Scott: A five-star talent.

Broadcasting & Cable, September, 1999 by Reinstein, Mara

George C. Scott, the gruff-voiced, award-winning actor who succeeded in three media, died Sept. 22 of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm at his home in West lake Village, Calif. He was 71.

Although Scott is perhaps best known for his movie roles, such as his dynamic yet sympathetic portrayal of Gen. George Patton in the 1970 biopic Patton and the bomb-happy general in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 satire Dr. Strangelove, he made his mark on the small screen as well. Nominated for five Emmys and a winner of two--one in 1971 for The Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation The Price and one last year for Show-time's 12 Angry Men--Scott's TV credits include Omnibus (1958), Traps (1994), A Christmas Carol (1984) and a return to his Patton roots in The Last Days of Patton...

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