George C. Scott played the role of General Buck Turgidson, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity General Turgidson was the nation's highest-ranking military officer and the principal military adviser to the president and the National Security Council.

Buck Turgidson is a overwhelmingly patriotic General of the US armed forces and a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who despises the Soviet Union and Communism.

General "Buck" Turgidson : ONE: Our hopes for recalling the Eight Hundred And Forty Third bomb wing are quickly being reduced to a very low order of probability.

General Buck Turgidson is a major antagonist of the 1964 black comedy film Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. He was a United States Air Force Four-Star General who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of …

Jul 2, 2021 · I love a lot of his performances. This one stands out for its comedic brilliance. The facial mannerisms, the use of his voice, the childlike tendencies esp...

Oct 28, 1994 · If Sterling Hayden makes a glowering, paranoiac Gen. Ripper, George C. Scott is brilliant as his counterpoint, Gen. Buck Turgidson, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who chews gum, makes faces, and breaks one piece of bad news after another to the President.

Gen. Buck Turgidson As Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Turgidson is one of the top advisors called into the War Room to help the President determine how to handle the escalating situation.

General "Buck" Turgidson: "Plan R is an emergency war plan in which a lower echelon commander may order nuclear retaliation after a sneak attack if the normal chain of command is disrupted.

View Quote [on the phone, in the War Room] Well, look baby, I can't, can't talk to you now, but... My president needs me. Of course Bucky would rather be there with you. Of course it isn't only physical. I deeply respect you as a human being. Someday I'm gonna make you Mrs. Buck Turgidson. Listen, you go back to sleep.

May 13, 2014 · In the movie, George C. Scott’s General Buck Turgidson, the Air Force Chief of Staff, advocates for war as follows: “I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed. But I do say that no more than...