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Randolph Scott(1898-1987)

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
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Randolph Scott, c. 1950.
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Handsome American leading man who developed into one of Hollywood's greatest and most popular Western stars. Born to George and Lucy Crane Scott during a visit to Virginia, Scott was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina in a wealthy family. After service with the U.S. Army in France in World War I, he attended Georgia Institute of Technology but, after being injured playing football, transferred to the University of North Carolina, from which he graduated with a degree in textile engineering and manufacturing. He discovered acting and went to California, where he met Howard Hughes, who obtained an audition for him for Cecil B. DeMille's Dynamite (1929), a role which went instead to Joel McCrea. He was hired to coach Gary Cooper in a Virginia dialect for The Virginian (1929) and played a bit part in the film. Paramount scouts saw him in a play and offered him a contract. He met Cary Grant, another Paramount contract player, on the set of Hot Saturday (1932) and the pair soon moved in together. Their on-and-off living arrangement would last until 1942. Scott married and divorced wealthy heiress Marion DuPont in the late 1930's. He moved into leading roles at Paramount, although his easy-going charm was not enough to indicate the tremendous success that would come to him later. He was a pleasant figure in comedies, dramas and the occasional adventure, but it was not until he began focusing on Westerns in the late 1940s that he reached his greatest stardom. His screen persona altered into that of a stoic, craggy, and uncompromising figure, a tough, hard-bitten man seemingly unconnected to the light comedy lead he had been in the 1930s. He became one of the top box office stars of the 1950s and, in the Westerns of Budd Boetticher especially, a critically important figure in the Western as an art form. Following a critically acclaimed, less-heroic-than-usual role in one of the classics of the genre, Ride the High Country (1962), Scott retired from films. A multimillionaire as a result of canny investments, Scott spent his remaining years playing golf and avoiding film industry affairs, stating that he didn't like publicity. He died in 1987 survived by his second wife, Patricia Stillman, and his two adopted children, Christopher and Sandra. He is buried in Charlotte, North Carolina.
BornJanuary 23, 1898
DiedMarch 2, 1987(89)
BornJanuary 23, 1898
DiedMarch 2, 1987(89)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Frank Craven, and Gus Glassmire in Pittsburgh (1942)
Randolph Scott, John Wayne, and Frank Craven in Pittsburgh (1942)
Randolph Scott in Pittsburgh (1942)
Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, Frank Craven, and Thomas Gomez in Pittsburgh (1942)
Marlene Dietrich and Randolph Scott in Pittsburgh (1942)
Randolph Scott and John Wayne in Pittsburgh (1942)
Marlene Dietrich and Randolph Scott in Pittsburgh (1942)
Randolph Scott in Pittsburgh (1942)
Randolph Scott and John Wayne in Pittsburgh (1942)
Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Louise Allbritton, and Samuel S. Hinds in Pittsburgh (1942)
Randolph Scott in Pittsburgh (1942)
Randolph Scott and Frank Craven in Pittsburgh (1942)

Known for

Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Irene Dunne in Roberta (1935)
Roberta
7.0
  • John Kent
  • 1935
Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea in Ride the High Country (1962)
Ride the High Country
7.4
  • Gil Westrum
  • 1962
The Tall T (1957)
The Tall T
7.3
  • Pat Brennan
  • 1957
Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, and Gail Patrick in My Favorite Wife (1940)
My Favorite Wife
7.3
  • Stephen Burkett
  • 1940

Credits

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Actor

  • Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea in Ride the High Country (1962)
    Ride the High Country
    • Gil Westrum
    • 1962
  • Comanche Station (1960)
    Comanche Station
    • Jefferson Cody
    • 1960
  • Randolph Scott and Karen Steele in Ride Lonesome (1959)
    Ride Lonesome
    • Ben Brigade
    • 1959
  • Randolph Scott, Virginia Mayo, and Karen Steele in Westbound (1958)
    Westbound
    • Capt. John Hayes
    • 1958
  • Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
    Buchanan Rides Alone
    • Tom Buchanan
    • 1958
  • Randolph Scott and Karen Steele in Decision at Sundown (1957)
    Decision at Sundown
    • Bart Allison
    • 1957
  • Randolph Scott in Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957)
    Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
    • Capt. Buck Devlin
    • 1957
  • The Tall T (1957)
    The Tall T
    • Pat Brennan
    • 1957
  • 7th Cavalry (1956)
    7th Cavalry
    • Capt. Tom Benson
    • 1956
  • 7 Men from Now (1956)
    7 Men from Now
    • Ben Stride
    • 1956
  • Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Warner Anderson, John Emery, and Michael Pate in A Lawless Street (1955)
    A Lawless Street
    • Marshal Calem Ware
    • 1955
  • Randolph Scott and Dorothy Malone in Tall Man Riding (1955)
    Tall Man Riding
    • Larry Madden
    • 1955
  • Randolph Scott, Edgar Buchanan, J. Carrol Naish, Mala Powers, and Forrest Tucker in Rage at Dawn (1955)
    Rage at Dawn
    • James Barlow
    • 1955
  • Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, and Jocelyn Brando in Ten Wanted Men (1955)
    Ten Wanted Men
    • John Stewart
    • 1955
  • Randolph Scott and Dolores Dorn in The Bounty Hunter (1954)
    The Bounty Hunter
    • Jim Kipp
    • 1954

Producer

  • Comanche Station (1960)
    Comanche Station
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Randolph Scott and Karen Steele in Ride Lonesome (1959)
    Ride Lonesome
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
    Buchanan Rides Alone
    • associate producer
    • 1958
  • Randolph Scott and Karen Steele in Decision at Sundown (1957)
    Decision at Sundown
    • associate producer
    • 1957
  • The Tall T (1957)
    The Tall T
    • associate producer
    • 1957
  • 7th Cavalry (1956)
    7th Cavalry
    • associate producer
    • 1956
  • Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Warner Anderson, John Emery, and Michael Pate in A Lawless Street (1955)
    A Lawless Street
    • associate producer
    • 1955
  • Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, and Jocelyn Brando in Ten Wanted Men (1955)
    Ten Wanted Men
    • associate producer
    • 1955
  • The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
    The Stranger Wore a Gun
    • associate producer
    • 1953
  • Hangman's Knot (1952)
    Hangman's Knot
    • associate producer
    • 1952
  • Randolph Scott, Ellen Drew, Joan Leslie, and Richard Rober in Man in the Saddle (1951)
    Man in the Saddle
    • associate producer
    • 1951
  • Randolph Scott in The Nevadan (1950)
    The Nevadan
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Randolph Scott, Noah Beery Jr., Louise Allbritton, Dona Drake, Virginia Huston, John Ireland, Charles Kemper, George Macready, and Frank Fenton in The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
    The Doolins of Oklahoma
    • associate producer (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Randolph Scott, William Bishop, Edgar Buchanan, and Ella Raines in The Walking Hills (1949)
    The Walking Hills
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1949

Additional Crew

  • Gary Cooper and Mary Brian in The Virginian (1929)
    The Virginian
    • dialect coach (uncredited)
    • 1929

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Personal details

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  • Height
    • 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
  • Born
    • January 23, 1898
    • Orange County, Virginia, USA
  • Died
    • March 2, 1987
    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(heart and lung ailments)
  • Spouses
      Patricia StillmanMarch 3, 1944 - March 2, 1987 (his death, 2 children)
  • Parents
      George Grant Scott
  • Other works
    Radio episode: Academy Award Theatre, ep. Stagecoach; broadcast May 5, 1946.
  • Publicity listings
    • 6 Print Biographies
    • 17 Articles
    • 32 Pictorials
    • 5 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Best friends were Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, and the Rev. Billy Graham.
  • Quotes
    [about Westerns] They have been the mainstay of the industry ever since its beginning. And they have been good to me. Westerns are a type of picture which everybody can see and enjoy. Westerns always make money. And they always increase a star's fan following.
  • Trademarks
      Roles in westerns
  • Nickname
    • Randy
  • Salaries
      Canadian Pacific
      (1949)
      $130 .000

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