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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.
Filmography
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Movies 115
Producer 12
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)

La Classe américaine (1993)

Legends of the West (1992)

Ride the High Country (1962)

Comanche Station (1960)

Westbound (1959)

Ride Lonesome (1959)

Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

Decision at Sundown (1957)

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend (1957)

The Tall T (1957)

7th Cavalry (1956)

7 Men from Now (1956)

A Lawless Street (1955)

Tall Man Riding (1955)

Rage at Dawn (1955)

Ten Wanted Men (1955)

The Bounty Hunter (1954)

Riding Shotgun (1954)

Thunder Over the Plains (1953)

The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)

The Man Behind The Gun (1953)

Hangman's Knot (1952)

Carson City (1952)

Starlift (1951)

Man in the Saddle (1951)

Fort Worth (1951)

Santa Fe (1951)

Sugarfoot (1951)

The Cariboo Trail (1950)

Colt .45 (1950)

The Nevadan (1950)

Fighting Man of the Plains (1949)

The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)

Canadian Pacific (1949)

The Walking Hills (1949)

Coroner Creek (1948)

Albuquerque (1948)

Christmas Eve (1947)

Gunfighters (1947)

Trail Street (1947)

Home Sweet Homicide (1946)

Badman's Territory (1946)

Abilene Town (1946)

Captain Kidd (1945)

China Sky (1945)

Belle of the Yukon (1944)

Gung Ho! (1943)

Corvette K-225 (1943)

The Desperadoes (1943)

Bombardier (1943)

Pittsburgh (1942)

To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)

The Spoilers (1942)

Paris Calling (1941)

Belle Starr (1941)

Three Of A Kind (1941)

Western Union (1941)

When the Daltons Rode (1940)

My Favorite Wife (1940)

Virginia City (1940)

20,000 Men a Year (1939)

Coast Guard (1939)

Frontier Marshal (1939)

Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

Jesse James (1939)

The Texans (1938)

The Road to Reno (1938)

High, Wide and Handsome (1937)

Go West Young Man (1936)

And Sudden Death (1936)

Follow the Fleet (1936)

So Red the Rose (1935)

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935)

She (1935)

Village Tale (1935)

Roberta (1935)

The Fighting Westerner (1935)

Home on the Range (1935)

Wagon Wheels (1934)

The Last Round-up (1934)

Broken Dreams (1933)

To the Last Man (1933)

Man of the Forest (1933)

Sunset Pass (1933)

Supernatural (1933)

Murders in the Zoo (1933)

The Thundering Herd (1933)

Hello, Everybody! (1933)

Wild Horse Mesa (1932)

Hot Saturday (1932)

Heritage of the Desert (1932)

A Successful Calamity (1932)

Sky Bride (1932)

Born Reckless (1930)

Dynamite (1929)

Half Marriage (1929)

Sailor's Holiday (1929)

The Black Watch (1929)

Why Be Good? (1929)

Weary River (1929)

The Wolf of Wall Street (1929)

Sharp Shooters (1928)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1898-01-23
Deathday1987-03-02 (89 years old)
Birth NameGeorge Randolph Scott
Birth PlaceOrange County, United States
ReligionEpiscopal Church
Height
FatherGeorge Grant Scott
MotherLucy Lavinia Crane
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsGeorge Randolph Scott, Randy Scott
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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