Gore Vidal

Personal Info

Birthday

October 3, 1925

Day of Death

2012-07-31

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

West Point, New York, USA

Also Known As

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal

Edgar Box

Cameron Kay

Katherine Everard

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Гор Видал

گور ویدال

Gore Vidal

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.

Known For

The Simpsons

Family Guy

Gattaca

Jack & Bobby

With Honors

Roma

Igby Goes Down

Suddenly, Last Summer

Filmography

2015
Best of Enemies
as Self
2013
Salinger
as Self - Writer
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
as Self
Valentino's Ghost
as Self
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
as Self
2012
Norman Mailer: The American
as Self
2011
The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
as Self
2010
Public Speaking
as Self (archive footage)
Standing Army
as Self
2009
Shrink
as George Charles
2008
Obscene
as Self
Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11
as Self
2006
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
as Self
Global Haywire
as Self
2005
Revisiting Brideshead
as Self
One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern
as Self
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
as Self
Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She
as Narrator (Voice)
Inside Deep Throat
as Self
Why We Fight
as Self - Author, "Imperial America"
High Tech Lincoln
as Self
2004
Thinking XXX
as Self
2003
The Education of Gore Vidal
as Self
Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others
as Self
2002
Igby Goes Down
as First School Headmaster (uncredited)
The Cockettes
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Rescued from the Closet
as Self
1997
Gattaca
as Director Josef
Shadow Conspiracy
as Page
1996
The Celluloid Closet
as Self
1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Self
In Search of Oz
as Self
With Honors
as Prof. Pitkannan
1993
The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's
as Self
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
as Self - Author
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 Vidal's Caligula'
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