Fred Scott

Acting Feb 14, 1902 Dec 16, 1991 (aged 89)

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.

25 Acting Credits

Acting

Corner Gas

as Player 1

2004

Fred Scott

Acting

Corner Gas

Flash Gordon

Make a Wish

Rio Rita

Knight of the Plains

Thundering Hoofs

Swing High

Code of the Fearless

The Last Outlaw

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

The Fighting Deputy

The Rangers' Round-Up

In Old Montana

Songs and Bullets

The Singing Buckaroo

Ridin' the Trail

Bride of the Storm

Beyond Victory

Romance Rides the Range

The Grand Parade

The Roaming Cowboy

Melody of the Plains

Moonlight on the Range

Two Gun Troubador