In Dr. Strangelove, what is the name of the character played by George C. Scott?

In Dr. Strangelove, George C. Scott plays General Buck Turgidson.

Turgidson is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the principal military adviser in Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 Cold War satire. He appears mainly in the Pentagon War Room, where he advises President Merkin Muffley during the crisis caused by Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper’s unauthorized nuclear attack.

The character is aggressively hawkish and treats the possibility of nuclear war with startling enthusiasm. That makes him a comic counterpoint to Muffley, played by Peter Sellers, whose restrained diplomacy attempts to prevent catastrophe. Sellers also plays Muffley, Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, and Dr. Strangelove, but Scott plays only Turgidson.

A common mix-up is confusing Turgidson with General Jack D. Ripper, played by Sterling Hayden. Ripper launches the attack from Burpelson Air Force Base, while Turgidson is the senior officer arguing over how the government should respond. Scott’s exaggerated performance was reportedly shaped by Kubrick’s use of broad rehearsal takes in the final film.