* 23.01.1898, Orange County, Virginia, USA † 02.03.1987, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Schauspieler * Studium [textile engineering and manufacturing] am Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta und an der University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill * Schauspielausbildung am Pasadena Community Playhouse * 1928 erste Kleinstrollen [bits] beim Film - darüber hinaus Sprachtrainer und Stuntman * Vertrag bei Paramount * nach einigen Rollen als romantic lead steigt zum Western-Star auf [in A- und B-Pictures] * während des Krieges in etlichen Uniformrollen - nach 1945 wirkt fast nur noch in Western mit * in 50er Jahren Gründung der Produktionsfirma Ranown (zusammen mit Harry Joe Brown) * 1955-59 erfolgreiche Zusammenarbeit mit Budd Boetticher (7 Filme) * 1962 zieht sich aus dem Filmgeschäft zurück

"I believe Randolph Scott could have gone further as a performer. But he did not have the ambition to step up, to be better in anything except golf. Golf was all that counted. He was a handsome man; took showers twice a day, I believe. He was a man whose shoes shined. But he had a tremendous inferiority complex about his acting ability, and that made him stiff... he was Randy Scott. Which had advantages, but no surprises." André De Toth

FILMS

The Far Call (1929-USA * Allan Dwan / bit als Helms) 59m
Women Men Marry (1931-USA * Charles Hutchinson / Steve Bradley)
A Successful Calamity (Rettender Ruin, 1931-USA * John G. Adolphi / Larry)
Hot Saturday (1932-USA * William A. Seiter / Fadden)
Heritage of the Desert (1932-USA * Henry Hathaway / Jack Hare)*
Wild Horse Mesa (1932-USA * Henry Hathaway / Chane Weymer)
Hello Everybody ! (1932-USA * William A. Seiter / Hunt Blake)
Murders in the Zoo (1933-USA * A. Edward Sutherland / Dr. Woodford)
Supernatural (1933-USA * Victor Halperin / Grant Wilson)
Sunset Pass (1933-USA * Henry Hathaway / Ash Preston)
Cocktail Hour (1933-USA * Victor Schertzinger / Randolph Morgan)
Man of the Forest (1933-USA * Henry Hathaway / Brett Dale)
To the Last Man (1933-USA * Henry Hathaway / Lynn Hayden)
Broken Dreams (1933-USA * Robert G. Vignola / Robert Morley)
The Thundering Herd (1933-USA * Henry Hathaway / Tom Doan)
The Last Round-Up (1934-USA * Henry Hathaway / Jim Cleve)
Wagon Wheels (1934-USA * Charles T. Barton / Clint) 56m
Home on the Range (1934-USA * Arthur Jacobson / Tom Hartfield) 54m
Roberta (1934/35-USA * William A. Seiter / John)
Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935-USA * Charles T. Barton / Larry Sutton)*
Village Tale (1935-USA * John Cromwell / Slaughter Somerville)
She (She - Herrscherin einer versunkenen Welt, 1935-USA * Irving Pichel, Lansing C. Holden / Leo Vincey)
So Red the Rose (1935-USA * King Vidor / Duncan Bedford)
Follow the Fleet (Marine gegen Liebeskummer, 1935/36-USA * Mark Sandrich / Bilge Smith)
And Sudden Death (1936-USA * Charles T. Barton / James Knox)
The Last of the Mohicans (Der Letzte der Mohikaner, 1936-USA * George B. Seitz / Hawkeye)
Go West, Young Man (Auf in den Westen, 1936-USA * Henry Hathaway / Bud Norton)
High, Wide and Handsome (1937-USA * Rouben Mamoulian / Peter Cortlandt)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1937/38-USA * Allan Dwan / Anthony Kent)
The Texans (1938-USA * James P. Hogan / Kirk Jordan)
The Road to Reno (1938-USA * S. Sylvan Simon / Steve Fortness)
Jesse James (Jesse James - Mann ohne Gesetz, 1938-USA * Henry King / Will Wright)
Susannah of the Mounties (Fräulein Winnetou, 1939-USA * William A. Seiter / Angus [Monty] Montague)
Frontier Marshal (1939-USA * Allan Dwan / Wyatt Earp)
Coast Guard (1939-USA * Edward Ludwig / "Speed" Bradshaw)
20,000 Men a Year (1939-USA * Alfred E. Green / Brad Reynolds)
Virginia City (Goldschmuggel nach Virginia, 1939-USA * Michael Curtiz / Vance Irby)
My Favorite Wife (Meine liebste Frau, 1940-USA * Garson Kanin / Stephen Burkett)
When the Daltons Rode (Die Bande der Fünf, 1940-USA * George Marshall / Tod Jackson)
# Western Union (1940-USA * Fritz Lang ... Vance Shaw) (Roman von Zane Grey) (09-11/+12; 4102)
Belle Starr (1941-USA * Irving Cummings / Sam Starr)
Paris Calling (1941-USA * Edwin L. Marin / Nick)
To the Shores of Tripoli (1942-USA * H. Bruce Humberstone / Dixie Smith)
The Spoilers (Die Freibeuterin, 1942-USA * Ray Enright / McNamara)
Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, 1942-USA * Lewis Seiler / Cash Evans)
The Desperadoes (Desperados - Aufruhr der Gesetzlosen, 1943-USA * Charles Vidor / Steve Upton)
Bombardier (Ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste, 1943-USA * Richard Wallace / Buck Oliver)*
Corvette K-225 (Korvette K 225, 1943-USA * Richard Rosson / Lt. Commander MacLain)
Gung Ho ! (Unternehmen Donnerschlag, 1943-USA * Ray Enright / Colonel Thorwald)
Belle of the Yukon (1944-USA * William A. Seiter / Honest John Calhoun)
China Sky (Am Himmel von China, 1945-USA * Ray Enright / Gray Thompson)
Captain Kidd (Unter schwarzer Flagge, 1945-USA * Rowland V. Lee / Adam Mercy)
Abilene Town (Banditen ohne Maske, 1945/46-USA * Edwin L. Marin / Dan Mitchell)
Badman's Territory (Land der Banditen, 1946-USA * Tim Whelan / Mark Rowley)
Home, Sweet Homicide (1946-USA * Lloyd Bacon / Bill Smith)
Trail Street (Die Todesreiter von Kansas, 1946-USA * Ray Enright / "Bat" Masterson)
Gunfighters (Rächer ohne Waffen, 1947-USA * George Waggner / Brazos Kane)
Christmas Eve / Sinner's Holiday (1947-USA * Edwin L. Marin / Jonathan)
Albuquerque (Der Rächer der Todesschlucht, 1947/48-USA * Ray Enright / Cole Armin)
Return of the Bad Men (Der Schrecken von Texas, 1948-USA * Ray Enright / Vance)°
Coroner Creek (Abrechnung in Coroner Creek, 1948-USA * Ray Enright / Chris Denning)
The Walking Hills (Treibsand, 1949-USA * John Sturges / Jim Carey)
Canadian Pacific (Canadian Pacific, 1949-USA * Edwin L. Marin / Tom Andrews)*
The Doolins of Oklahoma (Banditen am Scheidewege, 1949-USA * Gordon Douglas / Bill Doolin)
Fighting Man of the Plains (Die Stadt der rauhen Männer, 1949-USA * Edwin L. Marin / Jim Dancer)
The Nevadan (Der Nevada-Mann, 1950-USA * Gordon Douglas / Andrew Barclay)
Colt .45 (Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Bande, 1950-USA * Edwin L. Marin / Steve Farrell)
Cariboo Trail (Die Todesschlucht von Arizona, 1950-USA * Edwin L. Marin / Jim Redfern)**
Sugarfoot / Swirl of Glory (Ein Fremder kam nach Arizona, 1950/51-USA * Edwin L. Marin / Jackson Redan [Sugarfoot])
Santa Fe (Unsichtbare Gegner, 1951-USA * Irving Pichel / Britt Canfield)
Fort Worth (Das letzte Fort, 1951-USA * Edwin L. Marin / Ned Britt)
Starlift (1951-USA * Roy Del Ruth / cameo)
Man in the Saddle (Mann im Sattel, 1951-USA * André De Toth / Owen Merritt)*
Carson City (Sabotage, 1952-USA * André De Toth / Kincaid)
Hangman's Knot (Goldraub in Texas, 1952-USA * Roy Huggins / Matt Stewart)
The Man behind the Gun (Der Rebell von Kalifornien, 1952-USA * Felix E. Feist / Major Callicut)
The Stranger Wore a Gun (Der schweigsame Fremde, 1953-USA * André De Toth / Jeff Travis)
Thunder over the Plains (Donnernde Hufe, 1953-USA * André De Toth / David Porter)
Riding Shotgun (Dieser Mann weiß zuviel, 1954-USA * André De Toth / Larry Delong)
The Bounty Hunter (Ritter der Prärie, 1954-USA * André De Toth / Jim Kipp)
Ten Wanted Men (Rächer in Schwarz, 1954/55-USA * H. Bruce Humberstone / John Stewart)
Rage at Dawn (Die Stadt der toten Seelen, 1955-USA * Tim Whelan / James Barlow)
Tall Man Riding (Der Teufel im Sattel, 1955-USA * Lesley Selander / Larry Madden)
A Lawless Street (Ein Mann wie der Teufel, 1955-USA * Joseph H. Lewis / Calem Ware)
Seven Men from Now (Der Siebente ist dran, 1955-USA * Budd Boetticher / Stride)
Seventh Cavalry (Die siebte Kavallerie, 1956-USA * Joseph H. Lewis / Tom Benson)
# The Tall T (Um Kopf und Kragen, 1956-USA * Budd Boetticher ... Pat Brennan) (Kurzgeschichte von Elmore Leonard) (07-08; 5704)
Shoot Out at Medicine Bend (Schußbereit, 1957-USA * Richard Bare / Capt. Devlin)
# Decision at Sundown (Fahrkarte ins Jenseits, 1957-USA * Budd Boetticher ... Bart Allison) (Roman von Vernon L. Fluharty) (04; 5711)
# Buchanan Rides Alone (Sein Colt war schneller, 1958-USA * Budd Boetticher ... Tom Buchanan) (Roman von Jonas Ward) (02; 5808)
Westbound (Messer an der Kehle, 1958-USA * Budd Boetticher / John Hayes)°
# Ride Lonesome (Auf eigene Faust, 1958-USA * Budd Boetticher ... Ben Brigade) (08; 5902)
Comanche Station (Einer gibt nicht auf, 1959-USA * Budd Boetticher / Jefferson Cody)
Ride the High Country (Sacramento, 1961/62-USA * Sam Peckinpah / Gil Westrum)

BOOKS

Jefferson Brim Crow: Randolph Scott: The Gentleman from Virginia. Carrollton: WindRiver Publishing, 1987
Peter Kranzpiller: Randolph Scott. Bergatreute: Eppe, 1997
Jessica Johnston; Reinhard Weber: Randolph Scott: Eine Bio- und Filmografie. Landshut: Weber, 2005 - 186 S.