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.

Filmography

• 2009Shrink — George Charles
• The Henry Rollins Show
• 2005Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She — Narrator (Voice)
• 2005Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula — Self, Writer
• 2005Why We Fight — Self - Author, "Imperial America"
• Jack & Bobby — Documentary Host
• 2002Igby Goes Down — First School Headmaster (uncredited)
• Family Guy — Gore Vidal (voice)
• 1997Gattaca — Director Josef
• 1997Shadow Conspiracy — Page
• 1994With Honors — Prof. Pitkannan
• 1992Bob Roberts — Senator Brickley Paiste
• 1990The Palermo Connection — Screenplay
• 1989Billy the Kid — Preacher (uncredited), Writer
• The Simpsons — Gore Vidal (voice)
• Lincoln — Novel
• 1987The Sicilian — Additional Writing
• Dress Gray — Writer
• National Geographic Explorer
• Television
• 1979Caligula — Original Story
• The South Bank Show
• 1972Roma — Gore Vidal (uncredited)
• 1970Last of the Mobile Hot Shots — Writer
• 1970Myra Breckinridge — Novel
• 1967The Night of the Generals — Screenplay
• 1966Is Paris Burning? — Screenplay
• 1964The Best Man — Delegate (uncredited), Screenplay, Theatre Play
• Theatre 625 — Writer
• 1960Visit to a Small Planet — Theatre Play
• Startime — Writer
• 1959Suddenly, Last Summer — Audience Member at Operation (uncredited), Screenplay
• 1959The Scapegoat — Adaptation
• 1958I Accuse! — Screenplay
• The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen — Novel
• 1958The Left Handed Gun — Theatre Play
• Armchair Theatre — Writer
• 1956The Catered Affair — Screenplay
• 1955Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Writer
• 1955Summer Pavilion — Writer
• Climax! — Writer
• 1954Dark Possession — Writer
• The Best of Broadway — Writer
• Goodyear Television Playhouse — Writer
• Suspense — Writer
• Studio One — Writer
• 1946Ritual in Transfigured Time — Man (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (51)

• 2015Best of Enemies — Self
• 2013Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia — Self
• 2013Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open — Self
• 2013Salinger — Self - Writer
• 2013Valentino's Ghost — Self
• 2013Wilde Salomé — Self
• 2012Norman Mailer: The American — Self
• 2011Public Speaking — Self (archive footage)
• 2011The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell — Self
• Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood — Self
• 2010Standing Army — Self
• 2008Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press — Self
• 2008Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11 — Self
• 2006Global Haywire — Self
• 2006The U.S. vs. John Lennon — Self
• 2005High Tech Lincoln — Self
• 2005Inside Deep Throat — Self
• 2005One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern — Self
• 2005Revisiting Brideshead — Self
• 2004Thinking XXX — Self
• 2003Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others — Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• 2003The Education of Gore Vidal — Self
• 2002The Cockettes — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Rescued from the Closet — Self
• Da Ali G Show — Self
• Thomas Jefferson — Self
• 1996The Celluloid Closet — Self
• 1994In Search of Oz — Self
• 1994Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage — Self
• 1993Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic — Self - Author
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1993The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's — Self
• American Experience — Self, Self (archive footage)
• 1984Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No — Self
• Wogan — Self
• 1981A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula' — Self - Writer
• Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman — Self
• Apostrophes — Self
• Playboy After Dark — Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self (uncredited)
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• Omnibus — Self
• 1967The Homosexuals — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The David Susskind Show — Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• 1936Ten Year Old Boy Pilot — Himself