George Plimpton
Acting
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.
TV Shows(19)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Self - writer
2005
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Winterhoff
2001
Deadline
Bar Patron
2000
Just Shoot Me!
George Plimpton
1997
The West
Self (voice)
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Single Guy
George Plimpton
1995
Central Park West
1995
ER
John Carter Sr.
1994
Baseball
Self
1994
The Civil War
George Templeton Strong
1990
Wings
Dr. Greyson
1990
The Simpsons
George Plimpton (voice)
1989
American Experience
Self (voice)
1988
The Equalizer
Clinton Brandauer
1985
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958
Movies(36)
The Capote Tapes
Self (voice) (archive footage)
2021
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2015
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Himself (archive footage)
2012
Soul Power
Self (archive footage)
2009
Shortcut to Happiness
Self
2007
Factory Girl
Himself
2006
Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P.
Critic
2003
Bullet in the Brain
Narrator
2001
Just Visiting
Dr. Brady
2001
Sam the Man
Self
2001
EDtv
Panel Member
1999
The Last Days of Disco
Clubgoer
1998
Good Will Hunting
Psychologist
1997
When We Were Kings
Self
1996
Nixon
President's Lawyer
1995
Just Cause
Elder Phillips
1995
The Donner Party
voice
1992
Little Man Tate
Winston F. Buckner
1991
L.A. Story
Straight Weatherman
1991
Coney Island
(voice)
1991
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Well Wisher
1990
A Fool and His Money
Gott
1989
Uncensored Channels: TV Around The World With George Plimpton
Himself (Host)
1986
Volunteers
Lawrence Bourne Jr.
1985
Garbo Talks
Self (uncredited)
1984
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Self - Host
1984
Reds
Horace Whigham
1981
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Narrator
1979
If Ever I See You Again
Lawrence
1978
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Quentin Reynolds
1977
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Narrator
1970
Rio Lobo
George, Whitey's 4th Henchman
1970
The Queen
Self
1968
The Detective
Reporter (uncredited)
1968
Beyond the Law
Mayor
1968
Lawrence of Arabia
Bedouin (uncredited)
1962