Cast & creator
George Plimpton
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live
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.
Also known as: George Ames Plimpton
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film credits
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1958–2021 · acting roles
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Filmography (66)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Simpsons
George Plimpton (voice)
1989
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
ER
John Carter Sr.
1994
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
American Experience
(voice)
1988American Experience
Self (voice)
1988
Wings
Dr. Greyson
1990
The Equalizer
Clinton Brandauer
1985
Just Shoot Me!
George Plimpton
1997
Good Will Hunting
Psychologist
1997
Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958
The Single Guy
George Plimpton
1995
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Winterhoff
2001A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Cook
2001A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Lamont Otis
2001A Nero Wolfe Mystery
John Barrett
2001A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Mr. Parker
2001A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Nathaniel Parker
2001A Nero Wolfe Mystery
General Carpenter
2001
Lawrence of Arabia
Bedouin (uncredited)
1962
Baseball
Self
1994
The Civil War
George Templeton Strong (voice)
1990
Central Park West
1995
Deadline
Bar Patron
2000
The West
Self (voice)
1996
Just Cause
Elder Phillips
1995
Just Visiting
Dr. Brady
2001
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Nixon
President's Lawyer
1995
Little Man Tate
Winston F. Buckner
1991
Rio Lobo
George, Whitey's 4th Henchman
1970
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Well Wisher
1990
The Last Days of Disco
Clubgoer
1998
EDtv
Panel Member
1999
Factory Girl
Himself
2006
Reds
Horace Whigham
1981
L.A. Story
Straight Weatherman
1991
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2015
Shortcut to Happiness
Self
2007
The Detective
Reporter (uncredited)
1968
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Quentin Reynolds
1977
Volunteers
Lawrence Bourne Jr.
1985
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Self - writer
2005
When We Were Kings
Self
1996
Infamous
Book
2006
Coney Island
(voice)
1991
A Fool and His Money
Gott
1989
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Narrator
1979
The Capote Tapes
Self (voice) (archive footage)
2021
The Donner Party
voice
1992
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Self - Host
1984
Garbo Talks
Self (uncredited)
1984
Sam the Man
Self
2001
Bullet in the Brain
Narrator
2001
Paper Lion
Book
1968
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Narrator
1970Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Co-Writer
1970
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Self (archive footage)
2012
Soul Power
Self (archive footage)
2009
If Ever I See You Again
Lawrence
1978
The Queen
Self
1968
Beyond the Law
Mayor
1968
Vali, The Witch of Positano
Co-Producer
1967
Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P.
Critic
2003
Uncensored Channels: TV Around The World With George Plimpton
Himself (Host)
1986