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76-489: Harry Garmes ( George C. Scott ) is an aging American career criminal who was once a driver for Chicago's organized crime rings. He is living in self-imposed exile in Albufeira , a fishing village in southern Portugal, where he owns a fishing boat and seeks occasional companionship from Monique ( Colleen Dewhurst ), a local prostitute, as his wife has left him after the untimely death of their son. Unexpectedly, Harry receives

152-416: A campaign commercial for moderate Republican U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker of Connecticut . Like Weicker, Scott was, at that time, a resident of Greenwich, Connecticut . Scott identified politically as a moderate conservative and supported the death penalty . Scott suffered a series of heart attacks in the 1980s. He died on September 22, 1999, aged 71, of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm . He

228-684: A Murder (1959). Later that year he appeared on Broadway in The Andersonville Trial by Saul Levitt directed by Jose Ferrer , winning critical acclaim for his portrayal of the prosecutor. This was based on the military trial of the commandant of the infamous Civil War prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia . It ran for 179 performances from December 1959 to June 1960. Scott received good reviews for The Wall (1960–61) which ran for 167 performances. He guest-starred on episodes of Sunday Showcase , Playhouse 90 , Play of

304-463: A New York City social worker , along with co-stars Cicely Tyson and Elizabeth Wilson . Scott was a major creative influence on the show, resulting in conflicts with James T. Aubrey , the head of CBS . The Emmy Award -winning program had a series of guest stars, including James Earl Jones . The portrayal of challenging urban issues made attracting advertisers difficult, not helped by the limited distribution. Not all CBS network affiliates broadcast

380-472: A TV version of The Andersonville Trial (1970). Scott then returned his focus to feature films. He appeared in They Might Be Giants (1971) with Joanne Woodward , and The Last Run (1971) for director Richard Fleischer , with his wife Colleen Dewhurst and also with Trish Van Devere , who would become his fourth and last wife. Scott had a big hit with The Hospital (1971) based on

456-590: A car accident, it contains flashbacks of Patton's life. At the time the sequel was aired, Scott mentioned in a TV Guide interview that he told the academy to donate his Oscar to the Patton Museum , but since the instructions were never put in writing, it was never delivered. On television, Scott appeared in The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986) and Pals (1987; with Don Ameche ). He also played

532-431: A celebrated career on both stage and screen. With a gruff demeanor and commanding presence, Scott became known for his portrayal of stern but complex authority figures. Described by The Guardian as "a battler and an actor of rare courage", his roles earned him numerous accolades including two Golden Globes , and two Primetime Emmys as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards and five Tony Awards . Though he won

608-589: A compromise, Kubrick had Scott go over the top in rehearsal, assuring Scott that the cameras were off, which was untrue. Somehow, Scott was unable to hear the very loud motor on the 35mm film cameras of the time. Kubrick proceeded to use this version in the final cut, which Scott supposedly resented. Scott was one of many stars in The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964). Scott was cast, under the direction of John Huston in Dino de Laurentiis 's The Bible: In

684-420: A cost of a little over $ 2 million, being only one week and $ 30,000 over the original schedule. "I think it's a miracle it got made," said Fleischer. "I'm the miracle." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer promoted the film with the tag line: "In the tradition of Hemingway and Bogart." The Last Run was poorly received by critics, and most of them lamented the replacement of Huston with Fleischer. Roger Ebert , writing for

760-946: A hit that would have a positive effect on my career, as well as Joe's, but I missed the shouting. She played Shakespeare's Cleopatra and Lady Macbeth for Papp and years later, Gertrude in a production of Hamlet at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. She appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode Night Fever in 1965 and with Ingrid Bergman in More Stately Mansions on Broadway in 1967. José Quintero directed her in O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night and Mourning Becomes Electra . She appeared in Edward Albee 's adaptation of Carson McCullers ' Ballad of

836-662: A job, his first in nine years, to drive an escaped killer Paul Rickard ( Tony Musante ) and the man's girlfriend Claudie Scherrer ( Trish Van Devere ) across Portugal and Spain into France. Rickard was imprisoned in Spain for an unrelated crime, but he originally had been hired to assassinate the French President DeGaulle by the OAS, which failed; it appears that the OAS is attempting another hit, and has arranged his escape and transport. Without knowing this, Garmes accepts

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912-518: A movie in Spain but she turned down the part. Eventually the role went to Trish Van Devere, an American actress who had just made her film debut in Where's Poppa? . Scott and Van Devere fell in love during the production once Dewhurst left the unit. Dewhurst and Scott divorced after the production concluded, and the actor married Van Devere. "What happened in the film, happened in life," said Fleischer. "That's nature imitating art." The film finished with

988-417: A production and distribution deal with EMI creating a new company, MGM-EMI , and would produce four films: The Go-Between , The Boyfriend , Get Carter and The Last Run . By that stage the film was going to be directed by John Boorman . Boorman eventually left the project because he was unhappy with the script. George C. Scott agreed to play the lead role. He was at the height of his career due to

1064-542: A prominent stage career even as his film stardom waned, and by the end of his career he had accrued five Tony nominations for his performances in Comes a Day (1959), The Andersonville Trial (1960), Uncle Vanya (1974), Death of a Salesman (1975), and Inherit the Wind . He directed several of his own films and plays and often collaborated with his wives Colleen Dewhurst and Trish Van Devere . George Campbell Scott

1140-541: A review of Dewhurst's final film role as Ruth in Bed and Breakfast (1991), Emanuel Levy wrote “ Bed and Breakfast is the kind of small, intimate picture that actors revere. The stunningly sensual Dewhurst, in one of her last screen roles, dominates every scene she is in, making the lusty and down-to-earth Ruth at once credible and enchanting.“ Dewhurst was president of the Actors' Equity Association from 1985 until her death. She

1216-528: A revival of Inherit the Wind (1996). In the latter play, he had to miss many performances due to illness, with his role being taken over by National Actors Theatre artistic director Tony Randall . In 1996, he received an honorary Drama Desk Award for a lifetime devotion to theatre. On the small screen, Scott appeared in Country Justice (1996), Titanic (1996) (as the ship's captain), and The Searchers (1996). Scott portrayed Juror No. 3 in

1292-773: A script by Paddy Chayefksy ; and The New Centurions (1972) directed by Flesicher based on a book by Joseph Wambaugh . Scott then appeared in a series of box office flops , beginning with Rage (1972), which he both directed and starred in. He then appeared in Oklahoma Crude (1973) directed by Stanley Kramer ; The Day of the Dolphin (1973) directed by Mike Nichols , in which Scott appeared with Van Devere; Bank Shot (1974), directed by Gower Champion ; and The Savage Is Loose (1974), which co-starred Van Devere and which Scott himself directed. Scott returned to television with Fear on Trial (1975); and starred in

1368-462: A sense of surprise. She sets you up like a great boxer and BAM! she gives you something else. She does have a certain consistent style, but when you examine her work you find enormous variety of color and intelligence. Scott on Some Aspects of Acting , Time , March 22, 1971 Scott reprised his role as Patton in a made-for-television sequel, The Last Days of Patton (1986). Based on the final weeks of Patton's life after being mortally injured in

1444-475: A short run. He directed and played Willy Loman in a 1975 revival of Death of a Salesman , for which he garnered another Tony nomination. Scott received a Tony Award nomination for his performance as Astrov in a 1973 revival of Uncle Vanya , directed by Nichols, which ran for 64 performances. Scott starred in a well-received production of Larry Gelbart 's Sly Fox (1976; based on Ben Jonson 's Volpone ), which ran 495 performances. Scott appeared in

1520-679: A summer home on Prince Edward Island, Canada. Maureen Stapleton wrote about Dewhurst: Colleen looked like a warrior, so people assumed she was the earth mother. But in real life Colleen was not to be let out without a keeper. She couldn't stop herself from taking care of people, which she then did with more care than she took care of herself. Her generosity of spirit was overwhelming and her smile so dazzling that you couldn't pull the ... reins in on her even if you desperately wanted to and knew damn well that somebody should. Dewhurst's Christian Science beliefs led to her refusal to accept any kind of surgical treatment. She died of cervical cancer at

1596-508: A supporting role on the television series Murphy Brown playing Avery Brown, the feisty mother of Candice Bergen 's title character; this role earned her two Emmy Awards, the second being awarded posthumously. Dewhurst won a total of two Tony Awards and four Emmy Awards for her stage and television work. Season 4, Episode 6 entitled "Full Circle" was the Murphy Brown episode filmed shortly after her death and dedicated to her memory. In

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1672-655: A television adaptation of A Christmas Carol . He directed the 1984 Broadway revival of Noël Coward's Design for Living , which ran for 245 performances. In 1986, on Broadway, Scott did The Boys in Autumn in 1986. In 1993, he appeared off-Broadway successfully with Wrong Turn at Lungfish . He was nominated for an Emmy Award for the role. Scott played the title role in the television film Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985). I think I learned to act from people like James Cagney and Paul Muni . And I'm sure I learned more from Bette Davis than anyone. She has enormous presence,

1748-960: A television production of Beauty and the Beast (1976), with Trish Van Devere. He later starred as an Ernest Hemingway -based artist in Islands in the Stream (1977) directed by Schaffner and based on Hemingway's posthumously published novel. He had a cameo in Crossed Swords (1977) directed by Fleischer, then had the lead in Movie Movie (1978) directed by Stanley Donen , costarring with Van Devere, and Hardcore (1979) written and directed by Paul Schrader . Scott starred in The Changeling (1980), with Melvyn Douglas , John Colicos , Jean Marsh , and Van Devere, for which he received

1824-480: A television version of The Crucible (1967). Scott returned to Broadway in 1967 to direct Dr. Cook's Garden by Ira Levin but quit during tryouts. As an actor, he appeared in a revival of The Little Foxes (1967–1968) directed by Mike Nichols , which ran for 100 performances. Scott starred in The Flim-Flam Man (1967) and Petulia (1968). He appeared in the television film Mirror, Mirror Off

1900-474: Is another television recording of them together when she played Elizabeth Proctor to the unfaithful John in Miller's The Crucible (with Tuesday Weld ). In 1977, Woody Allen cast her in his film Annie Hall as Annie's mother. In her autobiography, Dewhurst wrote: "I had moved so quickly from one Off-Broadway production to the next that I was known, at one point, as the 'Queen of Off-Broadway '. This title

1976-684: Is arguably her best known role because of the Kevin Sullivan produced series’ continuing popularity and also the initial co-production by the CBC ; allowing for rebroadcasts over the years on it, and also on PBS in the United States. The initial broadcast alone was seen by millions of viewers. Dewhurst was born June 3, 1924, in Montreal, Quebec, the only child of Frances Marie (nee Woods) and Ferdinand Augustus "Fred" Dewhurst. Fred Dewhurst

2052-567: Is on display there. Scott accepted the New York Film Critics Award . His then-wife Colleen Dewhurst said, "George thinks this is the only film award worth having". During the early 1970s, Scott appeared in the made-for-television films Jane Eyre (1970) as Mr. Rochester and The Price (1971), a version of the Arthur Miller play. For the latter role, he won an Emmy Award , which he accepted. He also directed

2128-450: Is when they come to me and say 'I don't know what it is I want but that isn't it. Give me something else'." Sharp said Huston, Huston's assistant Gladys Hill, and son Tony "played around" with the script "until they've got it all screwed up - no characterization, no motivation, no nothing" and said Scott was frustrated because He "wanted to do the original script." Huston said "Scott wanted to do something nostalgic which would bring to mind

2204-477: The Chicago Sun-Times , commented that "with Huston directing Alan Sharp's interesting screenplay, the movie would still have had the good stuff, I think, and would have avoided the embarrassing collapses of tone that wreck this version." Roger Greenspun, reviewing the film for The New York Times , stated that Fleischer "a veteran of more than 20 years in the business...seems not yet to have mastered

2280-646: The Dupont Show of the Month directed by Robert Mulligan . He also appeared in a televised version of The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1958) plus episodes of Kraft Theatre , and Omnibus . Scott's feature film debut was in The Hanging Tree (1959), starring Gary Cooper and Maria Schell . Scott earned his first Academy Award nomination for his performance in Otto Preminger 's Anatomy of

2356-712: The Academy Award for Best Actor for playing General George S. Patton in Patton (1970), he became the first actor to decline the award, having warned the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences months in advance that he would do so on the basis of his belief that performances cannot be compared to others. His other Oscar-nominated roles include Anatomy of a Murder (1959), The Hustler (1961), and The Hospital (1971). Scott's other notable films include Dr. Strangelove (1964), Petulia (1968), The Day of

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2432-662: The Academy Award, Scott famously said elsewhere, "The whole thing is a goddamn meat parade. I don't want any part of it." The Best Picture Oscar for Patton was given to the George C. Marshall Foundation Library at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia , the same institution that generations of Pattons attended, by producer Frank McCarthy a few weeks after the awards ceremony, and

2508-689: The Beginning , which was released by 20th Century Fox in 1966. Also in 1966, Scott appeared as Jud Barker in the NBC western The Road West (also known as This Savage Land ), starring Barry Sullivan , Kathryn Hays , Andrew Prine , and Glenn Corbett . He also guest starred in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre . He co-starred with Tony Curtis in the comedy film Not with My Wife, You Don't! (also 1966) and as John Proctor in

2584-452: The Beginning . Huston later said "I didn't like the script that was given to me" but he still agreed to make it. "I should never have got into it." His cinematographer was Sven Nykvist , who regularly collaborated with Ingmar Bergman and was making his first American movie. Nykvist later recalled he felt "very insecure" during the shoot "because, instead of the 18 technicians I was used to working with, I had about 100. I saw that everyone

2660-590: The Canadian Genie Award for Best Foreign Film Actor for his performance. He followed this with The Formula (1980) co-starring Marlon Brando , which was a flop. With one exception, it was the last time he had the lead in a major studio feature film. Scott returned to Broadway for Tricks of the Trade in 1980 with Van Devere, but it ran for a single performance. Scott appeared alongside Timothy Hutton and rising stars Sean Penn and Tom Cruise in

2736-535: The Dolphin (1973), Movie Movie (1978), Hardcore (1979), and The Exorcist III (1990). Scott gained fame for his roles on television earning two Primetime Emmy Awards for his performances in Hallmark Hall of Fame (1971), and 12 Angry Men (1997). He also played leading roles in Jane Eyre (1970), Beauty and the Beast (1976), and A Christmas Carol (1984). Scott continued to maintain

2812-550: The Sad Cafe and as Martha in a Broadway revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , with Ben Gazzara which Albee directed. She appeared in 1962 as Joanne Novak in the episode "I Don't Belong in a White-Painted House" in the medical drama The Eleventh Hour , starring Wendell Corey and Jack Ging . Dewhurst appeared opposite her then husband, Scott, in a 1971 television adaptation of Arthur Miller 's The Price , on Hallmark Hall of Fame , and an anthology series. There

2888-677: The Wall (1969). Scott played George S. Patton in the film Patton (1970) and researched extensively for the role, studying films of the general and talking to those who knew him. Scott declined the Oscar nomination for Patton , just as he had done for his nomination in 1962 for The Hustler , but won the award anyway. In a letter to the Motion Picture Academy , he stated that he did not feel himself to be in competition with other actors. However, regarding this second rejection of

2964-626: The Week (doing " Don Juan in Hell "), Dow Hour of Great Mysteries , and a Hallmark Hall of Fame production of Winterset , originally written for the stage. Scott received superb notices for his performance in The Hustler (1961). He returned to Broadway to direct General Seeger (1962) by Ira Levin but it only lasted two performances. The play Great Day in the Morning (1962), in which he

3040-668: The age 67 at her South Salem home in 1991. She was cremated and her ashes were given to family and friends; no public service was planned. Over the course of her 45-year career, Dewhurst won the 1974 Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre, two Tony Awards, two Obie Awards , and two Gemini Awards . In 1989, she won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Hitting Home . Of her 13 Emmy Award nominations, she won four. She

3116-574: The coming-of-age film Taps (1981), and was cast as Fagin in the CBS made-for-TV adaptation of Charles Dickens 's Oliver Twist (1982). On Broadway, he starred in and directed a successful revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter which ran during 1982–83. He starred in China Rose (1983) on television, and in 1984, had a supporting role in Firestarter and portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in

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3192-451: The disaster film The Hindenburg (1975) for director Robert Wise . Scott had a big Broadway hit with Neil Simon 's Plaza Suite (1968), directed by Mike Nichols. The show was composed of three separate one-act plays all using the same set, with Scott portraying a different lead character in each act; it ran for 1,097 performances. Scott directed a production of All God's Chillun Got Wings (1975) which starred Van Devere and only had

3268-641: The episode "I Don't Belong in a White-Painted House". He appeared opposite Laurence Olivier and Julie Harris in Graham Greene 's The Power and the Glory in a 1961 television production and also performed in The Merchant of Venice (1962) off-Broadway. Scott's first leading role in a feature was The List of Adrian Messenger released in 1963. That year, Scott starred in the hour-long television drama series East Side/West Side . He portrayed

3344-513: The escape to eliminate Rickard. Upon returning to Portugal, and apparently having been betrayed by Monique, Harry gets shot on the beach in Albufeira, moments away from escaping on his boat with Rickard and Scherrer. The film was based on an original script by Alan Sharp who called it "an attempt to use the melodramatic crime chase to deal with whatever the hero's preoccupations might be." In July 1970, MGM-British announced they would be making

3420-485: The film would be made as part of a ten picture slate from the studio over the next six months - the other films were The Wild Rovers , Fortune and Men's Eyes , Shaft , Sextette (ultimately not made for some years), Travels with My Aunt , The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight , Bullet Proof and The Gazebo . By now the director of The Last Run was John Huston . He and Scott previously worked together on The List of Adrian Messenger and The Bible: In

3496-512: The first of many appearances opposite his future wife, actress Colleen Dewhurst ), for As You Like It (1958), and for playing the title character in William Shakespeare 's Richard III (1957–58) (a performance one critic said was the "angriest" Richard III of all time). Scott's Broadway debut was in Comes a Day (1958) which had a short run. Scott's television debut was in a 1958 adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities for

3572-478: The following performances: Colleen Dewhurst Colleen Rose Dewhurst (June 3, 1924 – August 22, 1991) was a Canadian-American actress mostly known for theatre roles. She was a renowned interpreter of the works of Eugene O'Neill on the stage, and her career also encompassed film, early dramas on live television, and performances in Joseph Papp 's New York Shakespeare Festival . One of her last roles

3648-565: The job as a chance to prove to himself that he can still make the grade, despite premonitions that it will end badly for him as he gives Monique money to hold, which she may keep if he doesn't come back. In the course of the trip, made in a BMW 503 modified with a hidden smuggling compartment and supercharger, Harry and his passengers are pursued by both the Spanish police and the French Security Service, who in fact arranged

3724-409: The job, disliking the script. He was persuaded to visit the unit, where he met with the producer, star and writer. He got Sharp to tell him the story they were making, and said that was not the story in the script. Fleischer read the original draft and felt "all the important parts" had been cut out. Finding a replacement for Aumont was more difficult. Scott wanted Bonnie Bedelia who had just finished

3800-631: The lead role in the TV series Mr. President (1987–88), and appeared on The Johnny Carson Show in March 1987. Scott starred in the television film The Ryan White Story (1989) as Charles Vaughan, the lawyer defending Ryan White . In 1990, he voiced two villainous roles: Smoke in the television special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue and Percival McLeach in the Disney film The Rescuers Down Under . He

3876-453: The old Bogart films... I didn't agree. It just proved that I should never have got into it in the first place." By February Huston had walked off the production. French-American actress Tina Aumont , who was originally cast as the killer’s girlfriend, also quit the film. "She couldn't act," claimed Sharp who said Huston rewrote the script in part to create a new character for her "so she could get through it somehow without having to act." "It

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3952-418: The picture "had nothing to recommend it." On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an aggregated score of 40% based on 2 positive and 3 negative reviews. The film was not a commercial success. As of 2011, it has been available on DVD as a Warner Brothers Archive release. George C. Scott George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American actor, director and producer. He had

4028-573: The reaction shot; and his automobile chase sequences, for all the billowing dust and squealing tires, seem to move at 30 miles an hour." Toni Mastroianni, reviewing the film for the Cleveland Press , faulted Scott’s performance as the main stumbling block: "The problem with Scott at the moment is to find a movie as big as he is. The role is right for him and maybe he should play a real Hemingway part instead of an imitation one." The Los Angeles Times called it "a satisfying film". Huston said

4104-587: The role of Marilla Cuthbert in Kevin Sullivan's adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery 's novel Anne of Green Gables and reprised the role in 1987's Anne of Avonlea (also known as Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel ) and in several episodes of Kevin Sullivan's Road to Avonlea . Dewhurst was on hiatus from Road to Avonlea when she died in 1991. Sullivan Productions was unaware she was terminally ill, so her portrayal of Marilla ended posthumously. This

4180-434: The set, in part because Huston and his son Tony were rewriting the script constantly. Matters were complicated by Scott's drinking. His wife Colleen Dewhurst flew out to the location with his two children; Dewhurst wound up playing the heart-of-gold-hooker who has a small but important scene with Scott in the first act. Huston said he thought he could change the script "and make it something acceptable. The possibilities of

4256-616: The show, and it was canceled after one season. Scott had a success during 1963 in an off-Broadway production of Desire Under the Elms . Scott's highest-profile early role was in the Stanley Kubrick –directed Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), in which he played General "Buck" Turgidson. In later interviews with Kubrick, Scott was revealed to have initially refused to camp it up on camera. As

4332-466: The story appealed to me. What was done in black and white didn't appeal to me very much, but I saw an opportunity to do something with it, changes which would be acceptable and interesting." Alan Sharp later said he rewrote the script six times. "I'm not one of those guys who feels 'It's my masterpiece, no one must touch it'," he said. "If they want to make changes let them make changes. In the final analysis, it's got to be their picture anyway. What gets me

4408-418: The success of Patton and did The Last Run because "for the longest time I've been looking for a Bogart-like meaty part. I haven't found it til now." Scott called the movie "an old fashioned adventure picture. It's kind of a Bogart part - the lonely, separated man trying to make a comeback. It's the sort of thing that people can enjoy." In November 1970, MGM head of production Herbert F. Solow announced

4484-575: The television film 12 Angry Men (1997), the role played by Lee J. Cobb in the 1957 film , for which he would win another Emmy Award. He hosted Weapons at War on A&E TV , but was replaced after one season by Gerald McRaney . Weapons at War moved to The History Channel with Scott still credited as host for the first season. Scott was replaced by Robert Conrad after his death in 1999. He had support roles in Gloria (1999) for Sidney Lumet and Rocky Marciano (1999). Scott made his last film,

4560-429: The television film Inherit the Wind (1999), portraying Matthew Harrison Brady (ironically opposite the role he had played on stage) with Jack Lemmon as Henry Drummond, with whom he had also worked in 12 Angry Men . Scott had a reputation for being moody and mercurial while on the set. "There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition ... Then a self-loathing sets in when you realize you're enjoying it", he

4636-565: Was a very simple story of an artistic disagreement," said Scott. "John saw it one way. Carter and I another. I love Huston, I want to work with him again. He is a giant in our industry." Production was shut down for a week. MGM head of European operations Robert Littman flew out to the set. Jim Aubrey, head of MGM, wanted to abandon filming but Littman persuaded him to continue. Littman called Richard Fleischer, who had just finished directing Mia Farrow in See No Evil . Fleischer turned down

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4712-412: Was accomplished by shooting new scenes with actress Patricia Hamilton acting as a body double for Dewhurst and by recycling parts of scenes from Anne of Green Gables , Road to Avonlea , and using Dewhurst's death scene as Hepzibah in Sullivan's production of Lantern Hill . The latter was a 1990 television film based on L.M. Montgomery's Jane of Lantern Hill . During 1989 and 1990, she appeared in

4788-730: Was as the barrister in a university production of Terence Rattigan 's The Winslow Boy , directed by H. Donovan Rhynsburger. During rehearsals for that show, he made his first stage appearance—in a student production of Noël Coward 's Hands Across the Sea , directed by Jerry V. Tobias. He graduated from the university in 1953 with degrees in English and theater. Scott first rose to prominence for his work with Joseph Papp 's New York Shakespeare Festival . In 1958, he won an Obie Award for his performances in Children of Darkness (in which he made

4864-606: Was assigned to 8th and I Barracks in Washington, D.C. , and his primary duty was serving as honor guard at military funerals at Arlington National Cemetery . He later said that during his duty at Arlington, "[I] pick[ed] up a solid drinking habit that stayed with me from then on." Following military service, Scott enrolled at the University of Missouri on the G.I. Bill where he majored in journalism and then became interested in drama. His first public appearance on stage

4940-418: Was born on a kitchen table October 18, 1927—the younger of two siblings—in the modest Wise, Virginia , home of his parents, George Dewey Scott (1902–1988) and Helena Agnes (née Slemp; 1904–1935). His mother was the first cousin, once removed, of Republican Congressman C. Bascom Slemp . His maternal grandfather was a local jurist, Judge Campbell Slemp. Scott's mother died just before his eighth birthday, and he

5016-446: Was directed by José Quintero , also had only a brief run. Scott was in much demand for guest shots on TV shows, appearing in episodes of Ben Casey and Naked City . In 1962, Scott appeared as school teacher Arthur Lilly on NBC 's The Virginian , in the episode "The Brazen Bell", in which he recites Oscar Wilde 's poem " The Ballad of Reading Gaol ". That same year, he appeared in NBC's medical drama The Eleventh Hour , in

5092-674: Was featured in The Exorcist III (1990). For TV, he starred in Descending Angel (also 1990) and Finding the Way Home (1991). On Broadway, he directed and appeared in a revival of On Borrowed Time (1991–92). He had a supporting role in Curacao (1993) and Malice (1993). Scott had a starring role in Traps (1994) but the series only ran for five episodes. He also had a semi-regular role on another short-lived series New York News (1995). Around this time, Scott appeared in such feature films as The Whipping Boy (1994), Tyson (1995), and Angus (1995). Scott received another Tony nomination for his performance as Henry Drummond in

5168-609: Was in the 1974 Broadway revival of O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten as Josie Hogan, for which she won a Tony Award. She previously won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in 1961 for All the Way Home . She later played Katharina in a 1956 production of Taming of the Shrew for Joseph Papp . She (as recounted in her posthumous obituary in collaboration with Tom Viola) wrote: With Brooks Atkinson's blessing, our world changed overnight. Suddenly in our audience of neighbors in T-shirts and jeans appeared men in white shirts, jackets and ties and ladies in summer dresses. We were in

5244-424: Was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California . Over his career Scott has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award , two Golden Globes and two Primetime Emmy Awards . He also received nominations for two BAFTA Awards , two Screen Actors Guild Awards , and five Tony Awards . Scott has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for

5320-438: Was not due to my brilliance, but, rather, because most of the plays I was in closed after a run of anywhere from one night to two weeks. I would then move immediately into another." In 1972 she played a madam, Mrs. Kate Collingwood, in The Cowboys (1972), which starred John Wayne . Dewhurst also appeared with Wayne in the 1974 film McQ . She was the first actress to share a love scene with Wayne in bed. In 1985, she played

5396-511: Was playing Marilla Cuthbert in the Kevin Sullivan television adaptations of the Anne of Green Gables series and her reprisal of the role in the subsequent TV series Road to Avonlea . In the United States, Dewhurst won two Tony Awards and four Emmy Awards for her stage and television work. In addition to other Canadian honors over the years, Dewhurst won two Gemini Awards (the former Canadian equivalent of an Emmy Award) for her portrayal of Marilla Cuthbert; once in 1986 and again in 1988. It

5472-407: Was quoted as saying. One anecdote relates that one of his stage co-stars, Maureen Stapleton , told the director of Neil Simon's Plaza Suite, "I don't know what to do – I'm scared of him." The director, Mike Nichols , replied, "My dear, everyone is scared of George C. Scott." Scott was married five times: He had a daughter, Michelle (b. 1954), with Karen Truesdell. In 1982, Scott appeared in

5548-587: Was raised by his father, an executive at Buick . Scott's original ambition was to be a writer like his favorite author, F. Scott Fitzgerald . While attending Redford High School in Detroit , he wrote many short stories, none of which were published. He tried on many occasions to write a novel, but never completed one to his own satisfaction. After high school, Scott enlisted in the United States Marine Corps , serving from 1945 to 1949. He

5624-446: Was sitting around most of the time. Someone told me that I was the man who should make them work, but I couldn't do that because I was so shy. So I talked to myself that evening and I said: "You have to remember what Ingmar said when we started our first picture-the only thing that's important is what shows on the screen. " Key roles were given to Tina Aumont and Tony Musante. Filming began January 3, 1971. Scott and Huston had fights on

5700-645: Was the first national president to die in the office. Colleen Dewhurst was married to James Vickery from 1947 to 1960. She married and divorced George C. Scott twice. They had two sons, Alexander Scott and actor Campbell Scott ; she co-starred with Campbell in Dying Young (1991), one of her last film roles as she died in August 1991. During the last years of her life she lived on a farm in South Salem, New York, with her partner Ken Marsolais. They also had

5776-1155: Was the owner of a chain of confectionery stores and had been a celebrated athlete in Canada, where he had played football with the Ottawa Rough Riders . The family became naturalized as U.S. citizens before 1940. Colleen Dewhurst's mother was a Christian Scientist , a faith Colleen also embraced. The Dewhursts moved to Massachusetts in 1928 or 1929, staying in the Boston area neighborhoods of Dorchester, Auburndale, and West Newton. Later they moved to New York City and then to Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin . Dewhurst attended Whitefish Bay High School for her first two years of high school, moved to Shorewood High School for her junior year, and graduated from Riverside High School in Milwaukee in 1942. About this time her parents separated. Dewhurst attended Milwaukee-Downer College for two years, then moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. One of her more significant stage roles

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