Fred Scott

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Fred Scott

Acting February 14, 1902

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 Febr…

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Corner Gas

Corner Gas

8.0 2004 TV Show
Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon

6.4 1936 Movie
Make a Wish

Make a Wish

5.8 1937 Movie
Rio Rita

Rio Rita

8.0 1929 Movie
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

8.5 1976 Movie
Knight of the Plains

Knight of the Plains

6.0 1938 Movie
Code of the Fearless

Code of the Fearless

4.7 1939 Movie
Melody of the Plains

Melody of the Plains

8.0 1937 Movie
The Last Outlaw

The Last Outlaw

6.3 1936 Movie
Thundering Hoofs

Thundering Hoofs

4.9 1942 Movie
Swing High

Swing High

7.7 1930 Movie
The Rangers' Round-Up

The Rangers' Round-Up

6.5 1938 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2004
    Corner Gas

    TV show Player 1

  2. 1976
    Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

    Movie (archive footage)

  3. 1942
    Thundering Hoofs

    Movie Dave Armstrong

  4. 1942
    Rodeo Rhythm

    Movie Buck Knapp

  5. 1940
    Ridin' the Trail

    Movie Fred Martin

  6. 1939
    Two Gun Troubador

    Movie Fred Dean Jr

  7. 1939
    In Old Montana

    Movie Fred Dawson

  8. 1939
    Code of the Fearless

    Movie Fred Jamison

  9. 1938
    Songs and Bullets

    Movie Melody Hardy

  10. 1938
    Knight of the Plains

    Movie Fred

  11. 1938
    The Rangers' Round-Up

    Movie Ranger Tex Duncan

  12. 1937
    The Fighting Deputy

    Movie Tom Bentley

  13. 1937
    Make a Wish

    Movie Minstrel

  14. 1937
    Moonlight on the Range

    Movie Jeff Peters / Tom Killer Dane

  15. 1937
    Melody of the Plains

    Movie Steve Condon

  16. 1937
    The Singing Buckaroo

    Movie Grant Gordon

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  1. 1937
    The Roaming Cowboy

    Movie Cal Brent

  2. 1936
    Romance Rides the Range

    Movie Barry Glendon

  3. 1936
    The Last Outlaw

    Movie Larry Dixon - Movie Singing Cowboy

  4. 1936
    Flash Gordon

    Movie Soldier

  5. 1931
    Beyond Victory

    Movie Fred

  6. 1930
    Swing High

    Movie Garry

  7. 1930
    The Grand Parade

    Movie Kelly

  8. 1929
    Rio Rita

    Movie Singing Texas Ranger

  9. 1926
    Bride of the Storm

    Movie Spike Mulligan