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George C. Scott
Acting
Born: October 18, 1927
Wise, Virginia, USA
Biography
George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American actor, director and producer. He was best known for his stage work, as well as his portrayals of the prosecutor Claude Dancer in Anatomy of a Murder (1959), General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964), General George S. Patton in the film Patton (1970), and Ebenezer Scrooge in Clive Donner's film A Christmas Carol (1984). Description above from the Wikipedia article George C. Scott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as General "Buck" Turgidson

A Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer Scrooge

Patton
as Gen. George S. Patton Jr.

The Exorcist III
as Lt. William 'Bill' Kinderman

Anatomy of a Murder
as Claude Dancer

Taps
as General Harlan Bache

12 Angry Men
as Juror 3

The Hustler
as Bert Gordon

The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Abraham

The Changeling
as John Russell