Fred Scott

Biography

Fred Leedon Scott (February 14, 1902 - December 16, 1991) was an American actor best known as a singing cowboy star in Westerns during the 1930s and 1940s. Scott was born on February 14, 1902 in Fresno, California, United States. He took voice lessons as a child and started acting in community theater at sixteen followed by working with a traveling troupe. Scott's family moved to Llano del Rio. He found work as acowboy on a cattle ranch and tried to parlay the skills into film roles on horseback. He spent three years at Pathé as Helen Twelvetrees leading man. He broke into Westerns with a singing part in a Harry Carey film. For a while, Scott did opera and stage performances before returning to Hollywood and becoming a leading man in many musical Westerns produced by Spectrum Pictures earning him the nickname "The Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo." He made nearly two dozen films with comedy sidekick Al St. John, and some of his films were produced by Stan Laurel. Scott retired from film in the late 1940s and managed his own rental properties. He died on December 16, 1991 in Riverside, California.

Known For

Spike Mulligan

Bride of the Storm

Minstrel

Make a Wish

(archive footage)

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Tom Bentley

The Fighting Deputy

Fred

Knight of the Plains

Fred

Beyond Victory

Garry

Swing High

Ranger Tex Duncan

The Rangers' Round-Up

Barry Glendon

Romance Rides the Range

Fred Dawson

In Old Montana

Fred Jamison

Code of the Fearless

Melody Hardy

Songs and Bullets

Singing Texas Ranger

Rio Rita

Grant Gordon

The Singing Buckaroo

Dave Armstrong

Thundering Hoofs

Kelly

The Grand Parade

Cal Brent

The Roaming Cowboy

Steve Condon

Melody of the Plains

Fred Martin

Ridin' the Trail

Jeff Peters / Tom Killer Dane

Moonlight on the Range

Larry Dixon - Movie Singing Cowboy

The Last Outlaw

Fred Dean Jr

Two Gun Troubador

Buck Knapp

Rodeo Rhythm

Soldier

Flash Gordon