I think the lanky guy standing was Omar Bradley played by Karl Malden.
The funny thing about Patton was that he hated his voice, it was supposed to be high pitched and rose and octave when he was mad.
There’s a couple of good books on Patton, I read recently “Genius for War” and it was pretty good.
In the film, the person who comes out the best is Bradly, who consulted on the film.
Funny how that works.
There’s a YouTube of Patton making a public speech, and that high voice of his actually seemed to me to give his words even more impact.
Bradley’s character in the movie was played by Karl Malden, which was ideal casting — made those grandiose sanctimonious speeches look ridiculous. I did appreciate Bradley’s candor in “A Soldier’s Story” — he speaks frankly about Monty’s assing off, and admits he didn’t think the intel reports about the German “bulge” offensive were credible, even after it had gone on for long enough to be clear and obvious. But basically, Bradley was a grocer and shmoozer, and good at deflecting blame from himself.