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

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • 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

  • Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • Gattaca

    Gattaca

  • Shadow Conspiracy

    Shadow Conspiracy

  • Jack & Bobby

    Jack & Bobby

  • Why We Fight

    Why We Fight

  • The U.S. vs. John Lennon

    The U.S. vs. John Lennon

  • Da Ali G Show

    Da Ali G Show

  • Suddenly, Last Summer

    Suddenly, Last Summer

  • With Honors

    With Honors

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

    One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern

  • Revisiting Brideshead

    Revisiting Brideshead

  • The Henry Rollins Show

    The Henry Rollins Show

  • The David Susskind Show

    The David Susskind Show

  • Bob Roberts

    Bob Roberts

  • Standing Army

    Standing Army

  • Billy the Kid

    Billy the Kid

  • The Celluloid Closet

    The Celluloid Closet

  • Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

    Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

  • Roma

    Roma

  • Playboy After Dark

    Playboy After Dark

  • Igby Goes Down

    Igby Goes Down

  • Inside Deep Throat

    Inside Deep Throat

  • Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

    Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

  • Thinking XXX

    Thinking XXX

  • Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

    Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

  • Rescued from the Closet

    Rescued from the Closet

  • Shrink

    Shrink

  • Public Speaking

    Public Speaking

  • The Best Man

    The Best Man

  • Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

  • Norman Mailer: The American

    Norman Mailer: The American

  • Global Haywire

    Global Haywire

  • 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

  • The Cockettes

    The Cockettes

  • Valentino's Ghost

    Valentino's Ghost

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

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

  • Ritual in Transfigured Time

    Ritual in Transfigured Time

  • Best of Enemies

    Best of Enemies

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

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

  • The Homosexuals

    The Homosexuals

  • Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others

    Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others

  • Ten Year Old Boy Pilot

    Ten Year Old Boy Pilot

  • High Tech Lincoln

    High Tech Lincoln

  • Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11

    Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11

  • Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She

    Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She

  • Salinger

    Salinger

  • 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

  • Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No

    Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No

  • In Search of Oz

    In Search of Oz