George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 â€" March 2, 1987) was an
American film actor whose career spanned the years 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 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 over 60 were in Westerns; thus, "of all the major stars
whose name was associated with the Western, Scott [was] most closely
identified with it."Scott's more than 30 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, Allan Dwan, Fritz Lang, Sam Peckinpah, Henry Hathaway
(eight times), Ray Enright (seven), Edwin L. Marin (seven), Andre
DeToth (six), 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.Tall at 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:During the early 1950s,
Scott was a consistent box-office draw. In the annual Motion Picture
Herald Top Ten Polls, he ranked 10th in 1950, seventh in 1951, and
10th in both 1952 and 1953. Scott also appeared in the Quigley's Top
Ten Money Makers Poll from 1950 to 1953.
American film actor whose career spanned the years 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 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 over 60 were in Westerns; thus, "of all the major stars
whose name was associated with the Western, Scott [was] most closely
identified with it."Scott's more than 30 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, Allan Dwan, Fritz Lang, Sam Peckinpah, Henry Hathaway
(eight times), Ray Enright (seven), Edwin L. Marin (seven), Andre
DeToth (six), 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.Tall at 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:During the early 1950s,
Scott was a consistent box-office draw. In the annual Motion Picture
Herald Top Ten Polls, he ranked 10th in 1950, seventh in 1951, and
10th in both 1952 and 1953. Scott also appeared in the Quigley's Top
Ten Money Makers Poll from 1950 to 1953.
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