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name: "George Plimpton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-plimpton"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 March 1927"
died: "26 September 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
updated: "2026-09-17T05:02:19.262472+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."
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# George Plimpton

Actor. Born 18 March 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 26 September 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 March 1927, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 26 September 2003
- **Active:** 1962–1997
- **Also known as:** George Ames Plimpton
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 90 (1), 1990s 82 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1508079, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687321/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95741

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*When We Were Kings*](https://film.one/film/when-we-were-kings.md) (83)

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## Biography

George Plimpton (1927–2003) was an American writer, journalist and occasional actor. He founded the literary magazine The Paris Review in 1953 and contributed to numerous publications.

Plimpton appeared in more than thirty films, often in small roles or as himself. His credits include an uncredited Bedouin in *Lawrence of Arabia* (1962), a psychologist in *Good Will Hunting* (1997) and a panel member in *EDtv* (1999). He appeared as himself in the documentary *When We Were Kings* (1996).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Good Will Hunting* (1997), Fi1m 82, as Psychologist — [page](https://film.one/film/good-will-hunting.md)
- *When We Were Kings* (1996), Fi1m 83, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/when-we-were-kings.md)
- *Lawrence of Arabia* (1962), Fi1m 90, as Bedouin (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/lawrence-of-arabia.md)

## Also known for

- *Just Visiting* (2001), Dr. Brady
- *EDtv* (1999), Panel Member
- *Just Cause* (1995), Elder Phillips
- *The Bonfire of the Vanities* (1990), Well Wisher
- *Nixon* (1995), President's Lawyer
- *L.A. Story* (1991), Straight Weatherman
- *Reds* (1981), Horace Whigham
- *Little Man Tate* (1991), Winston F. Buckner

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