randolph scott

in Follow the Fleet (1936) Born January 23, 1898(1898-01-23)

Orange County, Virginia, USA Died March 2, 1987 (aged 89)

Beverly Hills, California, USA Years active 1928–1962 Spouse(s) Mariana duPont Somerville (1936–1939)

Patricia Stillman (1944–1987) [show]Awards won Other awards Hollywood Walk of Fame

6243 Hollywood Boulevard

Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American motion picture actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962. Contents [hide] 1 Cinematic legacy 2 Biography 2.1 Birth, family, and schooling 2.2 World War I 2.3 Post-war career 3 Stage and early film appearances 4 Paramount years 4.1 Zane Grey apprenticeship 4.2 Non-Western roles for Paramount 4.3 Star on the rise 5 Heroes, heavies and "other" men 6 World War II 6.1 The real war 7 Tall in the saddle 8 The Boetticher and Kennedy films 9 Ride the High Country (1962) 10 Final years 11 Personal life 11.1 Marriages 11.2 Rumored homosexuality 12 Filmography 13 Trivia 14 Quotations 15 Awards 16 Bibliography 17 References 18 External links //

Cinematic legacy

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."[1]

Scott's more than thirty years as a motion picture actor resulted in his working frequently 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 widely 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; 188cm), 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".[2] 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