Highest Rated: 100% The Virginian (1929)
Lowest Rated: 50% Supernatural (1933)
Birthday: Jan 23, 1898
Birthplace: Orange County, Virginia, USA
Ruggedly handsome star who entered film as a bit player in 1929 as a result of a chance meeting with Howard Hughes. Scott proved himself a versatile lead in the mid-1930s and played several military heroes during and after the war years, before settling into a popular niche as a weathered, quiet-talking cowboy. Some of Scott's best work came in the late 1950s, when he formed the Ranown production company with Harry Joe Brown and starred in a series of adult-oriented westerns directed by Budd Boetticher. He turned in an engagingly self-effacing swan song as the aging gunslinger in Sam Peckinpah's valentine to the genre, "Ride the High Country" (1962).
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89% | | Ride the High Country | Gil Westrum (Character) | - | 1962 |
100% | | Comanche Station | Jefferson Cody (Character), Producer | - | 1960 |
90% | | Ride Lonesome | Ben Brigade (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | | Westbound | Capt. John Hayes (Character) | - | 1959 |
100% | | Buchanan Rides Alone | Tom Buchanan (Character) | - | 1958 |
100% | | The Tall T | Pat Brennan (Character) | - | 1957 |
100% | | Decision at Sundown | Bart Allison (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend | Capt. Buck Devlin (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | | 7th Cavalry | Capt. Tom Benson (Character), Associate Producer | - | 1956 |
100% | | Seven Men From Now | Ben Stride (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | | Tall Man Riding | Larry Madden (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | | A Lawless Street | Marshal Calem Ware (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | | Rage at Dawn | James Barlow (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | | Ten Wanted Men | John Stewart (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | | The Bounty Hunter | Jim Kipp/ | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | | Riding Shotgun | Larry Delong (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Riding Shotgun | Larry Delong (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Jeff Travis (Character), Associate Producer | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | | The Man Behind the Gun | Major Ransome Callicut (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | | Thunder Over the Plains | Captain David Porter (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | | Carson City | Silent Jeff Kincaid (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | | Hangman's Knot | Major Matt Stewart (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | | Starlift | Self | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | | Man in the Saddle | Owen Merritt (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | | Santa Fe | Britt Canfield (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swirl of Glory | Jackson 'Sugarfoot' Redan (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | | Fort Worth | Ned Britt (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sugarfoot | Jackson "Sugarfoot" Redan (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | | Cariboo Trail | Jim Redfern (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | | Colt .45 | Steve Farrell (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | | The Nevadan | Andrew Barclay (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | | The Doolins of Oklahoma | Bill Doolin/ | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | | Canadian Pacific | Tom Andrews (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Walking Hills | Jim Carey (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | | Fighting Man of the Plains | Jim Dancer (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | | Albuquerque | Cole Armin (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | | Return of the Bad Men | Vance (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | | Coroner Creek | Chris Danning (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | | Trail Street | Marshal William Bartley "Bat" Masterson (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sinner's Holiday | Jonathan "Johnny" (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | | Christmas Eve | Jonathan `'Johnny'` (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | | Gunfighters | Brazos Kane (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | | Badman's Territory | Sheriff Mark Rowley (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | | Abilene Town | Dan Mitchell (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home Sweet Homicide | Lt. Bill Smith (Character) | - | 1946 |
100% | | Captain Kidd | Adam Mercy/ | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | China Sky | Dr. Gray Thompson (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | | Belle of the Yukon | Honest John Calhoun (Character) | - | 1944 |
80% | | The Desperadoes | 'Sheriff' Steve Upton (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | | Gung Ho! | Col. Thorwald (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | | Bombardier | Capt. Buck Oliver (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Corvette K-225 | Lieut. Commander MacClain (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | | Pittsburgh | John "Cash" Evans (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | | The Spoilers | Alexander McNamara (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | | To the Shores of Tripoli | Sgt. Dixie Smith (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | | Belle Starr | Sam Starr (Character) | - | 1941 |
86% | | Western Union | Vance Shaw (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paris Calling | Lt. Nicholas "Nick" Jordan (Character) | - | 1941 |
86% | | My Favorite Wife | Burkett (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | | When the Daltons Rode | Tod Jackson (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | | Virginia City | Vance Irby (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | | Frontier Marshal | Wyatt Earp (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | | Jesse James | Marshall Will Wright (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | | Susannah of the Mounties | Monty (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coast Guard | Lt. Thomas "Speed" Bradshaw (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 20,000 Men a Year | Brad Reynolds (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | | The Texans | Kirk Jordan (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Anthony Kent (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Road to Reno | Steve Fortness (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | | High, Wide and Handsome | Peter Cortlandt (Character) | - | 1937 |
60% | | Go West, Young Man | Bud Norton (Character) | - | 1936 |
83% | | Follow the Fleet | Bilge Smith (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | | The Last of the Mohicans | Hawkeye (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | And Sudden Death | Police Lt. James Knox (Character) | - | 1936 |
50% | | She | Leo Vincey (Character) | - | 1935 |
86% | | Roberta | John Kent (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fighting Westerner | Larry Sutton (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | | So Red the Rose | Duncan Bedford (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Village Tale | T.N. "Slaughter" Somerville (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home on the Range | Tom Hatfield (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Buffalo Stampede | Tom Doan (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Wheels | Clint Belmet (Character) | - | 1934 |
50% | | Supernatural | Grant Wilson (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | | Law of Vengeance | Lynn Hayden (Character) | - | 1933 |
71% | | Murders in the Zoo | Dr. Jack Woodford (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Broken Dreams | Dr. Robert Morley (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man of the Forest | Brett Dale (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | co*cktail Hour | Randolph Morgan (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hello, Everybody | Hunt Blake (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wild Horse Mesa | Chane Weymer (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | | Hot Saturday | Bill Fadden (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When the West Was Young | Jack Hare (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Successful Calamity | Larry Rivers - The Polo Coach (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Women Men Marry | Steve Bradley (Character) | - | 1931 |
100% | | The Virginian | Rider (Character) | - | 1929 |