Birth - January, 23rd, 1898, Orange County, VA

Death - March 1987, Beverly Hills, CA

Handsome leading man who developed into one of Hollywood's greatest most popular Western stars. Born to George and Lucy Crane Scott during a visit to Virginia, Scott was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended Georgia Institute of Technology, but after being injured playing football, he transferred to the University of North Carolina, from which he graduated with a degree in textile engineering and manufacturing. He discovered acting and went to California, where he met Howard Hughes, who got him extra work in films. Scott studied briefly at the Pasadena Community Playhouse and tested for the lead in 'Cecil B. DeMille's' Dynamite (1929), a role which went instead to Joel McCrea. He was hired to coach Gary Cooper in a Virginia dialect for The Virginian (1929) and played a bit part therein. Paramount scouts saw him in a play and offered him a contract. He moved rapidly into leading roles at Paramount, although his easy-going charm was not enough to suggest the success that would come later. He was a pleasant figure in comedies, dramas, and the occasional adventure, but it was not until he began focusing on Westerns in the late Forties that he reached his greatest stardom. His screen persona altered into that of a stoic, craggy, and uncompromising figure, a tough, hard-bitten man seemingly unconnected to the light comedy lead he had been in the Thirties. He became one of the top box-office stars of the Fifties and, in the Westerns of Budd Boetticher especially, a critically important figure in the Western as an art form. In 1962, following a less heroic than usual role in one of the classics of the genre, Ride the High Country, Scott retired from films. Worth several hundred million dollars as a result of superb investments, Scott spent his remaining years playing golf and avoiding film industry affairs. He died in 1987, survived by his second wife, Patricia, and his two children, Christopher and Sandra. He is buried in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Filmography

1. Ride the High Country (1962) .... Gil WestrumX
   ... a.k.a. Guns in the Afternoon
2. Comanche Station (1960) .... Jefferson Cody
3. Ride Lonesome (1959) .... Ben Brigade X
4. Westbound (1959) .... John Hayes
5. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) .... Buchanan
6. Decision at Sundown (1957) .... Bart Allison ...X
7. Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957) .... Cap Devlin
8. Tall T, The (1957) .... Pat Brennan
9. Seven Men from Now (1956) .... Ben Stride
10. Seventh Cavalry (1956) .... Capt. Tom Benson
11. Lawless Street, A (1955) .... Calem Ware
12. Rage at Dawn (1955) .... James Barlow... a.k.a. Seven Bad Men
13. Tall Man Riding (1955) .... Larry Madden X
14. Ten Wanted Men (1955) .... John Stewart
15. Bounty Hunter, The (1954) .... Jim Kipp
16. Riding Shotgun (1954) .... Larry Delong
17. Stranger Wore a Gun, The (1953) .... Jeff Travis
18. Thunder Over the Plains (1953) .... Capt. David Porter
19. Carson City (1952) .... Silent Jeff
20. Hangman's Knot (1952) .... Matt Stewart
21. Man Behind the Gun, The (1952) .... Major Callicut
22. Fort Worth (1951) .... Ned Britt
23. Man in the Saddle (1951) .... Owen Merritt... a.k.a. Outcast, The
24. Santa Fe (1951) .... Britt Canfield X
25. Starlift (1951) .... Himself
26. Sugarfoot (1951) .... Jackson "Sugarfoot" Redan... a.k.a. Swirl of Glory
27. Cariboo Trail, The (1950) .... Jim Redfern
28. Colt .45 (1950) .... Steve Farrell... a.k.a. Thundercloud
29. Nevadan, The (1950) .... Andrew Barclay... a.k.a. Man from Nevada, The
30. Fighting Man of the Plains (1949) .... Jim Dancer
31. Canadian Pacific (1949) .... Tom Andrews
32. Doolins of Oklahoma, The (1949) .... Bill Doolin... a.k.a. Great Manhunt, The
33. Walking Hills, The (1949) .... Jim Carey
34. Albuquerque (1948) .... Cole Armin
35. Coroner Creek (1948) .... Chris Denning
36. Return of the Bad Men (1948) .... Vance... a.k.a. Return of the Badmen
37. Christmas Eve (1947) .... Jonathan... a.k.a. Sinner's Holiday
38. Gunfighters (1947) .... Brazos Kane... a.k.a. Assassin, The
39. Trail Street (1947) .... Bat Masterson
40. Badman's Territory (1946) .... Mark Rowley
41. Abilene Town (1946) .... Dan Mitchell
42. Home, Sweet Homicide (1946) .... Lt. Bill Smith
43. China Sky (1945) .... Dr. Gay Thompson
44. Captain Kidd (1945) .... Adam Mercy
45. Follow the Boys (1944) .... Himself
46. Belle of the Yukon (1944) .... Honest John Calhoun
47. Bombardier (1943) .... Capt. Buck Oliver
48. Corvette K-225 (1943) .... Lieutenant Commander MacClain.... a.k.a. Nelson Touch, The
49. Desperadoes, The (1943) .... Steve Upton
50. Gung Ho! (1943) .... Colonel Thorwald
51. Pittsburgh (1942) .... Cash Evans
52. Spoilers, The (1942) .... Alexander McNamara
53. To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) .... Sgt. Dixie Smith
54. Western Union (1941) .... Vance Shaw X
55. Belle Starr (1941) .... Sam Starr
56. Paris Calling (1941) .... Nick
57. My Favorite Wife (1940) .... Stephen Burkett
58. Virginia City (1940) .... Vance Irby
59. When the Daltons Rode (1940) .... Tod Jackson
60. Coast Guard (1939) .... Speed Bradshaw
61. Jesse James (1939) .... Marshal Will Wright
62. 20,000 Men a Year (1939) .... Brad Reynolds
63. Frontier Marshal (1939) .... Wyatt Earp
64. Susannah of the Mounties (1939) .... Inspector Angus "Monty" Montague
65. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) .... Anthony Kent
66. Road to Reno, The (1938) .... Steve Fortness
67. Texans, The (1938) .... Kirk Jordan
68. High, Wide, and Handsome (1937) .... Peter Cortlandt
69. Go West, Young Man (1936) .... Bud Norton
70. Follow the Fleet (1936) .... Bilge Smith
71. And Sudden Death (1936) .... Lieut. James Knox
72. Last of the Mohicans, The (1936) .... Hawkeye
73. She (1935) .... Leo Vincey
74. Roberta (1935) .... John Kent
75. Home on the Range (1935) .... Tom Hartfield
76. Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935) (uncredited) .... Himself
77. Fighting Westerner, The (1935) .... Larry Sutton... a.k.a. Rocky Mountain Mystery
78. So Red the Rose (1935) .... Duncan Bedford
79. Village Tale (1935) .... Slaughter Somerville
80. Last Round-Up, The (1934) .... Jim Cleve
81. Thundering Herd, The (1934) .... Tom Doan... a.k.a. Buffalo Stampede
    ... a.k.a. In the Days of the Thundering Herd
82. Wagon Wheels (1934) .... Clint Belmet... a.k.a. Caravans West
83. Broken Dreams (1933) .... Dr. Robert Morley
84. Cocktail Hour (1933) .... Randolph Morgan
85. Hello, Everybody! (1933) .... Hunt Blake
86. Island of Lost Souls (1933) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
87. Man of the Forest (1933) .... Brett Dale
88. Murders in the Zoo (1933) .... Dr. Woodford
89. Sunset Pass (1933) .... Jack Rock
90. Supernatural (1933) .... Grant Wilson
91. To the Last Man (1933) .... Lynn Hayden
92. Wild Horse Mesa (1933) .... Chane Weymer
93. Sky Bride (1932) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
94. Heritage of the Desert (1932) .... Jack Hare
    ... a.k.a. When the West Was Young
95. Hot Saturday (1932) .... Bill Fadden
96. Successful Calamity, A (1932) .... Larry Rivers
97. Women Men Marry (1931) .... Steve Bradley
98. Dynamite (1929) (uncredited) .... Extra
99. Virginian, The (1929) (uncredited) .... Extra X
100. Black Watch, The (1929) .... Bit Part
101. Far Call, The (1929) .... Helms
102. Sharp Shooters (1928) (uncredited) .... Extra

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