: TV Around The World With George Plimpton1986Himself (Host)
Volunteers1985Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Garbo Talks1984Self (uncredited)
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell1984Self - Host
Reds1981Horace Whigham
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration1979Narrator
If Ever I See You Again1978Lawrence
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover1977Quentin Reynolds
Shows (19)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson2005Self - writer
A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001Winterhoff
Deadline2000Bar Patron
Just Shoot Me!1997George Plimpton
The West1996Self (voice)
E! True Hollywood Story1996
The Single Guy1995George Plimpton
Central Park West1995
ER1994John Carter Sr.
Baseball1994Self
The Civil War1990George Templeton Strong (voice)
Wings1990Dr. Greyson
The Simpsons1989George Plimpton (voice)
American Experience1988(voice)
The Equalizer1985Clinton Brandauer
Saturday Night Live1975Self (uncredited)
The Dick Cavett Show1968Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962Self
Kraft Music Hall1958Self