George C. Scott (1927-1999) was an actor best known for his starring role in Patton, and for his performance as General "Buck" Turgidson in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
He appeared in Muppet Magazine issue 5, paired in "The Second Great Muppet Look-Alike Contest" with Sam the Eagle. He also supplied the voice of the evil Smoke, who tangled with the Muppet Babies and other cartoon icons in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.
Scott was spoofed by Rizzo the Rat in the 1999 calendar Muppet Movie Parodies: Our Wedding or Your Funeral, in Ratton.