Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1902-02-14
Day of Death
1991-12-16
Place of Birth
Unknown
Fred Scott
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.
Filmography (24)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
Thundering Hoofs
1942
Rodeo Rhythm
1942
Ridin' the Trail
1940
Two Gun Troubador
1939
In Old Montana
1939
Code of the Fearless
1939
Songs and Bullets
1938
Knight of the Plains
1938
The Rangers' Round-Up
1938
The Fighting Deputy
1937
Make a Wish
1937
Moonlight on the Range
1937
Melody of the Plains
1937
