Original upload date: Tue, 02 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT
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George talks about finding sobriety, telling the Academy to lose his number, playing Clarence Darrow and valuing his privacy
He was an American stage and film actor, director, and producer. He was bes
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t known for his stage work, as well as his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film Patton, as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and as Ebenezer Scrooge in Clive Donner's 1984 film A Christmas Carol.
He was the first actor to refuse the Academy Award for Best Actor (for Patton in 1970), having warned the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences months in advance that he would do so on philosophical grounds if he won. Scott believed that every dramatic performance was unique and could not be compared to others.
He died in 1999 at age 71. His grave is unmarked.
