---
name: "George H. W. Bush"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-h-w-bush"
fi1m_id: "george-h-w-bush"
imdb_id: "nm0124132"
tmdb_id: 46432
wikidata_id: "Q23505"
roles: []
born: "12 June 1924"
died: "30 November 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T03:54:07.440735+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# George H. W. Bush

## Identity

George H. W. Bush

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/george-h-w-bush
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** george-h-w-bush
- **IMDb ID:** nm0124132
- **TMDB ID:** 46432
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23505
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23505, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124132/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46432

Actor. Born 12 June 1924 in Milton, Massachusetts, USA. Died 30 November 2018.

## Details

- **Born:** 12 June 1924, Milton, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 30 November 2018
- **Also known as:** George Bush Sr., George Herbert Walker Bush, George H.W. Bush, George Bush, President George Bush , Pres. George H.W. Bush, President George H.W. Bush, G.H.W. Bush, G. H. W. Bush, Pres. George H. W. Bush, President George H. W. Bush
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (2), 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 79 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Documentary 4, Drama 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $82m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23505, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124132/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46432

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Bowling for Columbine*](https://film.one/film/bowling-for-columbine.md) (72)

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## Biography

George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) was an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Archive footage of him appears in numerous documentary films, credited as Self.

His film credits include *An Inconvenient Truth* (2006), *Fahrenheit 9/11* (2004), *Bowling for Columbine* (2002), *13th* (2016) and *The One* (2001).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Cover-Up* (2025), Fi1m 80, as Self - Former CIA Director (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/cover-up.md)
- *13th* (2016), Fi1m 84, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/13th.md)
- *An Inconvenient Truth* (2006), Fi1m 78, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/an-inconvenient-truth.md)
- *Bowling for Columbine* (2002), Fi1m 72, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/bowling-for-columbine.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *FACE OF FIRE* (2020), as (voice)
- *Unwarranted Influence* (2014), Actor
- *Advise & Dissent* (2012), Actor
- *Crawford* (2008), Actor
- *Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, l'homme qui a changé le monde* (2003), Actor
- *Nixon* (1995), as (Archive footage)
- *Feed* (1992), Actor

## Gallery

- ![George H. W. Bush](https://film.one/media/person/99396/gallery-e4fe34e96cdd.jpg) George H. W. Bush — David Valdez, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/George_H._W._Bush_presidential_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-George_H._W._Bush_presidential_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![U.S. Army soldiers from Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment, 7th Army Training Command pay respects to the late President George H. W. Bush with a 21](https://film.one/media/person/99396/gallery-1ea7090c7a0c.jpg) U.S. Army soldiers from Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment, 7th Army Training Command pay respects to the late President George H. W. Bush with a 21 — U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Stewart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/7th_Army_Training_Command_salutes_late_President_George_H_W_Bush_%285013372%29.jpg/1280px-7th_Army_Training_Command_salutes_late_President_George_H_W_Bush_%285013372%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![U.S. Army soldiers from the Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment, 7th Army Training Command pay respects to the late President George H. W. Bush with ](https://film.one/media/person/99396/gallery-68f4013d3136.jpg) U.S. Army soldiers from the Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment, 7th Army Training Command pay respects to the late President George H. W. Bush with  — U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Stewart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/7th_Army_Training_Command_salutes_late_President_George_H_W_Bush_%285013373%29.jpg/1280px-7th_Army_Training_Command_salutes_late_President_George_H_W_Bush_%285013373%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cannons from the Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment, 7th Army Training Command fire off for a 21-gun salute to honor the late President George H. W.](https://film.one/media/person/99396/gallery-02471bfd4923.jpg) Cannons from the Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment, 7th Army Training Command fire off for a 21-gun salute to honor the late President George H. W. — U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Stewart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/7th_Army_Training_Command_salutes_late_President_George_H_W_Bush_%285013378%29.jpg/1280px-7th_Army_Training_Command_salutes_late_President_George_H_W_Bush_%285013378%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![George H. W. Bush](https://film.one/media/person/99396/gallery-6c058a4b48f0.jpg) George H. W. Bush — Image via TMDB
- ![U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. William L. Gardner II, the 7th Army Training Command’s CSM, recognizes soldiers who participated in the 21-gun salute held for the l](https://film.one/media/person/99396/gallery-e43dea080859.jpg) U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. William L. Gardner II, the 7th Army Training Command’s CSM, recognizes soldiers who participated in the 21-gun salute held for the l — U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Stewart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/7th_Army_Training_Command_salutes_late_President_George_H_W_Bush_%285013379%29.jpg/1280px-7th_Army_Training_Command_salutes_late_President_George_H_W_Bush_%285013379%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dr. Burton J Lee III meeting with President George H.W. Bush (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/99396/gallery-4c3c9d794927.jpg) Dr. Burton J Lee III meeting with President George H.W. Bush (2017) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Burton_Lee_with_George_H.W._Bush.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 20 won

- honorary doctor of Harvard University 2014: honorary doctor of Harvard University (won)
- Profile in Courage Award 2014: Profile in Courage Award (won)
- Robert Schuman Medal 2014: Robert Schuman Medal (won)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom 2011: Presidential Medal of Freedom (won)
- Osgar 2009: Osgar (won)
- Freedom Award 2005: Freedom Award (won)
- Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class 2005: Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class (won)
- Point Alpha Prize 2005: Point Alpha Prize (won)
- Eric M. Warburg Award 2002: Eric M. Warburg Award (won)
- Čestná medaile T. G. Masaryka 1999: Čestná medaile T. G. Masaryka (won)
- Franz Josef Strauss Award 1999: Franz Josef Strauss Award (won)
- Order of the White Lion 1999: Order of the White Lion (won)
- Honorary doctor at the Nanjing University 1998: Honorary doctor at the Nanjing University (won)
- honorary doctor of the University of Miami 1998: honorary doctor of the University of Miami (won)
- honorary citizen of Gdańsk 1997: honorary citizen of Gdańsk (won)
- honorary citizen of Kraków 1994: honorary citizen of Kraków (won)
- Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1993: Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won)
- Doublespeak Award 1992: Doublespeak Award (won)
- Doublespeak Award 1990: Doublespeak Award (won), for *Read my lips: no new taxes*
- Theodore Roosevelt Award 1986: Theodore Roosevelt Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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