GM
George McGovern
Actor
Born July 19, 1922Died October 21, 2012 (90 years)
George Stanley McGovern was an American politician, historian, U.S. representative, U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election. McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he was a renowned debater. He became most known for his outspoken opposition to the growing U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. He staged a brief nomination run in the 1968 presidential election as a stand-in for the assassinated Robert F. Kennedy. McGovern's long-shot, grassroots-based 1972 presidential campaign found triumph in gaining the Democratic nomination but left the party badly split ideologically, and the failed vice-presidential pick of Thomas Eagleton undermined McGovern's credibility. In the general election McGovern lost to incumbent Richard Nixon in one of the biggest landslides in U.S. electoral history. Though re-elected to the Senate in 1968 and 1974, McGovern was defeated in his bid for a fourth term in 1980.
As the first director of the Food for Peace program in 1961, McGovern oversaw the distribution of U.S. surpluses to the needy abroad and was instrumental in the creation of the United Nations-run World Food Programme. As sole chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs from 1968 to 1977, McGovern publicized the problem of hunger within the United States and issued the "McGovern Report", which led to a new set of nutritional guidelines for Americans.
As the first director of the Food for Peace program in 1961, McGovern oversaw the distribution of U.S. surpluses to the needy abroad and was instrumental in the creation of the United Nations-run World Food Programme. As sole chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs from 1968 to 1977, McGovern publicized the problem of hunger within the United States and issued the "McGovern Report", which led to a new set of nutritional guidelines for Americans.
Filmography
| 2022 | The Martha Mitchell Effect · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Fat: A Documentary · as Self - Politician (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | WBCN and the American Revolution · as Self |
| 2018 | Elvis Presley: The Searcher · as Self |
| 2016 | Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match · as Self |
| 2015 | Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood · as Self - Politician |
| 2015 | Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity · as Self |
| 2015 | Imminent Threat · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | The Seventies (2015) (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | 50 Years with Peter Paul and Mary · as Self - Former U.s. Senator |
| 2014 | Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | 1971 · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | |
| 2010 | Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible · as Self - Former U.s. Senator From South Dakota |
| 2009 | The Lost Son of Havana · as Self |
| 2009 | Fat Head · as Self |
| 2008 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | The U.S. vs. John Lennon · as Self |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | One Bright Shining Moment · as Self |
| 2004 | Rush to War · as Self |
| 2004 | Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed · as Self |
| 2003 | Breakfast with Hunter · as Self |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Anthem · as Self |
| 1996 | Fox News Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Nixon · as Self - Facing The Press |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | Our World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Newhart (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | The War at Home · as Self - 1968 Democratic National Convention |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | Year of the Woman · as Self |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Four More Years · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Senator, South Dakota (segment "george Mcgovern") |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1966 | Firing Line (TV Series) · as Self - For The Negative |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self - U.s. Senator From South Dakota |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Senator Mcgovern |
| 1959 | CBS Reports (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |