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George Ames Plimpton 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. He was also famous for "participatory journalism" which included competing in professional sporting events, acting in a Western, performing a comedy act at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and playing with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and then recording the experience from the point of view of an amateur.
Birth Name
George Ames Plimpton
Born
Friday, 18 March 1927
Died
Friday, 26 September 2003
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Capote Tapes | Self | 2020 |
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead | Actor (archive footage) / Self / Actor | 2015 |
James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times | Narrator | 2014 |
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2012 |
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | Self | 2012 |
The Lost Kennedy Home Movies | Self | 2011 |
Chekhov for Children | Self | 2010 |
Soul Power | Self | 2009 |
Factory Girl | Himself / Self | 2006 |
Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer | Self | 2006 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Capote Tapes | Self | 2020 |
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead | Actor (archive footage) / Self / Actor | 2015 |
James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times | Narrator | 2014 |
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2012 |
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | Self | 2012 |
The Lost Kennedy Home Movies | Self | 2011 |
Chekhov for Children | Self | 2010 |
Soul Power | Self | 2009 |
Factory Girl | Himself / Self | 2006 |
Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer | Self | 2006 |
As Smart As They Are: The Author Project | Self | 2005 |
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Self | 2005 |
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | Other Voices | 2003 |
Shortcut to Happiness | George Plimpton | 2003 |
Breakfast with Hunter | Self | 2003 |
Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P. | Critic | 2003 |
The Paris Review: Early Chapters | Self | 2001 |
A Nero Wolfe Mystery | John Barrett / Mr. Parker / Winterhoff / Nathaniel Parker / Lamont Otis / General Carpenter / Cook | 2001 |
Just Visiting | Dr. Brady | 2001 |
Sam the Man | Self | 2001 |
The Sports Pages | Self | 2001 |
Deadline | Bar Patron | 2000 |
Wonderland | Spelling Bee Judge | 2000 |
New York: A Documentary Film | (voice) | 1999 |
Edtv | Panel Member | 1999 |
It's Like, You Know... | Self | 1999 |
ESPN SportsCentury | Self | 1999 |
The Last Days of Disco | Clubgoer | 1998 |
E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
Good Will Hunting | Psychologist | 1997 |
Just Shoot Me! | George Plimpton | 1997 |
When We Were Kings | Self - Writer / Himself | 1997 |
The West | Self / Self - Edward A. Stevenson / T. DeWitt Talmage | 1996 |
Nixon | President's Lawyer | 1995 |
The Single Guy | George Plimpton | 1995 |
C.P.W. | Self | 1995 |
Lauren Hutton and... | Self | 1995 |
Just Cause | Elder Phillips | 1995 |
ER | John Truman Carter, Sr. | 1994 |
Baseball | Self / Franklin P. Adams / Charles Elliott | 1994 |
Inside the Actors Studio | Self - Audience Member | 1994 |
Modern Marvels | Self - Author: Fireworks: A History and Celebration | 1993 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1993 |
Little Man Tate | Winston F. Buckner | 1991 |
L.A. Story | Straight Weatherman | 1991 |
The Bonfire of the Vanities | Well Wisher | 1990 |
The Civil War | George Templeton Strong / New York World | 1990 |
Wings | Dr. Greyson | 1990 |
The Tightrope Dancer | Self | 1990 |
The Simpsons | George Plimpton | 1989 |
A Fool and His Money | Gott / God | 1989 |
Easy Wheels | Surgeon | 1989 |
American Experience | (voice) / Self | 1988 |
Married... with Children | Self | 1987 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
The Equalizer | Clinton Brandauer | 1985 |
Volunteers | Lawrence Bourne Jr. | 1985 |
Pumping Iron II: The Women | Self | 1985 |
Garbo Talks | Self | 1984 |
Reds | Horace Whigham | 1981 |
If Ever I See You Again | Lawrence / Lawrence Lawrence | 1978 |
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover | Quentin Reynolds | 1977 |
Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection | Self - Narrator | 1976 |
Saturday Night Live | Self / Audience Member | 1975 |
Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
HBO Boxing | Self - Audience Member | 1973 |
Rio Lobo | 4th Gunman / Fourth Gunman | 1970 |
Garroway | Self | 1969 |
The David Frost Show | Self / Self - Guest | 1969 |
Playboy After Dark | Self | 1969 |
The Skitch Henderson Show | Self | 1968 |
The Queen | Self | 1968 |
The Detective | Reporter | 1968 |
The Dick Cavett Show | Self | 1968 |
NBC Experiment in Television | Self - Host | 1967 |
Man Alive | Self / Self - presenter | 1965 |
Lawrence of Arabia | Bedouin | 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest / Himself | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Author / Himself - Actor | 1961 |
The Kraft Music Hall | Self | 1958 |