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Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American motion picture actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962.
George Randolph Scott was born in Orange County, Virginia on January 23, 1898, the only son of six children born to George Scott, an administrative engineer in a textile firm, and Lucille Crane Scott, a member of a wealthy North Carolina family. Although Scott`s birth was in Virginia, his family lived in North Carolina and it was there that he was raised. Because of his family`s financial status, young Randolph was able to be educated in private schools such as Woodberry Forest School. From an early age Scott developed and displayed an athletic trait, excelling in football, baseball, horse racing, and swimming. In April 1917 the United States entered World War I. Shortly afterwards, Scott, then 19 years old, joined the Army and served in France as an artillery observer with the 2nd Trench Mortar Battalion, 19th Field Artillery. Scott`s wartime experience would give him training that would be put to use in his later film career, including the use of firearms and horsemanship. In 1962 Randolph Scott made his final film appearance in Ride the High Country, a film now regarded as a classic. It was directed by Sam Peckinpah and co-starred Joel McCrea, an actor who had a screen image similar to Scott`s and who also from the mid-1940s on devoted his career almost exclusively to Westerns. Following the making of Ride the High Country, Randolph Scott retired from film making at the age of 64. Having made shrewd investments throughout his life, he eventually accumulated a fortune worth a reputed $100 million. He was a major supporter of the Republican Party and an early backer of Ronald Reagan. During his retirement years he remained friends with Fred Astaire and also became friends with Reverend Billy Graham. (Scott was described by his son Christopher as being a deeply religious man.) Randolph Scott died at age 89 in Beverly Hills, California. He was interred in the Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte, North Carolina |
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes Frankly, I don`t like publicity. I always remember something that David Belasco said and had incorporated in the contracts of his stars. His theory was, "Never let yourself be seen in public unless they pay for it". To me, that makes sense. The most glamorous, the most fascinating star our business ever had was [Greta Garbo]. Why? Because she kept herself from the public. Each member of the audience had his own idea of what she was really like. But take the other stars of today. There is no mystery about them. The public knows what kind of toothpaste they use, whether they sleep in men`s pajamas and every intimate fact of their lives. When I read publicity about them, I can tell just which press agent they employ. [in 1962] All the old movies are turning up on television, and frankly, making pictures doesn`t interest me too much any more. They have been the mainstay of the industry ever since its beginning. And they have been good to me. Westerns are a type of picture which everybody can see and enjoy. Westerns always make money. And they always increase a star`s fan following.Trivia Due to his shrewd financial investments, Scott was reportedly worth around $100 million by the end of his life. He was a right-wing Republican and one of Hollywood's biggest supporters of Ronald Reagan as governor of California. Best friends were Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, and the Reverend Billy Graham. From 1950 to 1953, Scott was among Hollywood's Top 10 box office draws. His image from his westerns as an upright, outstanding sheriff or cowboy was so strong, it was paid homage to in Mel Brooks's classic comedy Blazing Saddles (1974). When the African-American sheriff chides the reluctant townspeople that they would have helped Randolph Scott, the great western star's name is intoned by a chorus on the soundtrack and the townspeople are won over. Interred at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, just four blocks from his boyhood home at 312 W. 10th Street. Formed Ranown Productions with producer Harry Joe Brown and produced several films. Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1975. Was the inspiration for the popular 1973 song "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?," a top-20 country hit for the The Statler Brothers. During the '30s, was roommates with Cary Grant in a beach house known jocularly as Bachelor Hall. The close friendship between Scott and Grant and the steady stream of women into and out of Bachelor Hall have fed rumor mills for years. He was very ill in the final years of his life, and was hospitalized several times with pneumonia. Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 764-766. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. Rode a beautiful blond sorrel horse named Stardust in many of his westerns. Remained close friends with Cary Grant until the day he died. When he heard of his old friend's death, he reportedly put his head in his hands and wept. | ||
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