Randolph Scott
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
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- 2018 · Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · La Classe américaine as Joël (archive footage)
- 1992 · Legends of the West as Wyatt Earp in 'Frontier Marshall'
- 1962 · Ride the High Country as Gil Westrum
- 1960 · Comanche Station as Jefferson Cody
- 1959 · Westbound as Capt. John Hayes
- 1959 · Ride Lonesome as Ben Brigade
- 1958 · Buchanan Rides Alone as Tom Buchanan
- 1957 · Decision at Sundown as Bart Allison
- 1957 · Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend as Buck Devlin
- 1957 · The Tall T as Pat Brennan
- 1956 · 7th Cavalry as Capt. Tom Benson
- 1956 · 7 Men from Now as Ben Stride
- 1955 · A Lawless Street as Marshal Calem Ware
- 1955 · Tall Man Riding as Larry Madden
- 1955 · Rage at Dawn as James Barlow
- 1955 · Ten Wanted Men as John Stewart
- 1954 · The Bounty Hunter as Jim Kipp / James Collins
- 1954 · Riding Shotgun as Larry Delong
- 1953 · Thunder Over the Plains as Capt. David Porter
- 1953 · Three Lives as Self
- 1953 · The Stranger Wore a Gun as Jeff Travis
- 1953 · The Man Behind The Gun as Major Ransome Callicut
- 1952 · Hangman's Knot as Major Matt Stewart
- 1952 · Carson City as Silent Jeff Kincaid
- 1951 · Starlift as Randolph Scott
- 1951 · Man in the Saddle as Owen Merrit
- 1951 · Fort Worth as Ned Britt
- 1951 · Santa Fe as Britt Canfield
- 1951 · Sugarfoot as Jackson 'Sugarfoot' Redan
- 1950 · The Cariboo Trail as Jim Redfern
- 1950 · Colt .45 as Steve Farrell
- 1950 · The Nevadan as Andrew Barclay
- 1949 · Fighting Man of the Plains as Jim Dancer
- 1949 · The Doolins of Oklahoma as Bill Doolin / Bill Daley
- 1949 · Canadian Pacific as Tom Andrews
- 1949 · The Walking Hills as Jim Carey
- 1948 · Return of the Bad Men as Vance
- 1948 · Coroner Creek as Chris Danning
- 1948 · Albuquerque as Cole Armin
- 1947 · Christmas Eve as Jonathan 'Johnny'
- 1947 · Gunfighters as Brazos Kane
- 1947 · Trail Street as Bat Masterson
- 1946 · Home Sweet Homicide as Lt. Bill Smith
- 1946 · Badman's Territory as Sheriff Mark Rowley
- 1946 · Abilene Town as Marshall Dan Mitchell
- 1945 · Captain Kidd as Adam Mercy / Adam Blayne
- 1945 · China Sky as Dr. Gray Thompson
- 1944 · Belle of the Yukon as Honest John Calhoun aka Gentleman Jack
- 1943 · Gung Ho! as Colonel Thorwald
- 1943 · Corvette K-225 as Lt. Cm. McClain
- 1943 · The Desperadoes as Sheriff Steve Upton
- 1943 · Bombardier as Buck Oliver
- 1942 · Pittsburgh as Cash Evans
- 1942 · To the Shores of Tripoli as Dixie Smith
- 1942 · The Spoilers as McNamara
- 1941 · Paris Calling as Lt. Nicholas "Nick" Jordan
- 1941 · Belle Starr as Sam Starr
- 1941 · Three Of A Kind as Himself
- 1941 · Western Union as Vance Shaw
- 1940 · When the Daltons Rode as Tod Jackson
- 1940 · My Favorite Wife as Steve Burkett
- 1940 · Virginia City as Vance Irby
- 1939 · 20,000 Men a Year as Brad Reynolds
- 1939 · Coast Guard as Thomas 'Speed' Bradshaw
- 1939 · Frontier Marshal as Wyatt Earp
- 1939 · Susannah of the Mounties as Inspector Angus 'Monty' Montague
- 1939 · Jesse James as Marshall Will Wright
- 1938 · The Texans as Kirk Jordan
- 1938 · The Road to Reno as Steve Fortness
- 1938 · Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Tony Kent
- 1937 · High, Wide and Handsome as Peter Cortlandt
- 1936 · Go West Young Man as Bud Norton
- 1936 · Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
- 1936 · The Last of the Mohicans as Hawkeye
- 1936 · And Sudden Death as Police Lt. James Knox
- 1936 · Follow the Fleet as Bilge Smith
- 1935 · So Red the Rose as Duncan Bedford
- 1935 · Pirate Party on Catalina Isle as Randolph Scott
- 1935 · She as Leo Vincey
- 1935 · Village Tale as T.N. 'Slaughter' Somerville
- 1935 · Roberta as John Kent
- 1935 · The Fighting Westerner as Larry Sutton
- 1935 · Home on the Range as Tom Hatfield
- 1934 · Wagon Wheels as Clint Belmet
- 1934 · The Last Round-up as Jim Cleve
- 1933 · Broken Dreams as Dr. Robert Morley
- 1933 · To the Last Man as Lynn Hayden
- 1933 · Man of the Forest as Brett Dale
- 1933 · Cocktail Hour as Randolph Morgan
- 1933 · Sunset Pass as Ash Preston
- 1933 · Supernatural as Grant Wilson
- 1933 · Murders in the Zoo as Jack Woodford
- 1933 · The Thundering Herd as Tom Doan
- 1933 · Hello, Everybody! as Hunt Blake
- 1932 · Wild Horse Mesa as Chane Weymer
- 1932 · Hot Saturday as Bill Fadden
- 1932 · Heritage of the Desert as Jack Hare
- 1932 · A Successful Calamity as Larry Rivers
- 1932 · Sky Bride as Captain Frank Robertson
- 1930 · Born Reckless as Dick Milburn (uncredited)
- 1929 · Half Marriage as Night Club Patron
- 1929 · Sailor's Holiday as (uncredited)
- 1929 · The Black Watch as Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)
- 1929 · The Far Call as Helms
- 1929 · Why Be Good? as Man Dancing at The Boiler (uncredited)
- 1929 · Weary River as Audience Member (0:56) (uncredited)
- 1929 · The Wolf of Wall Street as Broker's Assistant
- 1928 · Sharp Shooters as Foreign Serviceman in Moroccan Cafe (uncredited)