Fred Leedon Scott (February 14, 1902 - December 16, 1991) was an American actor best known as a singing cowboy star in Westerns during the 1930s and 1940s. Scott was born on February 14, 1902 in Fresno, California, United States. He took voice lessons as a child and started acting in community theater at sixteen followed by working with a traveling troupe. Scott's family moved to Llano del Rio. He found work as acowboy on a cattle ranch and tried to parlay the skills into film roles on horseback. He spent three years at Pathé as Helen Twelvetrees leading man. He broke into Westerns with a singing part in a Harry Carey film. For a while, Scott did opera and stage performances before returning to Hollywood and becoming a leading man in many musical Westerns produced by Spectrum Pictures earning him the nickname "The Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo." He made nearly two dozen films with comedy sidekick Al St. John, and some of his films were produced by Stan Laurel. Scott retired from film in the late 1940s and managed his own rental properties. He died on December 16, 1991 in Riverside, California.
Bride of the Storm
(Spike Mulligan)
Make a Wish
(Minstrel)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
((archive footage))
The Fighting Deputy
(Tom Bentley)
Knight of the Plains
(Fred)
Beyond Victory
(Fred)
Swing High
(Garry)
The Rangers' Round-Up
(Ranger Tex Duncan)
Romance Rides the Range
(Barry Glendon)
In Old Montana
(Fred Dawson)
Code of the Fearless
(Fred Jamison)
Songs and Bullets
(Melody Hardy)
Rio Rita
(Singing Texas Ranger)
The Singing Buckaroo
(Grant Gordon)
Thundering Hoofs
(Dave Armstrong)
The Grand Parade
(Kelly)
The Roaming Cowboy
(Cal Brent)
Ridin' the Trail
(Fred Martin)
Melody of the Plains
(Steve Condon)
Moonlight on the Range
(Jeff Peters / Tom Killer Dane)
The Last Outlaw
(Larry Dixon - Movie Singing Cowboy)
Two Gun Troubador
(Fred Dean Jr)
Corner Gas
(Player 1)