Tom Harmon (July 20, 1937 â€" June 14, 1995), credited as Timothy
Scott or Tim Scott, was an American actor.Scott was born in Detroit,
Michigan, lived in New Mexico, and moved to Los Angeles, California,
in 1959 for his acting career. He had a wife Donna Leigh Scott, one
stepdaughter Marisa Scott-Windom, and two sons, Scott Harmon and Dean
Swope. Scott co-founded the Met Theatre with James Gammon in Los
Angeles. He lived in Woodland Hills where he was undergoing treatment
for lung cancer.Scott made numerous appearances in both films and
television, including many westerns. He portrayed Texas Ranger turned
cowboy Pea Eye Parker in the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove and its
1993 sequel Return to Lonesome Dove. He was replaced by Sam Shepard as
Pea Eye in Streets of Laredo (1995). He also appeared in films, like
The Ballad of Josie (1967), The Way West (1967), In the Heat of the
Night (1967), The Party (1968), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969), Vanishing Point (1971), One More Train to Rob (1971), Welcome
Home, Soldier Boys (1972), Love Me Deadly (1973), Lolly-Madonna XXX
(1973), The Farmer (1977), The Electric Horseman (1979), Eureka
(1983), Footloose (1984), Inside Out (1986), Chattahoochee (1989) and
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991).He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles
at age 57. Scott was commemorated in Los Angeles and Texas. He was
cremated, his ashes scattered at screenwriter Bill Wittliff's ranch,
Plum Creek, located between two Texas cities, Luling and Gonzales.
Scott or Tim Scott, was an American actor.Scott was born in Detroit,
Michigan, lived in New Mexico, and moved to Los Angeles, California,
in 1959 for his acting career. He had a wife Donna Leigh Scott, one
stepdaughter Marisa Scott-Windom, and two sons, Scott Harmon and Dean
Swope. Scott co-founded the Met Theatre with James Gammon in Los
Angeles. He lived in Woodland Hills where he was undergoing treatment
for lung cancer.Scott made numerous appearances in both films and
television, including many westerns. He portrayed Texas Ranger turned
cowboy Pea Eye Parker in the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove and its
1993 sequel Return to Lonesome Dove. He was replaced by Sam Shepard as
Pea Eye in Streets of Laredo (1995). He also appeared in films, like
The Ballad of Josie (1967), The Way West (1967), In the Heat of the
Night (1967), The Party (1968), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969), Vanishing Point (1971), One More Train to Rob (1971), Welcome
Home, Soldier Boys (1972), Love Me Deadly (1973), Lolly-Madonna XXX
(1973), The Farmer (1977), The Electric Horseman (1979), Eureka
(1983), Footloose (1984), Inside Out (1986), Chattahoochee (1989) and
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991).He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles
at age 57. Scott was commemorated in Los Angeles and Texas. He was
cremated, his ashes scattered at screenwriter Bill Wittliff's ranch,
Plum Creek, located between two Texas cities, Luling and Gonzales.
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