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Randolph Scott
George Randolph Scott (born January 23, 1898 in Orange County, Virginia) was a towering figure of classic Hollywood, renowned for his tall, lanky frame, Southern drawl, and unmistakable presence on screen. Standing six feet two inches, Scott began his public life as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army during World War I, where he honed horsemanship and firearms skills that later became hallmarks of his Western heroes. After the war he attended Georgia Tech and the University of North Carolina before turning to acting in Los Angeles, where a letter of introduction from his father to Howard Hughes earned him a small part in the 1928 film Sharp Shooters. Over the next decade he worked as an extra and bit player, even serving as dialect coach to Gary Cooper on The Virginian, while polishing his craft on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse.
In 1932 Scott signed a seven‑year contract with Paramount Pictures and quickly became a leading man in a string of Zane Grey adaptations, establishing his reputation as a reliable Western star. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s he transitioned to “A” pictures, sharing billing with legends such as Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Mae West, and Cary Grant, and demonstrating versatility in comedies, musicals, horror, and war films. By the post‑war era he had cemented his image as the stoic, morally upright cowboy, headlining classics like Abilene Town, The Doolins of Oklahoma, and the acclaimed Ranown Cycle with director Budd Boetticher (The Tall T, Ride Lonesome). His final screen appearance came in Sam Peckinpah’s Ride the High Country (1962), after which he retired at age 64, having amassed a fortune through shrewd investments in real estate, oil, and securities. A devout Episcopalian, a lifelong Republican, and a friend to stars such as Fred Astaire and Cary Grant, Scott left an indelible legacy as “the gentleman from Virginia,” remembered today through a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, a Golden Boot award, and countless Westerns that continue to define the genre.
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Given Name: George Randolph Scott
Born: Orange County, Virginia, U.S.
Citizenship: United States
Birthday: January 23, 1898
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1928-1962
Children: 2
Spouses: Marion DuPont, Patricia Stillman
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Movies Featuring Randolph Scott
Roberta
Ride the High Country
Womb Raider
Sam Peckinpah’s West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Why Be Good?
Abilene Town
The Man Behind The Gun
Fighting Man of the Plains
Hangman’s Knot
Thunder Over the Plains
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Trail Street
Gunfighters
Colt .45
Half Marriage
The Nevadan
Corvette K-225
Santa Fe
Belle of the Yukon
The Desperadoes
Sugarfoot
The Bounty Hunter
Broken Dreams
Dynamite
Man in the Saddle
Pittsburgh
Tall Man Riding
Gung Ho!
Susannah of the Mounties
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Decision at Sundown
Supernatural
Ride Lonesome
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
The Capture of Bigfoot
Westbound
Western Union
The Spoilers
Captain Kidd
Albuquerque
Hot Saturday
Three Lives
7th Cavalry
Virginia City
The Black Watch
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Starlift
Christmas Eve
So Red the Rose
The Walking Hills
The Cariboo Trail
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Heritage of the Desert
Bombardier
Wagon Wheels
Ten Wanted Men
Cocktail Hour
Buffalo Stampede
Go West Young Man
Carson City
The Fighting Westerner
Frontier Marshal
To the Shores of Tripoli
The Tall T
Born Reckless
My Favorite Wife
Jesse James
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Follow the Fleet
Badman’s Territory
The Last of the Mohicans
A Successful Calamity
La Classe américaine
Man of the Forest
Riding Shotgun
Return of the Bad Men
China Sky
Comanche Station
Coast Guard
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
When the Daltons Rode
Buchanan Rides Alone
Belle Starr
A Lawless Street
The Texans
To the Last Man
The Wolf of Wall Street
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Rage at Dawn
Career Timeline
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1955
Tall Man Riding
Larry Madden
Ten Wanted Men
John Stewart
A Lawless Street
Marshal Calem Ware
Rage at Dawn
James Barlow
1953
The Man Behind The Gun
Major Ransome Callicut
Thunder Over the Plains
Capt. David Porter
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Jeff Travis
Three Lives
Self
1951
Santa Fe
Britt Canfield
Sugarfoot
Jackson 'Sugarfoot' Redan
Man in the Saddle
Owen Merrit
Fort Worth
Ned Britt
Starlift
Randolph Scott
1949
Fighting Man of the Plains
Jim Dancer
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Bill Doolin / Bill Daley
The Walking Hills
Jim Carey
1943
Corvette K-225
Lt. Cm. McClain
The Desperadoes
Sheriff Steve Upton
Gung Ho!
Colonel Thorwald
Bombardier
Buck Oliver
1939
Susannah of the Mounties
Inspector Angus 'Monty' Montague
Frontier Marshal
Wyatt Earp
Jesse James
Marshall Will Wright
Coast Guard
Thomas 'Speed' Bradshaw
1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
Go West Young Man
Bud Norton
Follow the Fleet
Bilge Smith
The Last of the Mohicans
Hawkeye
1935
Roberta
So Red the Rose
Duncan Bedford
The Fighting Westerner
Larry Sutton
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Randolph Scott
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