Randolph Scott Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American film actor whose career spanned 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 even 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 more than 60 were in Westerns; thus, "of all the major stars whose name was associated with the Western, Scott 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, and Sam Peckinpah. He also worked on multiple occasions with prominent directors: Henry Hathaway (eight times), Ray Enright (seven), Edwin R. Marin (seven), André de Toth (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 (6 ft 2.5 in; 189 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:In his earlier Westerns ... the Scott persona is debonair, easy-going, graceful, though with the necessary hint of steel. As he matures into his fifties his roles change. Increasingly Scott becomes the man who has seen it all, who has suffered pain, loss, and hardship, and who has now achieved (but at what cost?) a stoic calm proof against vicissitude.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, eighth in 1951, and again 10th in 1952. Scott also appeared in the Quigley's Top Ten Money Makers Poll from 1950 to 1953.
Full Name
Randolph Scott
Net Worth
$1.1 Million
Date Of Birth
January 23, 1898
Died
March 2, 1987, Beverly Hills, California, United States
Death Cause
Heart and lung disease
Place Of Birth
Orange County, Virginia, USA
Height
1.9 m
Occupation
Actor
Profession
Film producer, Actor, Accountant
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nationality
American
Spouse
Patricia Stillman (m. 1944–1987), Marion duPont Scott (m. 1936–1939)
Children
Sandra Scott, Christopher Scott
Parents
George Grant Scott, Lucille Crane Scott
Siblings
Joseph Scott, Katherine Scott, Virginia Scott, Margaret Scott, Barbara Scott
Nicknames
Randolph Scott, Scott, Randolph
IMDB
Movies
Ride Lonesome, Ride the High Country, The Tall T, Abilene Town, Seven Men from Now, Comanche Station, Rage at Dawn, Decision at Sundown, Gunfighters, Buchanan Rides Alone, The Cariboo Trail, Man in the Saddle, My Favorite Wife, The Stranger Wore a Gun, Frontier Marshal, Westbound, Ten Wanted Men, Ha...
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Trademark
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Cinched up chin strap
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Deep voice and unemotional demeanor
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Roles in westerns
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Quote
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[on his father] He went to see all my films--not because he had a son starring in them, but because he thought I looked like Wallace Reid, his favorite actor.
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[on his short marriage to heiress Marianna du Pont Somerville] Our separation is entirely friendly. It's merely a case of being separated too much, which did not prove compatible with marriage.
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[on his mother] She was an old-fashioned Southern lady who always contended movies were not here to stay, My five sisters took her to see me in a film and the first time she saw me on the screen, she said, "Oh, no! That can't be Randolph. This feller's older than Randy and not so good-looking".
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I had always been a fatalist about my career. What was to be was to be. At least it worked out that way in my case. My retirement is both voluntary and involuntary. One reason, and this is voluntary, is the impact of television. All old movies are turning up on television, and frankly making pictures doesn't interest me anymore. Another reason is that the film industry is in a declining state.
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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 Garbo [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.
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[in 1962] All the old movies are turning up on television, and frankly, making pictures doesn't interest me too much any more.
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[about Westerns] 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.
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Fact
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He and his second wife adopted two children in 1950.
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His face is rumored to be the model for the Oakland Raiders logo.
According to his adopted son Chris Scott in his book about his father, Randolph Scott wore a hearing aid during the last years of his life.
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He was scheduled to co-star once again with friend Cary Grant in Spawn of the North (1938), but salacious rumors about the two caused Paramount to replace them with Henry Fonda and George Raft. Shortly after completing his Paramount contract Scott opted not to resign and instead moved to Fox.
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In 1965 Mike Connolly reported that Scott was one of the wealthiest actors in the world with real estate holdings in San Fernando and Palm Springs alone worth over $100 million.
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Lupe Velez claimed in 1932 that she was going to marry Scott but changed her mind. Scott denied this, saying he only saw her once at the Brown Derby.
Scott served in France in World War I with the 2nd Trench Mortar Battalion, 19th Field Artillery.
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During the early 1950s he was a consistent box-office draw. In the annual Motion Picture Herald Top Ten Polls, he ranked tenth in 1950, eighth in 1951 and again tenth in 1952.
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Campaigned for Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election, and attended the Republican National Convention.
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Retired from acting at the age of 64 after the Sam Peckinpah western Ride the High Country (1962), stating that movie acting no longer interested him.
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He was very ill in the final years of his life, and was hospitalized several times with pneumonia.
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From 1950-53 he was among Hollywood's Top 10 box-office draws.
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Due to his shrewd financial investments, he was reportedly worth around $100 million by the end of his life.
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He was a conservative Republican and one of Hollywood's biggest supporters of Ronald Reagan as governor of California.
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Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 764-766. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
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His image from his Westerns as an upright, outstanding sheriff or cowboy was so strong that it was paid homage to in Mel Brooks' classic comedy Blazing Saddles (1974). When the African-American sheriff asks the reluctant townspeople for their help in fighting the bad guys, they unanimously reject him. However, when he says, "You'd do it for Randolph Scott!", a heavenly chorus in the background sings "Randolph Scott!", and the townspeople change their minds.
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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. He himself would die a little over 2 months afterwards.
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Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1975.
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Was the inspiration for the popular 1973 song "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?," a top-20 country hit for the The Statler Brothers.
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Interred at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, just four blocks from his boyhood home at 312 W. 10th Street.
Rode a beautiful blond sorrel horse named Stardust in many of his westerns.
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From 1932-44 he 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. It was said by some that Grant and Scott were lovers, and the women were arranged by the film studios for public effect. A good number of women who knew both men stated unequivocally that the rumors were untrue, although it was said they were paid to say this by the studios.
