Gore Vidal

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

67

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-10-03

Day of death

2012-07-31 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

West Point, New York, USA

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. 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.

Known For

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Gattaca

    Gattaca

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

    Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

  • A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'

    A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • Jack & Bobby

    Jack & Bobby

  • Shadow Conspiracy

    Shadow Conspiracy

  • Global Haywire

    Global Haywire

  • With Honors

    With Honors

  • The Cockettes

    The Cockettes

  • Da Ali G Show

    Da Ali G Show

  • The Homosexuals

    The Homosexuals

  • Public Speaking

    Public Speaking

  • The Henry Rollins Show

    The Henry Rollins Show

  • Roma

    Roma

  • Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11

    Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11

  • Revisiting Brideshead

    Revisiting Brideshead

  • Shrink

    Shrink

  • Bob Roberts

    Bob Roberts

  • Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

  • Suddenly, Last Summer

    Suddenly, Last Summer

  • Thinking XXX

    Thinking XXX

  • Standing Army

    Standing Army

  • Inside Deep Throat

    Inside Deep Throat

  • Igby Goes Down

    Igby Goes Down

  • Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No

    Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No

  • Best of Enemies

    Best of Enemies

  • Why We Fight

    Why We Fight

  • The Celluloid Closet

    The Celluloid Closet

  • Billy the Kid

    Billy the Kid

  • The Best Man

    The Best Man

  • Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

    Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

  • The U.S. vs. John Lennon

    The U.S. vs. John Lennon

  • Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

    Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

  • One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern

    One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern

  • The David Susskind Show

    The David Susskind Show

  • Playboy After Dark

    Playboy After Dark

  • Rescued from the Closet

    Rescued from the Closet

  • Norman Mailer: The American

    Norman Mailer: The American

  • Ritual in Transfigured Time

    Ritual in Transfigured Time

  • Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

    Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

  • Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

    Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

  • Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She

    Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She

  • Salinger

    Salinger

  • High Tech Lincoln

    High Tech Lincoln

  • Valentino's Ghost

    Valentino's Ghost

  • Ten Year Old Boy Pilot

    Ten Year Old Boy Pilot

  • Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

    Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

  • The Education of Gore Vidal

    The Education of Gore Vidal

  • The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

    The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

  • Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others

    Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others

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

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

  • In Search of Oz

    In Search of Oz