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Randolph Scott
American actor (1898–1987)
George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American film actor, whose Hollywood career spanned from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in dramas, comedies, musicals, adventures, war, horror and fantasy films, and Westerns. Out of his more than 100 film appearances, more than 60 of them were Westerns.[1]
At 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), lanky and muscular, Scott displayed a Southern drawl that offset his limitations.[2][clarification needed]
During the early 1950s, Scott was a consistent box-office draw. In the annual Motion Picture HeraldTop Ten Polls, his name appeared on the list for four consecutive years, from 1950 to 1953.[3] Scott also appeared in Quigley's Top Ten Money Makers Poll, from 1950 to 1953.[4]
Early years
[edit]Scott was born January 23, 1898, in Orange County, Virginia,[5] and reared in Charlotte, North Carolina, the second of six children born to parents of Scottish descent. His father was George Grant Scott, born in Franklin, Virginia, the first person licensed as a certified public accountant (CPA) in North Carolina. His mother was Lucille Cra
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Randolph Scott filmography
Randolph Scott (1898–1987) appeared in over one hundred feature films during his career.
Feature films
[edit]Box office ranking
[edit]At the height of his career, exhibitors voted Scott among the most popular stars in the country:
- 1949 - 12th (US)
- 1950 - 10th (US)
- 1951 - 7th (US)
- 1952 - 10th (US)
- 1953 - 10th (US)
- 1954 - 22nd (US)
- 1955 - 22nd (US)
- 1956 - 24th (US)
Short films
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 1935 | Pirate Party on Catalina Isle | Himself | Gene Burdette | Technicolor |
| 1941 | Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play | Himself | Gene Parsons | |
| 1951 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes Western | Himself | Ralph Staub | |
| 1953 | Screen Snapshots: Men of the West | Himself | Ralph Staub |
Television
[edit]Scott's only venture into television (other than an appearance on Celebrity Golf) was in the late 1950s as host of the proposed Randolph Scott's Theater of the West series. The pilot starred Scott Brady as a lawman trying to escape a criminal past. The series was never sold and the pilot episode never aired.