Trivia

Due to his shrewd financial investments, he was reportedly worth around $100 million by the end of his life.

Best friends were Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, and the Rev. Billy Graham.

His image from his Westerns as an upright, outstanding sheriff or cowboy was so strong that it was paid homage to in Mel Brooks' classic comedy Blazing Saddles (1974). When the African-American sheriff asks the reluctant townspeople for their help in fighting the bad guys, they unanimously reject him. However, when he says, "You'd do it for Randolph Scott!", a heavenly chorus in the background sings "Randolph Scott!", and the townspeople change their minds.

He was hired by Victor Fleming to coach Gary Cooper on speaking with a Virginia accent for The Virginian (1929).

In 1965 Mike Connolly reported that Scott was one of the wealthiest actors in the world with real estate holdings in San Fernando and Palm Springs alone worth over $100 million.

His face is rumored to be the model for the Oakland Raiders logo.

Remained close friends with Cary Grant until the day he died. When he heard of his old friend's death, he reportedly put his head in his hands and wept. He himself would die a little over 2 months afterwards.

Was Margaret Mitchell's choice to play Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939).

Was the inspiration for the popular 1973 song "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?," a top-20 country hit for the The Statler Brothers.

Retired from acting at the age of 64 after the Sam Peckinpah western Ride the High Country (1962), stating that movie acting no longer interested him.

Rode a beautiful blond sorrel horse named Stardust in many of his westerns.

Scott served in France in World War I with the 2nd Trench Mortar Battalion, 19th Field Artillery.

He was very ill with a weak heart and breathing problems in the final years of his life, and was hospitalized several times with pneumonia.

Playing golf with Howard Hughes got him his first movie job as an extra on a silent film with George O'Brien and Lois Moran.

Scott did not father any children, although he and his second wife adopted two children in 1950.

From 1950-53 he was among Hollywood's Top 10 box-office draws.

Interred at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, just four blocks from his boyhood home at 312 W. 10th Street.

Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1975.

He was scheduled to co-star once again with friend Cary Grant in Spawn of the North (1938), but salacious rumors about the two caused Paramount to replace them with Henry Fonda and George Raft. Shortly after completing his Paramount contract Scott opted not to re-sign and instead moved to Fox.

Lupe Velez claimed in 1932 that she was going to marry Scott but changed her mind. Scott denied this, saying he only saw her once at the Brown Derby.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6243 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.

From 1932-44 he lived with Cary Grant in a beach house known jocularly as Bachelor Hall. The close friendship between Scott and Grant and the steady stream of women into and out of Bachelor Hall fed rumor mills for years. Many believed that Grant and Scott were lovers, and the women were arranged by the film studios for public effect.

During the early 1950s he 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.

He was posthumously awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in Palm Springs, California on April 16, 1999.

Campaigned for Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election, and attended the Republican National Convention.

He was a conservative Republican and one of Hollywood's biggest supporters of Ronald Reagan as governor of California.

As a struggling actor in the late 20's he met Howard Hughes on a golf course which resulted in a bit part in 1929 and by the mid 30's he was in leading parts.

Made a visit to Emory & Henry College at Emory, Virginia in 1951-1952 to assist in learning Virginia dialect. Signed autographs for several students, in particular Elizabeth Lawson who would later marry Ralph Griffith.

According to his adopted son Chris Scott in his book about his father, Randolph Scott wore a hearing aid during the last years of his life.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 764-766. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.

He was the son of Lucy Lionberger (Crane) and George Grant Scott. His ancestry included German, Scottish, and English.