Gore Vidal
Birthday
1925/10/03
Day of death
2012/07/31 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
West Point, New York, USA
Also know as
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, Edgar Box, Cameron Kay, Katherine Everard, 고어 비달, Гор Видал, گور ویدال
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....Read more
Acting
(1997) Gattaca
as Director Josef
(1992) Bob Roberts
as Senator Brickley Paiste
(2004) Thinking XXX
as Self
(2008) Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11
as Self
(2003) Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others
as Self
(2006) The U.S. vs. John Lennon
as Self
(1959) Suddenly, Last Summer
as Audience Member at Operation (uncredited)
(1997) Shadow Conspiracy
as Page
(1984) Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No
as Self
(2008) Obscene
as Self
(2012) Norman Mailer: The American
as Self
(1993) Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
as Self - Author
(2006) Global Haywire
as Self
(2013) Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
as Self
(2002) Igby Goes Down
as First School Headmaster (uncredited)
(2010) Standing Army
as Self
(2005) Revisiting Brideshead
as Self
(1981) A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
as Self - Writer
(1996) The Celluloid Closet
as Self
(2015) Best of Enemies
as Self
(2010) Public Speaking
as Self (archive footage)
(2005) Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
as Self
(2013) Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
as Self
(1946) Ritual in Transfigured Time
as Man (uncredited)
(1994) With Honors
as Prof. Pitkannan
(1936) Ten Year Old Boy Pilot
as Himself
(2005) Why We Fight
as Self - Author, "Imperial America"
(2009) Shrink
as George Charles
(1972) Roma
as Gore Vidal (uncredited)
(1994) Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Self
(2005) Inside Deep Throat
as Self
(1994) In Search of Oz
as Self
(2003) The Education of Gore Vidal
as Self
(2002) The Cockettes
as Self (archive footage)
(2013) Salinger
as Self - Writer
(1993) The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's
as Self
(1964) The Best Man
as Delegate (uncredited)
(2013) Valentino's Ghost
as Self
(2005) Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She
as Narrator (Voice)
(2005) High Tech Lincoln
as Self
(1989) Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid
as Preacher (uncredited)
(2001) Rescued from the Closet
as Self
(1967) The Homosexuals
as Self
(2005) One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern
as Self
(2011) The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
as Self
(1989) The Simpsons
as Gore Vidal (voice)
(1999) Family Guy
as Gore Vidal (voice)
(2004) Jack & Bobby
as Documentary Host
(1959) The David Susskind Show
as Self
(2000) Da Ali G Show
as Self
(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
(2006) The Henry Rollins Show
as ---
(2010) Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
as Self
(1968) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(1969) Playboy After Dark
as Self
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1975) Apostrophes
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(2003) Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1988) American Experience
as Self
(1988) American Experience
as Self (archive footage)
(1967) Omnibus
as Self