Gore Vidal

Author 34 / Writer 15 / Actor 13 · 1900 – 2023 · 🎬 28 📖 34 · 🇺🇸 United States

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal was an American writer and public intellectual known for his cynical epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays criticized the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Vidal was heavily involved in politics, and unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the United States House of Representatives, and later in 1982 to the United States Senate.

All · 62 🎬 Movies · 28 📖 Books · 34

Fiction History Drama American fiction (fictional works by one author) Comedy

Highlights

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

2023

Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies

2015

Salinger

Salinger

2013

Frequent Collaborators

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

4 shared

Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini

3 shared

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

3 shared

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

3 shared

Barbara Bouchet

Barbara Bouchet

2 shared

Dick Cavett

2 shared

All decades 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

🎬 Movies

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

writer

2023

Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies

actor

2015

Salinger

Salinger

actor

2013

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

writer

2005

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

actor

2005

Inside Deep Throat

Inside Deep Throat

actor

2005

Why We Fight

Why We Fight

actor

2005

Gattaca

Gattaca

actor

1997

Shadow Conspiracy

Shadow Conspiracy

actor

1997

The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet

actor

1996

With Honors

With Honors

actor

1994

Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts

actor

1992

Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid

writer

1989

Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid

actor

1989

The Sicilian

The Sicilian

writer

1987

Caligula

Caligula

writer

1979

Roma

Roma

actor

1972

Myra Breckinridge

Myra Breckinridge

writer

1970

The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals

writer

1967

Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?

writer

1966

The Best Man

The Best Man

writer

1964

Visit to a Small Planet

Visit to a Small Planet

writer

1960

Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer

writer

1959

The Scapegoat

The Scapegoat

writer

1959

The Left Handed Gun

The Left Handed Gun

writer

1958

I Accuse!

I Accuse!

writer

1958

The Catered Affair

The Catered Affair

writer

1956

Ritual in Transfigured Time

Ritual in Transfigured Time

actor

1946

📖 Books

The Golden Age

The Golden Age

author

2000

The Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution

author

1998

Creacion

Creacion

author

1993

Live from Golgotha

Live from Golgotha

author

1992

Where joy resides

Where joy resides

author

1989

Hollywood

Hollywood

author

1989

Empire

Empire

author

1987

Lincoln (Narratives of a Golden Age)

Lincoln (Narratives of a Golden Age)

author

1984

Duluth

Duluth

author

1983

Creation

Creation

author

1981

Kalki

Kalki

author

1978

Matters of fact and of fiction

Matters of fact and of fiction

author

1977

The Other Persuasion

The Other Persuasion

author

1977

Rinkitink in Oz

author

1976

1876

1876

author

1976

Burr

Burr

author

1973

Myron

Myron

author

1973

Two Sisters

Two Sisters

author

1970

Myra Breckinridge

Myra Breckinridge

author

1968

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

author

1967

Julian

Julian

author

1964

A thirsty evil

A thirsty evil

author

1956

Death Likes it Hot

Death Likes it Hot

author

1954

Messiah

Messiah

author

1954

Death before Bedtime

Death before Bedtime

author

1953

The judgment of Paris

The judgment of Paris

author

1952

Death in Fifth Position (Mentor Books)

Death in Fifth Position (Mentor Books)

author

1952

A search for the king

A search for the king

author

1950

Dark Green, Bright Red

Dark Green, Bright Red

author

1950

The season of comfort

The season of comfort

author

1949

The city and the pillar

The city and the pillar

author

1948

Dangerous voyage

author

1946

Williwaw

Williwaw

author

1946

Le journal d'une femme de chambre

Le journal d'une femme de chambre

author

1900

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