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Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

Writing•Born October 3, 1925•Died July 31, 2012 (age 86)•West Point, New York, USA

Biography

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born Eugene Louis Vidal; October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the social and cultural sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Beyond literature, Vidal was heavily involved in politics. He unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the U.S. House of Representatives (for New York), and later in 1982 to the U.S. Senate (for California). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gore Vidal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Simpsons
8.0

The Simpsons

TV Series1989
Family Guy
7.4

Family Guy

TV Series1999
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV Series1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV Series1962
Real Time with Bill Maher
6.1

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV Series2003
The Mike Douglas Show
5.8

The Mike Douglas Show

TV Series1961
American Experience
6.5

American Experience

TV Series1988
American Experience
6.5

American Experience

TV Series1988

Filmography

2015
Best of Enemies

as Self

Movie
2013
Wilde Salomé

as Self

Movie
2013
Salinger

as Self - Writer

Movie
2013
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

as Self

Movie
2013
Valentino's Ghost

as Self

Movie
2013
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

as Self

Movie
2012
Norman Mailer: The American

as Self

Movie
2011
The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

as Self

Movie
2011
Public Speaking

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2010
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

as Self

TV
2010
Standing Army

as Self

Movie
2009
Shrink

as George Charles

Movie
2008
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

as Self

Movie
2008
Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11

as Self

Movie
2006
The U.S. vs. John Lennon

as Self

Movie
2006
Global Haywire

as Self

Movie
2006
The Henry Rollins Show
TV
2005
Revisiting Brideshead

as Self

Movie
2005
One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern

as Self

Movie
2005
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

as Self

Movie
2005
Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She

as Narrator (Voice)

Movie
2005
Inside Deep Throat

as Self

Movie
2005
Why We Fight

as Self - Author, "Imperial America"

Movie
2005
High Tech Lincoln

as Self

Movie
2004
Thinking XXX

as Self

Movie
2004
Jack & Bobby

as Documentary Host

TV
2003
The Education of Gore Vidal

as Self

Movie
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

TV
2003
Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others

as Self

Movie
2002
Igby Goes Down

as First School Headmaster (uncredited)

Movie
2002
The Cockettes

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2001
Rescued from the Closet

as Self

Movie
2000
Da Ali G Show

as Self

TV
1999
Family Guy

as Gore Vidal (voice)

TV
1997
Gattaca

as Director Josef

Movie
1997
Thomas Jefferson

as Self

TV
1997
Shadow Conspiracy

as Page

Movie
1996
The Celluloid Closet

as Self

Movie
1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

as Self

Movie
1994
In Search of Oz

as Self

Movie
1994
With Honors

as Prof. Pitkannan

Movie
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

TV
1993
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

as Self - Author

Movie
1993
The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

as Self

Movie
1992
Bob Roberts

as Senator Brickley Paiste

Movie
1989
The Simpsons

as Gore Vidal (voice)

TV
1989
Billy the Kid

as Preacher (uncredited)

Movie
1988
American Experience

as Self

TV
1988
American Experience

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1985
National Geographic Explorer
TV
1985
Television
TV
1984
Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No

as Self

Movie
1982
Wogan

as Self

TV
1981
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'

as Self - Writer

Movie
1976
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

as Self

TV
1975
Apostrophes

as Self

TV
1972
Roma

as Gore Vidal (uncredited)

Movie
1969
Playboy After Dark

as Self

TV
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1967
Omnibus

as Self

TV
1967
The Homosexuals

as Self

Movie
1964
The Best Man

as Delegate (uncredited)

Movie
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

TV
1962
The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

TV
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

TV
1959
Suddenly, Last Summer

as Audience Member at Operation (uncredited)

Movie
1959
The David Susskind Show

as Self

TV
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

TV
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

TV
1946
Ritual in Transfigured Time

as Man (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Ten Year Old Boy Pilot

as Himself

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentWriting
BirthdayOctober 3, 1925
Day of DeathJuly 31, 2012
Place of BirthWest Point, New York, USA
Popularity1.1