Gore Vidal

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

68

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 Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Shadow Conspiracy

    Shadow Conspiracy

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Shrink

    Shrink

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

    Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

  • Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

  • Revisiting Brideshead

    Revisiting Brideshead

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • Roma

    Roma

  • Gattaca

    Gattaca

  • Global Haywire

    Global Haywire

  • Inside Deep Throat

    Inside Deep Throat

  • The Cockettes

    The Cockettes

  • Jack & Bobby

    Jack & Bobby

  • The Homosexuals

    The Homosexuals

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

    One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern

  • Da Ali G Show

    Da Ali G Show

  • The Henry Rollins Show

    The Henry Rollins Show

  • Playboy After Dark

    Playboy After Dark

  • The David Susskind Show

    The David Susskind Show

  • Thinking XXX

    Thinking XXX

  • With Honors

    With Honors

  • Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

    Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

  • Bob Roberts

    Bob Roberts

  • Salinger

    Salinger

  • Igby Goes Down

    Igby Goes Down

  • The Celluloid Closet

    The Celluloid Closet

  • Suddenly, Last Summer

    Suddenly, Last Summer

  • Best of Enemies

    Best of Enemies

  • Public Speaking

    Public Speaking

  • High Tech Lincoln

    High Tech Lincoln

  • Ritual in Transfigured Time

    Ritual in Transfigured Time

  • Rescued from the Closet

    Rescued from the Closet

  • Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

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

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

  • Why We Fight

    Why We Fight

  • The Best Man

    The Best Man

  • The U.S. vs. John Lennon

    The U.S. vs. John Lennon

  • Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

    Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

  • Billy the Kid

    Billy the Kid

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

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

  • Ten Year Old Boy Pilot

    Ten Year Old Boy Pilot

  • Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

    Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

  • The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

    The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

  • Valentino's Ghost

    Valentino's Ghost

  • Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

    Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

  • Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

    Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

  • Norman Mailer: The American

    Norman Mailer: The American

  • Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11

    Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11

  • Standing Army

    Standing Army

  • Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others

    Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others

  • Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She

    Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She

  • Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No

    Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No

  • In Search of Oz

    In Search of Oz