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Randolph Scott
Actor, Producer
Born January 21, 1898Died March 2, 1987 (89 years)
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Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American film actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962.
As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in a variety of genres, including social dramas, crime dramas, comedies, musicals (albeit in non-singing and non-dancing roles), adventure tales, war films, and even a few horror and fantasy films. However, his most enduring image is that of the tall-in-the-saddle Western hero. Out of his more than 100 film appearances more than 60 were in Westerns; thus, "of all the major stars whose name was associated with the Western, Scott most closely identified with it."
Scott's more than thirty years as a motion picture actor resulted in his working with many acclaimed screen directors, including Henry King, Rouben Mamoulian, Michael Curtiz, John Cromwell, King Vidor, Alan Dwan, Fritz Lang, and Sam Peckinpah. He also worked on multiple occasions with some noted directors: Henry Hathaway (8 times), Ray Enright (7), Edwin R. Marin (7), Andre DeToth (6), and most notably, his seven film collaborations with Budd Boetticher.
Scott also worked with a diverse array of cinematic leading ladies, from Shirley Temple and Irene Dunne to Mae West and Marlene Dietrich. He also appeared with Gene Tierney, Ann Sheridan, Maureen O'Hara, Nancy Carroll, Donna Reed, Gail Russell, Margaret Sullavan, Virginia Mayo, Bebe Daniels, Carole Lombard, and Joan Bennett.
Tall (6 ft. 2 in.; 188 cm), lanky, and handsome, Scott displayed an easygoing charm and courtly Southern drawl in his early films that helped offset his limitations as an actor, where he was frequently found to be stiff or "lumbering". As he matured, however, Scott's acting improved while his features became burnished and leathery, turning him into the ideal "strong, silent" type of stoic hero. The BFI Companion to the Western noted: "In his earlier Westerns...the Scott persona is debonair, easy-going, graceful, though with the necessary hint of steel. As he matures into his fifties his roles change. Increasingly Scott becomes the man who has seen it all, who has suffered pain, loss, and hardship, and who has now achieved (but at what cost?) a stoic calm proof against vicissitude."
During the early 1950s, Scott was a consistent box-office draw. In the annual Motion Picture Herald Top Ten Polls, he ranked tenth in 1950, eighth in 1951, and again tenth in 1952. Scott also appeared in the Quigley’s Top Ten Money Makers Poll from 1950 to 1953.
Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American film actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962.
As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in a variety of genres, including social dramas, crime dramas, comedies, musicals (albeit in non-singing and non-dancing roles), adventure tales, war films, and even a few horror and fantasy films. However, his most enduring image is that of the tall-in-the-saddle Western hero. Out of his more than 100 film appearances more than 60 were in Westerns; thus, "of all the major stars whose name was associated with the Western, Scott most closely identified with it."
Scott's more than thirty years as a motion picture actor resulted in his working with many acclaimed screen directors, including Henry King, Rouben Mamoulian, Michael Curtiz, John Cromwell, King Vidor, Alan Dwan, Fritz Lang, and Sam Peckinpah. He also worked on multiple occasions with some noted directors: Henry Hathaway (8 times), Ray Enright (7), Edwin R. Marin (7), Andre DeToth (6), and most notably, his seven film collaborations with Budd Boetticher.
Scott also worked with a diverse array of cinematic leading ladies, from Shirley Temple and Irene Dunne to Mae West and Marlene Dietrich. He also appeared with Gene Tierney, Ann Sheridan, Maureen O'Hara, Nancy Carroll, Donna Reed, Gail Russell, Margaret Sullavan, Virginia Mayo, Bebe Daniels, Carole Lombard, and Joan Bennett.
Tall (6 ft. 2 in.; 188 cm), lanky, and handsome, Scott displayed an easygoing charm and courtly Southern drawl in his early films that helped offset his limitations as an actor, where he was frequently found to be stiff or "lumbering". As he matured, however, Scott's acting improved while his features became burnished and leathery, turning him into the ideal "strong, silent" type of stoic hero. The BFI Companion to the Western noted: "In his earlier Westerns...the Scott persona is debonair, easy-going, graceful, though with the necessary hint of steel. As he matures into his fifties his roles change. Increasingly Scott becomes the man who has seen it all, who has suffered pain, loss, and hardship, and who has now achieved (but at what cost?) a stoic calm proof against vicissitude."
During the early 1950s, Scott was a consistent box-office draw. In the annual Motion Picture Herald Top Ten Polls, he ranked tenth in 1950, eighth in 1951, and again tenth in 1952. Scott also appeared in the Quigley’s Top Ten Money Makers Poll from 1950 to 1953.
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Filmography
| 2016 | Chris Olsen - The Boy Who Cried · as Cast |
| 1993 | La classe américaine · as Joël (archive Footage) |
| 1992 | Legends of the West · as Wyatt Earp In 'frontier Marshall' |
| 1992 | Gunfighters of the Old West · as Townsman |
| 1979 | The Wild West · as Cast |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Gil Westrom |
| 1962 | Ride the High Country · as Gil Westrum |
| 1960 | Comanche Station · as Jefferson Cody |
| 1959 | Ride Lonesome · as Ben Brigade |
| 1958 | Westbound · as Capt. John Hayes |
| 1958 | Buchanan Rides Alone · as Tom Buchanan |
| 1957 | Decision at Sundown · as Bart Allison |
| 1957 | Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend · as Buck Devlin |
| 1957 | The Tall T · as Pat Brennan |
| 1956 | 7th Cavalry · as Capt. Tom Benson |
| 1956 | 7 Men from Now · as Ben Stride |
| 1955 | A Lawless Street · as Marshal Calem Ware |
| 1955 | Tall Man Riding · as Larry Madden |
| 1955 | Rage at Dawn · as James Barlow |
| 1955 | Ten Wanted Men · as John Stewart |
| 1954 | The Bounty Hunter · as Jim Kipp / James Collins |
| 1954 | Riding Shotgun · as Larry Delong |
| 1953 | Thunder Over the Plains · as Capt. David Porter |
| 1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun · as Jeff Travis |
| 1953 | The Man Behind the Gun · as Major Ransome Callicut |
| 1952 | Hangman's Knot · as Major Matt Stewart |
| 1952 | Carson City · as Silent Jeff Kincaid |
| 1951 | Man in the Saddle · as Owen Merrit |
| 1951 | Sugarfoot · as Jackson 'sugarfoot' Redan |
| 1951 | Fort Worth · as Ned Britt |
| 1951 | Santa Fe · as Britt Canfield |
| 1950 | The Cariboo Trail · as Jim Redfern |
| 1950 | Colt .45 · as Steve Farrell |
| 1950 | The Nevadan · as Andrew Barclay |
| 1949 | Fighting Man of the Plains · as Jim Dancer |
| 1949 | Canadian Pacific · as Tom Andrews |
| 1949 | The Doolins of Oklahoma · as Bill Doolin / Bill Daley |
| 1949 | The Walking Hills · as Jim Carey |
| 1948 | Return of the Bad Men · as Vance |
| 1948 | Coroner Creek · as Chris Danning |
| 1948 | Albuquerque · as Cole Armin |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve · as Jonathan 'johnny' |
| 1947 | Gunfighters · as Brazos Kane |
| 1947 | Trail Street · as Bat Masterson |
| 1946 | Home, Sweet Homicide · as Lt. Bill Smith |
| 1946 | Badman's Territory · as Sheriff Mark Rowley |
| 1946 | Abilene Town · as Marshall Dan Mitchell |
| 1945 | Captain Kidd · as Adam Mercy / Adam Blayne |
| 1945 | China Sky · as Dr. Gray Thompson |
| 1944 | Belle of the Yukon · as Honest John Calhoun Aka Gentleman Jack |
| 1943 | 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders · as Colonel Thorwald |
| 1943 | Corvette K-225 · as Lt. Cm. Mcclain |
| 1943 | The Desperadoes · as Sheriff Steve Upton |
| 1943 | Bombardier · as Buck Oliver |
| 1942 | Pittsburgh · as Cash Evans |
| 1942 | To the Shores of Tripoli · as Dixie Smith |
| 1942 | The Spoilers · as Mcnamara |
| 1941 | Paris Calling · as Lt. Nicholas "nick" Jordan |
| 1941 | Belle Starr · as Sam Starr |
| 1941 | Western Union · as Vance Shaw |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode · as Tod Jackson |
| 1940 | My Favorite Wife · as Steve Burkett |
| 1940 | Virginia City · as Vance Irby |
| 1939 | 20,000 Men a Year · as Brad Reynolds |
| 1939 | Coast Guard · as Thomas 'speed' Bradshaw |
| 1939 | Frontier Marshal · as Wyatt Earp |
| 1939 | Susannah of the Mounties · as Inspector Angus 'monty' Montague |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty · as Cast |
| 1939 | Jesse James · as Marshall Will Wright |
| 1938 | The Texans · as Kirk Jordan |
| 1938 | The Road to Reno · as Steve Fortness |
| 1938 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm · as Tony Kent |
| 1937 | High, Wide and Handsome · as Peter Cortlandt |
| 1936 | Go West Young Man · as Bud Norton |
| 1936 | The Last of the Mohicans · as Hawkeye |
| 1936 | And Sudden Death · as Police Lt. James Knox |
| 1936 | Follow the Fleet · as Bilge Smith |
| 1935 | So Red the Rose · as Duncan Bedford |
| 1935 | She · as Leo Vincey |
| 1935 | Village Tale · as T.n. 'slaughter' Somerville |
| 1935 | Roberta · as John Kent |
| 1935 | Rocky Mountain Mystery · as Larry Sutton |
| 1935 | Home on the Range · as Tom Hatfield |
| 1934 | Wagon Wheels · as Clint Belmet |
| 1934 | The Last Round-Up · as Jim Cleve |
| 1933 | Broken Dreams · as Dr. Robert Morley |
| 1933 | To the Last Man · as Lynn Hayden |
| 1933 | Man of the Forest · as Brett Dale |
| 1933 | Cocktail Hour · as Morgan |
| 1933 | Supernatural · as Grant Wilson |
| 1933 | Murders in the Zoo · as Jack Woodford |
| 1933 | The Thundering Herd · as Tom Doan |
| 1933 | Hello, Everybody! · as Hunt Blake |
| 1932 | Wild Horse Mesa · as Chane Weymer |
| 1932 | Hot Saturday · as Bill Fadden |
| 1932 | Heritage of the Desert · as Jack Hare |
| 1932 | A Successful Calamity · as Larry Rivers |
| 1932 | Sky Bride · as Captain Frank Robertson |
| 1930 | Born Reckless · as Dick Milburn (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Dynamite · as Coal Miner |
| 1929 | The Virginian · as Rider |
| 1929 | Half Marriage · as Night Club Patron |
| 1929 | Sailor's Holiday · as (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Why Be Good? · as Man Dancing At The Boiler (uncredited) |
| 1929 | The Black Watch · as Black Watch Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Weary River · as Audience Member (0:56) (uncredited) |
| 1929 | The Wolf of Wall Street · as Broker's Assistant |