Fred Scott
Acting
Biography
Fred Leedon Scott (February 14, 1902 - December 16, 1991) was an American actor best known as a singing cowboy star in Westerns during the 1930s and 1940s. Scott was born on February 14, 1902 in Fresno, California, United States. He took voice lessons as a child and started acting in community theater at sixteen followed by working with a traveling troupe. Scott's family moved to Llano del Rio. He found work as acowboy on a cattle ranch and tried to parlay the skills into film roles on horseback. He spent three years at Pathé as Helen Twelvetrees leading man. He broke into Westerns with a singing part in a Harry Carey film. For a while, Scott did opera and stage performances before returning to Hollywood and becoming a leading man in many musical Westerns produced by Spectrum Pictures earning him the nickname "The Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo." He made nearly two dozen films with comedy sidekick Al St. John, and some of his films were produced by Stan Laurel. Scott retired from film in the late 1940s and managed his own rental properties. He died on December 16, 1991 in Riverside, California.
Born: February 14, 1902
Known For
Filmography
as Player 1
as (archive footage)
as Dave Armstrong
as Buck Knapp
as Fred Martin
as Fred Dean Jr
as Fred Dawson
as Fred Jamison
as Melody Hardy
as Fred
as Ranger Tex Duncan
as Tom Bentley
as Minstrel
as Jeff Peters / Tom Killer Dane
as Steve Condon
as Grant Gordon
as Barry Glendon
as Larry Dixon - Movie Singing Cowboy
as Soldier
as Fred
as Garry
as Kelly
as Singing Texas Ranger
as Spike Mulligan