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