George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was a film and stage actor, director, and producer. He was best known for his dramatic portrayal of General George S. Patton in the Academy Award winning movie, Patton as well as for his flamboyant portrayal of General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.