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Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

03/10/1925

Day of Death

31/07/2012
(87) years old

Place of Birth

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 w... Read More

Known For

Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies

Salinger

Salinger

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

Valentino's Ghost

Valentino's Ghost

Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

Norman Mailer: The American

Norman Mailer: The American

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

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

Public Speaking

Public Speaking

Standing Army

Standing Army

Shrink

Shrink

Filmography

Cast

2015

Best of Enemies

as Self

2013

Salinger

as Self - Writer

2013

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

as Self

2013

Valentino's Ghost

as Self

2013

Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Ope...

as Self

2012

Norman Mailer: The American

as Self

2011

The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't ...

as Self

2010

Public Speaking

as Self (archive footage)

2010

Standing Army

as Self

2009

Shrink

as George Charles

2008

Obscene

as Self

2008

Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11

as Self

2006

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

as Self

2006

Global Haywire

as Self

2005

Revisiting Brideshead

as Self

2005

One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten...

as Self

2005

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Cal...

as Self

2005

Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She

as Narrator (Voice)

2005

Inside Deep Throat

as Self

2005

Why We Fight

as Self - Author, "Imperial America"

2005

High Tech Lincoln

as Self

2004

Thinking XXX

as Self

2003

The Education of Gore Vidal

as Self

2003

Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of O...

as Self

2002

Igby Goes Down

as First School Headmaster (uncredited)

2002

The Cockettes

as Self (archive footage)

2001

Rescued from the Closet

as Self

1997

Gattaca

as Director Josef

1997

Shadow Conspiracy

as Page

1996

The Celluloid Closet

as Self

1994

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the Ameri...

as Self

1994

In Search of Oz

as Self

1994

With Honors

as Prof. Pitkannan

1993

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

as Self - Author

1993

The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

as Self

1992

Bob Roberts

as Senator Brickley Paiste

1989

Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid

as Preacher (uncredited)

1984

Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No

as Self

1981

A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vid...

as Self - Writer

1972

Roma

as Gore Vidal (uncredited)

1967

The Homosexuals

as Self

1964

The Best Man

as Delegate (uncredited)

1959

Suddenly, Last Summer

as Audience Member at Operation (uncredited...

1946

Ritual in Transfigured Time

as Man (uncredited)

1936

Ten Year Old Boy Pilot

as Himself

Crew

2005

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Cal...

as Writer

1990

The Palermo Connection

as Screenplay

1989

Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid

as Writer

1987

The Sicilian

as Screenplay

1979

Caligula

as Original Story

1970

Myra Breckinridge

as Novel

1970

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

as Writer

1967

The Night of the Generals

as Screenplay

1966

Is Paris Burning?

as Screenplay

1964

The Best Man

as Story

1964

The Best Man

as Screenplay

1960

Visit to a Small Planet

as Theatre Play

1959

Suddenly, Last Summer

as Screenplay

1959

The Scapegoat

as Adaptation

1958

The Left Handed Gun

as Theatre Play

1958

I Accuse!

as Screenplay

1956

The Catered Affair

as Screenplay

1955

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Writer

1955

Summer Pavilion

as Writer

1954

Dark Possession

as Writer