Randolph Scott
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For
Jefferson Cody
Comanche Station
Hawkeye
The Last of the Mohicans
Marshall Dan Mitchell
Abilene Town
James Barlow
Rage at Dawn
John Kent
Roberta
Foreign Serviceman in Moroccan Cafe (uncredited)
Sharp Shooters
Ben Stride
Seven Men from Now
Ben Brigade
Ride Lonesome
Bilge Smith
Follow the Fleet
Steve Burkett
My Favorite Wife
Gil Westrum
Ride the High Country
Pat Brennan
The Tall T
Capt. Tom Benson
7th Cavalry
Marshal Calem Ware
A Lawless Street
Cole Armin
Albuquerque
Chris Danning
Coroner Creek
Leo Vincey
She
Jeff Travis
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Tom Buchanan
Buchanan Rides Alone
Owen Merrit
Man in the Saddle
McNamara
The Spoilers
Vance Shaw
Western Union
Marshall Will Wright
Jesse James
Adam Mercy / Adam Blayne
Captain Kidd
Buck Oliver
Bombardier
Cash Evans
Pittsburgh
Honest John Calhoun aka Gentleman Jack
Belle of the Yukon
Tony Kent
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Inspector Angus 'Monty' Montague
Susannah of the Mounties
John Stewart
Ten Wanted Men
Tom Andrews
Canadian Pacific
Sheriff Mark Rowley
Badman's Territory
Andrew Barclay
The Nevadan
Bart Allison
Decision at Sundown
Vance Irby
Virginia City
Jack Woodford
Murders in the Zoo
Colonel Thorwald
Gung Ho!
Larry Sutton
The Fighting Westerner
Bill Fadden
Hot Saturday
Peter Cortlandt
High, Wide and Handsome
Bud Norton
Go West Young Man
Capt. David Porter
Thunder Over the Plains
Silent Jeff Kincaid
Carson City
Sam Starr
Belle Starr
Ned Britt
Fort Worth
Major Matt Stewart
Hangman's Knot
Morgan
Cocktail Hour
Brazos Kane
Gunfighters
Steve Farrell
Colt .45
Larry Madden
Tall Man Riding
Dixie Smith
To the Shores of Tripoli
Major Ransome Callicut
The Man Behind The Gun
Jonathan 'Johnny'
Christmas Eve
Sheriff Steve Upton
The Desperadoes
Lt. Nicholas "Nick" Jordan
Paris Calling
Dr. Gray Thompson
China Sky
Bat Masterson
Trail Street
Grant Wilson
Supernatural
Kirk Jordan
The Texans
Capt. John Hayes
Westbound
Clint Belmet
Wagon Wheels
Thomas 'Speed' Bradshaw
Coast Guard
T.N. 'Slaughter' Somerville
Village Tale
Lt. Bill Smith
Home Sweet Homicide
Bill Doolin / Bill Daley
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Wyatt Earp
Frontier Marshal
Wyatt Earp in 'Frontier Marshall'
Legends of the West
Jackson 'Sugarfoot' Redan
Sugarfoot
Larry Delong
Riding Shotgun
Broker's Assistant
The Wolf of Wall Street
Man Dancing at The Boiler (uncredited)
Why Be Good?
Helms
The Far Call
Tod Jackson
When the Daltons Rode
Jack Hare
Heritage of the Desert
Tom Doan
The Thundering Herd
Britt Canfield
Santa Fe
Jim Kipp / James Collins
The Bounty Hunter
Lynn Hayden
To the Last Man
Brett Dale
Man of the Forest
Vance
Return of the Bad Men
Hunt Blake
Hello, Everybody!
Randolph Scott
Starlift
Buck Devlin
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Jim Dancer
Fighting Man of the Plains
Jim Redfern
The Cariboo Trail
Dr. Robert Morley
Broken Dreams
Night Club Patron
Half Marriage
Jim Carey
The Walking Hills
Jim Cleve
The Last Round-up
Duncan Bedford
So Red the Rose
Ash Preston
Sunset Pass
Audience Member (0:56) (uncredited)
Weary River
Himself
Three Of A Kind
(uncredited)
Sailor's Holiday
Police Lt. James Knox
And Sudden Death
Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Steve Fortness
The Road to Reno
Brad Reynolds
20,000 Men a Year
Larry Rivers
A Successful Calamity
Lt. Cm. McClain
Corvette K-225
Chane Weymer
Wild Horse Mesa
Dick Milburn (uncredited)
Born Reckless
Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)
The Black Watch
Captain Frank Robertson
Sky Bride
Randolph Scott
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Tom Hatfield
Home on the Range
Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Joël (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self
Three Lives
Coal Miner
Dynamite
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
113
Gender
Male
Birthday
1898-01-23
Place of Birth
Orange County, Virginia, USA
Also Known As
George Randolph Scott