Gore Vidal: movies and TV shows
Gore Vidal has 103 credits in the archive: 65 films and 38 TV series, from 1936 to 2015. Highest rated: Apostrophes (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1936 – 2015 · busiest year: 2005 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Best of Enemies | Self | Film | 7.2 | 89 |
| 2013 | Salinger | Self - Writer | Film | 6.4 | 87 |
| 2013 | Wilde Salomé | Self | Film | 6.2 | 87 |
| 2013 | Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia | Self | Film | 7.7 | 87 |
| 2013 | Valentino's Ghost | Self | Film | 5.7 | 87 |
| 2013 | Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open | Self | Film | 5.0 | 87 |
| 2012 | Norman Mailer: The American | Self | Film | 7.0 | 86 |
| 2011 | Public Speaking | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 85 |
| 2011 | The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Self | Film | 5.9 | 85 |
| 2010 | Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Self | TV | 5.4 | 84 |
| 2010 | Standing Army | Self | Film | 4.8 | 84 |
| 2009 | Shrink | George Charles | Film | 6.2 | 83 |
| 2008 | Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press | Self | Film | 4.4 | 82 |
| 2008 | Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11 | Self | Film | 6.2 | 82 |
| 2006 | The Henry Rollins Show | TV | 6.0 | 80 | |
| 2006 | The U.S. vs. John Lennon | Self | Film | 6.7 | 80 |
| 2006 | Global Haywire | Self | Film | — | 80 |
| 2005 | Inside Deep Throat | Self | Film | 6.4 | 79 |
| 2005 | Revisiting Brideshead | Self | Film | 8.0 | 79 |
| 2005 | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Self | Film | 5.8 | 79 |
| 2005 | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Film | 5.8 | 79 | |
| 2005 | Why We Fight | Self - Author, "Imperial America" | Film | 7.5 | 79 |
| 2005 | Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She | Narrator (Voice) | Film | 3.8 | 79 |
| 2005 | One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern | Self | Film | 7.0 | 79 |
| 2005 | High Tech Lincoln | Self | Film | — | 79 |
| 2004 | Jack & Bobby | Documentary Host | TV | 7.3 | 78 |
| 2004 | Thinking XXX | Self | Film | 5.5 | 78 |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV | 6.1 | 77 |
| 2003 | The Education of Gore Vidal | Self | Film | 8.7 | 77 |
| 2003 | Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others | Self | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2002 | Igby Goes Down | First School Headmaster (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 76 |
| 2002 | The Cockettes | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 76 |
| 2001 | Rescued from the Closet | Self | Film | 6.5 | 75 |
| 2000 | Da Ali G Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 74 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Gore Vidal (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 73 |
| 1997 | Gattaca | Director Josef | Film | 7.6 | 71 |
| 1997 | Shadow Conspiracy | Page | Film | 5.0 | 71 |
| 1997 | Thomas Jefferson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 71 |
| 1996 | The Celluloid Closet | Self | Film | 7.2 | 70 |
| 1994 | With Honors | Prof. Pitkannan | Film | 6.7 | 68 |
| 1994 | Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage | Self | Film | 9.0 | 68 |
| 1994 | In Search of Oz | Self | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 67 |
| 1993 | Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic | Self - Author | Film | 7.7 | 67 |
| 1993 | The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Senator Brickley Paiste | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 1990 | The Palermo Connection | Film | 6.2 | 64 | |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Gore Vidal (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 63 |
| 1989 | Billy the Kid | Preacher (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 63 |
| 1989 | Billy the Kid | Film | 7.1 | 63 | |
| 1988 | American Experience | Self | TV | 6.5 | 62 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.5 | 62 |
| 1988 | Lincoln | TV | 7.5 | 62 | |
| 1987 | The Sicilian | Film | 5.2 | 61 | |
| 1986 | Dress Gray | TV | 5.1 | 60 | |
| 1985 | Television | TV | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 1985 | National Geographic Explorer | TV | 9.0 | 59 | |
| 1984 | Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No | Self | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1981 | A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula' | Self - Writer | Film | 5.5 | 55 |
| 1979 | Caligula | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 1976 | Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Self | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1975 | Apostrophes | Self | TV | 8.5 | 49 |
| 1972 | Roma | Gore Vidal (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1970 | Myra Breckinridge | Film | 4.5 | 44 | |
| 1970 | Last of the Mobile Hot Shots | Film | 4.6 | 44 | |
| 1969 | Playboy After Dark | Self | TV | 4.0 | 43 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | Film | 6.8 | 41 | |
| 1967 | The Homosexuals | Self | Film | 1.0 | 41 |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Film | 7.2 | 40 | |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | TV | 7.2 | 38 | |
| 1964 | The Best Man | Delegate (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1964 | The Best Man | Film | 7.3 | 38 | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1960 | Visit to a Small Planet | Film | 5.3 | 34 | |
| 1959 | Startime | TV | 6.8 | 33 | |
| 1959 | The David Susskind Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1959 | Suddenly, Last Summer | Audience Member at Operation (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1959 | Suddenly, Last Summer | Film | 7.3 | 33 | |
| 1959 | The Scapegoat | Film | 6.8 | 33 | |
| 1958 | The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen | TV | 9.0 | 32 | |
| 1958 | The Left Handed Gun | Film | 6.0 | 32 | |
| 1958 | I Accuse! | Film | 6.6 | 32 | |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 31 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | TV | 6.0 | 30 | |
| 1956 | The Catered Affair | Film | 7.2 | 30 | |
| 1955 | Summer Pavilion | Film | 9.0 | 29 | |
| 1955 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Film | 6.0 | 29 | |
| 1954 | Climax! | TV | 3.8 | 28 | |
| 1954 | The Best of Broadway | TV | 7.0 | 28 | |
| 1954 | Dark Possession | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse | TV | 6.0 | 25 | |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Panelist | TV | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1949 | Suspense | TV | 5.1 | 23 | |
| 1948 | Studio One | TV | 5.4 | 22 | |
| 1946 | Ritual in Transfigured Time | Man (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 20 |
| 1936 | Ten Year Old Boy Pilot | Himself | Film | — | 10 |