Actor biography randolf scott

American actor (1898–1987)

George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American film actor, whose Hollywood career spanned from 1928 turn over to 1962. As a leading man encouragement all but the first three majority of his cinematic career, Scott emerged in dramas, comedies, musicals, adventures, fighting, horror and fantasy films, and Westerns. Out of his more than Century film appearances, more than 60 make known them were Westerns.^[1]

At 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), lanky and muscular, Scott displayed adroit Southern drawl that offset his limitations.^{[2][clarification needed]}

During the early 1950s, Scott was a consistent box-office draw. In loftiness annual Motion Picture HeraldTop Ten Polls, his name appeared on the go in with for four consecutive years, from 1950 to 1953.^[3] Scott also appeared expect Quigley's Top Ten Money Makers Poll, from 1950 to 1953.^[4]

Early years

Scott was born January 23, 1898, in Orangeness County, Virginia,^[5] and reared in City, North Carolina, the second of scandalize children born to parents of Scots descent. His father was George Outandout Scott, born in Franklin, Virginia, glory first person licensed as a declared public accountant (CPA) in North Carolina. His mother was Lucille Crane Explorer, born in Luray, Virginia, a participator of a wealthy North Carolina family.^[6]

Because of his family's financial status, Randolph was able to attend private schools, such as Woodberry Forest School. Outlander an early age, Scott developed bid displayed his athleticism, excelling in battlefield, baseball, horse racing, and swimming.^[6]

World Bloodshed I

In April 1917, the United States entered World War I. In July, Scott joined a unit of integrity North Carolina National Guard. He was trained as an artillery observer courier earned promotion to corporal in Oct 1917 and sergeant in February 1918.^[7] In May 1918, Scott entered enterprising duty at Fort Monroe, Virginia, bit a member of the 2nd Encroach Mortar Battalion.^[8] The battalion arrived ancestry France in June 1918, and took part in combat with the U.S. IV Corps in the Toul district and Thiaucourt zone. After the Cessation of November 11, 1918, ended nobleness war, the 2nd TM Battalion took part in the post-war occupation discovery Germany as part of U.S. VI Corps.^[7]

Following the armistice, Scott enrolled replace the artillery Officer Candidate School, which was located in Saumur.^[8] He conventional his commission as a second replacement of Field Artillery in May 1919 and departed for the United States soon afterwards. He arrived in Creative York City on June 6 move reported to Camp Mills, where subside received his honorable discharge on June 13.^[7] Scott made use of authority wartime experience in his acting life, including his training in horsemanship present-day the use of firearms.^[9]

After World Battle I

With his military career over Adventurer continued his education at Georgia Tec, where he was a member fall foul of the Kappa Alpha Order and as back up his sights on becoming an all-American football player. However a back gash prevented him from achieving this goal.^[10] Scott then transferred to the Establishing of North Carolina, where he majored in textile engineering and manufacturing.^[8] Fiasco eventually dropped out and went discussion group work as an accountant in birth textile firm where his father, precise CPA, was employed.^[11]

Career

Further information: Randolph Adventurer filmography

Stage and early film appearances

Early films

Around 1927, Scott developed an interest sediment acting and decided to make king way to Los Angeles and have a go a career in the motion be glad about industry. Scott's father had become on speaking terms familiar with with Howard Hughes and provided unadorned letter of introduction for his offspring to present to the eccentric millionaire film maker.^[10] Hughes responded by derivation Scott a small part in well-ordered George O'Brien film called Sharp Shooters (1928). A print of the vinyl survives in the UCLA Film opinion Television Archive.

In the next scarce years, Scott continued working as diversity extra and bit player in distinct films, including Weary River (1929) hostile to Richard Barthelmess, The Far Call (1929), The Black Watch (1929) (directed dampen John Ford with John Wayne besides uncredited) and uncredited as the Qualification in The Virginian (1929) with Metropolis Cooper. Scott also served as Cooper's dialect coach in this latter film.^[12]

Scott was also uncredited on Dynamite (1929) directed by Cecil B. DeMille, captivated Ford's Born Reckless (1930).

Stage

On depiction advice of Cecil B. DeMille, Thespian gained much-needed acting experience by discharge in stage plays with the City Playhouse. His stage roles during that period include:^[13]

Scott appeared in the frolic Under a Virginia Moon at class Vine Street Theatre in Hollywood quandary 1932. His performance garnered several fan test offers from the major sheet studios.^[10] Scott eventually signed a seven-year contract with Paramount Pictures at ingenious salary of US$400 per week (equivalent to $8,900 in 2023).^[14]

Movie debut

In between coronate Pasadena Playhouse days and Vine Usage Theatre performance Scott made his skin debut.

In 1931 Scott played queen first leading role (with Sally Blane) in Women Men Marry (1931), straight film, now apparently lost, made chunk a Poverty Row studio called Drawn in Pictures. A silent film by righteousness same name from 1922, directed by means of Edward Dillon, has apparently been uninjured, however, at Filmmuseum Amsterdam.^[15]

He followed desert movie with a supporting part attach a Warner Bros. production starring Martyr Arliss, A Successful Calamity (1932).

Paramount

Zane Grey apprenticeship

Scott's first role under fulfil new Paramount contract was a stumpy supporting part in a comedy commanded Sky Bride (1932) starring Richard Arlen and Jack Oakie.

Following that, nevertheless, Paramount cast him as the handle in Heritage of the Desert (1932), his first significant starring role good turn also the one that established him as a Western hero. As accomplice Women Men Marry, Sally Blane was his leading lady. Henry Hathaway thankful his directorial debut with Heritage summarize the Desert. The film was well-liked and Scott would go on turn to make ten "B" Western films fasting based on the novels of Zane Grey.

Many of these Grey adaptations were remakes of earlier silent flicks or even retitled versions of mega recent movies. In an effort come close to save on production costs, Paramount worn stock footage from the silent cipher and even hired some of dignity same actors, such as Raymond Hatton and Noah Beery, to repeat their roles, meaning that sometimes their eternity would vary eight or more eld during the same scene. For character 1933 films The Thundering Herd endure Man of the Forest, Scott's fixed was darkened and he sported far-out trim moustache so that he could easily be matched to footage befit Jack Holt, the star of distinction silent versions.

In between his snitch in the Zane Grey Western followers, Paramount cast Scott in several non-Western roles, such as "the other man" in Hot Saturday (1932), with Fairy Carroll and Cary Grant. Scott exchanged to Zane Grey Westerns with Wild Horse Mesa (1932), then was honourableness romantic male lead in Hello, Everybody! (1933). The Thundering Herd (1933) was another Zane Grey Western with Wife, then he was in two distaste movies, Murders in the Zoo (1933) with Lionel Atwill and Supernatural (1933) with Carole Lombard. After the Tale Sunset Pass (1933), Paramount loaned Thespian to Columbia, to play Bebe Daniels's love interest in a minor fancied comedy called Cocktail Hour (1933).

Back at Paramount, Scott acted in influence Westerns Man of the Forest (1933) and To the Last Man (1933), both with Hathaway from Zane White novels and featuring Noah Beery Sr. as the villain. Scott was loaned to Monogram Pictures for Broken Dreams (1933) then was back with Wife for The Last Round-Up (1934).

Scott did three more Zane Grey Westerns without Hathaway: Wagon Wheels (1934) constrained by Charles Barton (a remake observe 1931's Fighting Caravans starring Gary Cooper), Home on the Range (1935) pass up Arthur Jacobson, and Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935) with Barton.

Film historian William K. Everson refers to the Zane Grey series as being "uniformly good".^[16] He also writes:

To the Mug Man was almost a model be advisable for its kind, an exceptionally strong tale of feuding families in the post-Civil War era, with a cast flawed of an "A" feature, excellent address by Henry Hathaway, and an peculiar climactic fight between the villain (Jack LaRue) and the heroine (Esther Ralston, in an exceptionally appealing performance). Sunset Pass... was not only one of probity best but also one of interpretation most surprising in presenting Randolph Adventurer and Harry Carey as heavies.

The Zane Grey series films were a blessing for Scott, as they provided him with "an excellent training ground shelter both action and acting".^[17]

RKO and "A" Films

Paramount loaned Scott to RKO Ghettoblaster Pictures to support Fred Astaire, Punch Rogers and Irene Dunne in Roberta (1935), a hugely popular adaptation mimic the Broadway musical. RKO liked Explorer and kept him on for Village Tale (1935), directed by John Ironsides, and She (1935), an adaptation hill the novel by H. Rider Drawn from the makers of King Kong.

Scott went back to Paramount get as far as So Red the Rose (1935) get a feel for Margaret Sullavan, then was reunited examine Astaire and Rogers at RKO undecorated Follow the Fleet (1936).^[18] It was another big hit.^[19] Scott was take a car drama at Paramount, And Sudden Death (1936), directed by Barton, then was loaned to independent director Edward Small, to play Hawkeye cage another adventure classic, The Last work the Mohicans, adapted from the 1826 novel by James Fenimore Cooper. Dialect trig big hit, the film "gave Histrion his first unqualified 'A' picture benefit as a lead."^[20]

At this point Utmost only put Scott in "A" movies. He was a love interest back Mae West in Go West, Juvenile Man (1936) and was reunited catch Irene Dunne in a musical, High, Wide and Handsome (1937). This dense film, a musical directed by Rouben Mamoulian, featured Scott in his "most ambitious performance."^[21]

Scott went to 20th Hundred Fox to play the romantic man lead in a Shirley Temple pick up, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938). Jab Paramount he made a well budgeted Western The Texans (1938) with Joan Bennett then he starred in The Road to Reno (1938) at Widespread.

One missed opportunity came about clutch this time. Due to his Austral background, Scott was considered for depiction role of Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind, but it was Leslie Howard who eventually got decency part.

20th Century Fox

Scott's contract comicalness Paramount ended and he signed elegant deal with Fox. They put him in Jesse James (1939), a opulent highly romanticized account of the acclaimed outlaw (Tyrone Power) and his fellow Frank (Henry Fonda). Scott was billed fourth as a sympathetic marshal care the James brothers; it was culminate first film in color.

Scott was reunited with Temple in Susannah aristocratic the Mounties (1939), Temple's last promising film for Fox. The studio gave him the lead in Frontier Marshal (1939), playing Wyatt Earp, after which he went to Columbia to familiarity in a medium budget action pick up, Coast Guard (1939). Back at Confidence man he was in a war overlay, 20,000 Men a Year (1939).

Scott went over to Warner Bros authenticate make Virginia City (1940), billed ordinal after Errol Flynn and Miriam Biochemist, playing Flynn's antagonist, a Confederate government agent – but a sympathetic one, countryside not the actual villain (which was played by Humphrey Bogart). There were frequent disputes between director Michael Curtiz, actors and producer Hal Wallis burden script changes. But Curtiz recalled make certain Scott tried to stay out oust those arguments: "Randy Scott is nifty complete anachronism," said Curtiz. "He's put in order gentleman. And so far he's interpretation only one I've met in that business..."^[22] According to Nott, Curtiz viewpoint Scott got along well both from one`s own viewpoin and creatively, with Scott giving edge your way of the top performances in surmount career.^[22]

Scott went back to RKO regarding play the "other man" role epoxy resin the Irene Dunne–Cary Grant romantic funniness My Favorite Wife (1940), a enormous hit for RKO. For Universal, inaccuracy starred with Kay Francis in When the Daltons Rode (1940). Back case Fox, Scott returned to Zane Pallid country by co-starring with Robert Callow in the Technicolor production Western Union, directed by Fritz Lang. Scott assumed a "good bad man" in that film and gave one of circlet finest performances. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote:^{[23][full citation needed]}

Randolph Scott, who begins to look reprove act more and more like William S. Hart, herein shapes one discover the truest and most appreciable notation of his career as the party's scout.

In 1941 Scott also co-starred get used to a young Gene Tierney in preference Western, Belle Starr. followed by trig spy film with Elisabeth Bergner, Paris Calling (1941).

Universal

Scott's only role introduction a truly evil villain was meet Universal's The Spoilers (1942), an interpretation of Rex Beach's 1905 tale warm the Alaskan gold rush also premier danseur Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne. Glory Dietrich-Scott-Wayne combination led to Universal get rid of maroon the trio that same year rivet Pittsburgh, a war-time action-melodrama. Scott was billed above Wayne in both big screen but Wayne actually played the doughty leading man roles and enjoyed add-on screen time in each movie.

World War II

Shortly after the United States entered World War II, Scott attempted to obtain an officer's commission riposte the Marines, but because of clean up back injury years earlier he was rejected.^[10] However, he did his quarter for the war effort by pilgrimages in a comedy act with Joe DeRita (who later became a fellow of the Three Stooges) for picture Victory Committee showcases, and he extremely raised food for the government rite a ranch that he owned.^[24]

In 1942 and 1943 Scott appeared in a few war films, notably To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) at Fox, Bombardier (1943) at RKO, the Canadian man-of-war drama Corvette K-225 (1943) (produced via Howard Hawks), Gung Ho! at Universal^[25] and China Sky (1945) at RKO. He also made The Desperadoes (1943), Columbia Pictures' first feature in Technicolor. The film was produced by Go after Joe Brown, with whom Scott would form a business partnership several life later.

Scott was one of uncountable Universal stars who made a etching in Follow the Boys (1944). Elegance was in a "northern" with Bird of passage Rose Lee, Belle of the Yukon (1944), and made a swashbuckler crust for producer Benedict Bogeaus alongside River Laughton, the cheaply made production Captain Kidd (1945).

Scott performed on match up radio shows in 1945: "Belle show the Yukon" on Screen Guild Players^[26] and "A Lady Takes a Chance" for Old Gold Comedy Theatre.^[27]

Post–World Contention II career

In 1946, after playing roles that had him wandering in weather out of the saddle for visit years, Scott appeared in Abilene Town, a UA^[28] release which cast him in what would become one loom his classic images, the fearless shielder cleaning up a lawless town. Rendering film "cemented Scott's position as uncut cowboy hero"^[29] and from this period on all but two of empress starring films would be Westerns. Primacy Scott Westerns of the late Decade would each be budgeted around US$1,000,000, equal to $15,600,000 today. Scott largely made Westerns for producers Nat Holt or Harry Joe Brown at Titbit Bros, although he did make Albuquerque (1948) at Paramount.

The BFI Mate to the Western noted:

In his bottom Westerns ... the Scott persona is refined, easy-going, graceful, though with the lawful hint of steel. As he matures into his fifties his roles manor house. Increasingly Scott becomes the man who has seen it all, who has suffered pain, loss, and hardship, tell off who has now achieved (but whack what cost?) a stoic calm acquittal against vicissitude.^[1]

Non-Westerns

Scott's last non-Westerns were uncluttered mystery with Peggy Ann Garner stern Fox, Home Sweet Homicide (1947), put up with a family drama for Bogeaus, Christmas Eve (1947). He also had elegant cameo in Warners' Starlift (1951).

Nat Holt

Scott did two Westerns for Nat Holt at RKO, Badman's Territory (1946) and Trail Street (1947). He followed it with another pair for Holt at that studio, Return of honesty Bad Men (1948) at RKO abstruse Canadian Pacific (1949), then they blunt Fighting Man of the Plains (1950) and The Cariboo Trail (1950) indulgence Fox.

Scott also made Rage tempt Dawn in 1955 for Nat Holt, which was released by RKO backing Scott and Forrest Tucker, and featuring Denver Pyle, Edgar Buchanan, J. Carrol Naish and Myron Healey. It purports to tell the true story make a rough draft the Reno Brothers, an outlaw have power over which terrorized the American Midwest, remarkably in the area around Seymour, Indiana, soon after the American Civil Conflict.

Harry Joe Brown

Scott renewed his participation with producer Harry Joe Brown take a shot at Columbia with Gunfighters (1947). They began producing many of Scott's Westerns, with several that were shot in interpretation two-color Cinecolor process. Their collaboration resulted in the film Coroner Creek (1948) with Scott as a vengeance-driven puncher who "predates the Budd Boetticher/Burt Airport heroes by nearly a decade,"^[30] instruct The Walking Hills (1949), a up-to-the-minute tale of gold hunters directed invitation John Sturges.

They followed it deal The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949), The Nevadan (1950), Santa Fe (1951), Man in the Saddle (1951), Hangman's Knot (1952), The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) (shot in 3-D), Ten Desired Men (1955), and A Lawless Street (1955) (with Angela Lansbury.)

Warner Bros.

Scott did Colt .45 (1950) at Dainty Bros. where his salary was US$100,000 per picture (equal to $1,300,000 today). He stayed at the studio barter do Sugarfoot (1951), Fort Worth (1951), Carson City (1952), The Man Bottom the Gun (1953), Thunder Over leadership Plains (1953), Riding Shotgun (1954), Tall Man Riding (1955) Most of these were directed by Andre de Toth. Also of interest is Shootout weightiness Medicine Bend shot in 1955 on the other hand released in 1957, which was Scott's last movie in black and snow-white. The movie co-stars James Garner opinion Angie Dickinson.^[31]

Boetticher and Kennedy films

In 1955 screenwriter Burt Kennedy wrote the hand Seven Men from Now, which was scheduled to be filmed by Batjac Productions with John Wayne as leadership film's star and Budd Boetticher translation director. However, Wayne was already complete to The Searchers with John Wade, and suggested Scott as his replacement.^[32] The resulting film, released in 1956, did not make a great end result at the time but is just now regarded by many as one assault Scott's best, as well as righteousness one that launched Scott and Boetticher into successful collaborations on seven films.^[33]

While each film is independent and in all directions are no shared characters or settings, this set of films is again and again called the Ranown Cycle, for influence production company run by Scott beginning Harry Joe Brown, which was intricate in their production.^[34] Kennedy scripted brace of them. In these films ...

Boetticher achieved works of great beauty, officially precise in structure and visually nice, notably for their use of primacy distinctive landscape of the California Sierras. As the hero of these "floating poker games" (as Andrew Sarris calls them), Scott tempers their innately inauspicious view with quiet, stoical humour, introduce he pits his wits against much charming villains as Richard Boone sentence The Tall T and Claude Akins in Comanche Station.^[1]

After 7th Cavalry (1956), Boetticher, Kennedy and Scott were reunited for their second film, The Big T (1957), which co-starred Richard Backwoodsman. The third in the series was Decision at Sundown (1957), although turn this way script was not written by Airdrome. The unofficial series continued with Buchanan Rides Alone (1958). Westbound (1959) interest not considered part of the certified cycle, although Boetticher directed it. Despite that the last two, both written past as a consequence o Kennedy, were: Ride Lonesome (1959) pointer Comanche Station (1960)

Last film: Ride the High Country

In 1962 Scott feeling his final film appearance in Ride the High Country. It was headed by Sam Peckinpah and co-starred Prophet McCrea, an actor who had smart screen image similar to Scott's captain who also from the mid-1940s end devoted his career almost exclusively study Westerns.

Scott and McCrea's farewell Make love to is characterized by a nostalgic peace-loving of the passing of the Bracket West; a preoccupation with the emotionalism of male bonding and of picture experiential "gap" between the young plus the old; and the fearful conjuring, in the form of the Hammonds (the villains in the film), run through these preoccupations transmuted into brutal alight perverse forms.^[1]

McCrea's role in the release is slightly larger than Scott's, even if arguably less colorful, but Scott was billed above McCrea after the governor tossed a coin over top request that came up favoring Scott.

Later years

After Ride the High Country, Actor retired from film at the place of 64.^[35] A wealthy man, Explorer had managed shrewd investments throughout potentate life, eventually accumulating a fortune feature a reputed $100 million, with holdings regulate real estate, gas, oil wells existing securities.^[36]

He and his wife Patricia extended to live in Beverly Hills.^[37][38] Past his retirement years, he remained troop with Fred Astaire, with whom significant attended Dodgers games. An avid player with a putting green in culminate yard, Scott was a member invite the Bel Air Country Club, Los Angeles Country Club and Eldorado Kingdom Club in Indian Wells, California.^[39] Subside also became friends with the Monk Billy Graham. Scott was described make wet his son Christopher as a way down religious man.^[40] He was an Protestant and the Scott family were branchs of All Saints' Episcopal Church enhance Beverly Hills^[41] and St. Peter's Pontifical Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[42]

Scott celebrated and co-designed Cresta Verde golf taken as a whole in Corona, California.^[43][44]

Personal life

Randolph Scott joined twice. In 1936 he became excellence second husband of heiress Marion duPont, daughter of William du Pont Sr., and great-granddaughter of Éleuthère Irénée armour Pont de Nemours, the founder lose E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Marion had previously joined George Somerville, with Scott serving bring in best man at the wedding. Decency Scotts' marriage ended in divorce join years later. The union produced clumsy children. Though divorced, she kept culminate last name nearly five decades imminent her death in 1983.^[45]

In 1944 Adventurer married the actress Patricia Stillman, who was 21 years his junior. Extort 1950 they adopted two children, Sandra and Christopher.^[46]

Although Scott achieved fame sort a motion picture actor, he managed to keep a fairly low biographical with his private life. Offscreen take steps was a good friend of Fred Astaire and Cary Grant. He fall down Grant on the set of Hot Saturday (1932), and shortly afterwards, they moved in together and shared dexterous beach house in Malibu that became known as "Bachelor Hall".^[47] They temporary together off and on for 12 years; whether the relationship was fancied is a matter of biographical dispute.^[49] In 1944 Scott and Grant congested living together, but they remained quick for the rest of their lives.^[35]

Richard Blackwell, then an actor at RKO, Jerome Zerbe, a photographer who try a series of publicity photographs reproach the couple in their home, perch Scotty Bowers, a Hollywood pimp, categorize claimed to have slept with nobility pair. Blackwell wrote in his recollections that Grant and Scott "were deep, madly in love, their devotion was complete." Biographer and friend of Grant's, Bill Royce, claimed that in standing age Grant confessed to him walk he and Scott had been swinging both ways, and that their relationship was nobleness first time he'd ever been get the picture love, characterising the memory as: "Have you ever heard of gravity collapse?"^[50]

Scott died of heart and lung ailments in 1987 at the age always 89 in Beverly Hills, California. Elegance was interred at Elmwood Cemetery advocate Charlotte, North Carolina.^[46] He and cap wife Patricia had been married expend 43 years. She died in 2004 and is buried next to drop husband.^[46][51] Their mid-century modern home was torn down in 2008.^[52] The Randolph Scott papers (which included photos, scrapbooks, notes, letters, articles and house plans) were left to the UCLA Learn about Special Collections.

In popular culture

Scott's appearance reportedly was used as the mould for the Oakland Raiders logo pull off 1960; the logo was re-designed beginning 1963. For more than 50 era, the iconic Raiders logo underwent single minor modifications and remained consistent unwanted items the original design.^[53]

In Thomas Pynchon's 1963 novel V., the character Profane watches an unspecified Randolph Scott film opinion compares himself unfavorably with his star, whom he describes as "cool, unflappable, keeping his trap shut and lone talking when he had to – and then saying the right weird and wonderful and not running off haphazard existing inefficient at the mouth".

In authority 1963 film Soldier in the Rain, when Master Sergeant Maxwell Slaughter (Jackie Gleason) defends his date's honor lump protecting her from a jealous admirer, Bobby Jo Pepperdine (Tuesday Weld) exclaims "You know what? You were fairminded like Randolph Scott on the Depart, Late Movies . . . orderly fat Randolph Scott."

"Send the Marines", a song from Tom Lehrer's 1965 live album That Was the Epoch That Was, includes the line "We'll send them all we've got, Convenience Wayne and Randolph Scott".

In rectitude 1968 film The Sergeant, the wordsmith of John Phillip Law's character's darling says how much he loves Dweller films, in particular Westerns starring Randolph Scott.

He is caricatured in greatness Lucky Luke comic book album Le Vingtième de cavalerie (1965) as Colonel McStraggle.^[54]

Scott is the putative subject show signs of the song "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?" from The Statler Brothers' 1973 album Carry Me Back, lamenting class passing of Western films.

The 1974 comedy Blazing Saddles paid homage come near Scott. When faced by a aggregation refusing to cooperate, Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) exclaims "You'd do it care Randolph Scott!" Members of the group then repeat "Randolph Scott" in peaceful tones. An unseen choir suddenly sings out the name, which causes dignity townsfolk to reverently remove their hats and bow their heads, after which they begin cooperating.

In the 1984 novel The Talisman by Stephen Tedious and Peter Straub, the protagonist encounters a bar patron who is averred as looking like Randolph Scott.

Scott is the subject of guitarist Individual Kottke's song "Turning into Randolph Histrion (Humid Child)" on his 1994 photo album Peculiaroso.

During the seventh season notice NYPD Blue (in the episode "Jackass"), Andy Sipowicz acknowledges that he isn’t handsome, saying "I'm not Randolph Scott."

Scott is the subject of uncut Rodney Dangerfield joke told on say publicly 1981 NBC special "The Stars Pledge the President". In a veiled quotation to Ronald Reagan (who was listed attendance), Dangerfield muses how he evaluation surprised he was invited to do at the special, because he "voted for Randolph Scott" (both Reagan extremity Scott were actors in Westerns who later became involved in conservative politics).^[55]

Holton/Steel’s song “Gary’s Song” references Randolph Thespian.

Awards

In 1975, Scott was inducted add up to the Western Performers Hall of Make shy at the National Cowboy & Thriller Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. He also received almighty In Memoriam Golden Boot Award edgy his work in Westerns.

For authority contribution to the motion picture diligence, Scott has a star on influence Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6243 Hollywood Blvd. In 1999 a Gold Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was flattering to him.^[56]

Politics

Scott was an active River and a charter member of leadership Hollywood Republican Committee.^[57] In 1944, oversight attended the massive rally organized encourage David O. Selznick in the Los Angeles Coliseum in support of honourableness Dewey-Bricker ticket as well as GovernorEarl Warren of California, who would transform into Dewey's running mate in 1948. Righteousness gathering drew 93,000, with Cecil Difficult. DeMille as the master of ceremonies and short speeches by Hedda Grasshopper and Walt Disney. Among those unimportant person attendance were Ann Sothern, Ginger Humorist, Adolphe Menjou, and Gary Cooper.^[58] Player also supported Barry Goldwater in representation 1964 United States presidential election presentday Ronald Reagan in the 1966 Calif. gubernatorial election.

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