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George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American actor, director and producer. He had a celebrated career on both stage and screen. [ 1 ] With a gruff demeanor and commanding presence, Scott became known for his portrayal of stern but complex authority figures.
A Christmas Carol is a 1984 Christmas fantasy television film adapted from Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol (1843). The film was directed by Clive Donner, who was an editor of the 1951 film Scrooge, and stars George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge.
The website's consensus reads: "Firestarter ' s concept hews too closely to other known Stephen King adaptations, though it's got nice special effects (including scenery-chewing George C. Scott)." [14] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, based on seven critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [15]
Finlay made appearances on Broadway, in Epitaph for George Dillon (1958–1959), and in the National Theatre and Broadway productions of Filumena opposite Joan Plowright in 1980. [10] Between November 1988 and April 1989, Finlay toured Australia, performing in Jeffrey Archer 's Beyond Reasonable Doubt at theatres in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
Lyon's early career flourished with appearances in such high-profile films as John Huston's The Night of the Iguana (1964), John Ford's 7 Women (1966), the Frank Sinatra detective film Tony Rome (1967), and the George C. Scott comedy The Flim Flam Man (1967), but her career dropped off in the 1970s and she retired from acting after making ...
After moving to Los Angeles in 1967 ("I was there because of a lot of American boyfriends"), she appeared in the title role of Richard Lester's Petulia (1968), co-starring with George C. Scott. [18] Christie's persona as the swinging sixties British woman she had embodied in Billy Liar and Darling was further cemented by her appearance in the ...
Scott died July 23 at her Los Angeles home from natural causes, her son, Andrew, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday. Born in Sikeston, Mo., in 1931, Scott arrived in New York City ...
For television, Donner directed a film version of The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) with Ian McKellen and Jane Seymour [2] and productions based on two Charles Dickens novels, Oliver Twist (1982) and A Christmas Carol (1984), both starring George C. Scott.