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Randolph Scott
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Actor Born: January 23, 1903 in Orange County, VA Death: March 2, 1987 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:Born Randolph Crane, this virile, weathered, prototypical cowboy star with a gallant manner and slight Southern accent lied about his age at 14 and enlisted for service in World War I. After returning home he got a degree in engineering, then joined the Pasadena Community Playhouse. While golfing, "Scott" met millionaire filmmaker Howard Hughes, who helped him enter films as a bit player. In the mid '30s he began landing better roles, both as a romantic lead and as a costar. Later he became a Western star, and from the late '40s to the '50s he starred exclusively in big-budget color Westerns (39 altogether). From 1950-53 he was one of the top ten box-office attractions. Later in the '50s he played the aging cowboy hero in a series of B-Westerns directed by Budd Boetticher for Ranown, an independent production company. He retired from the screen in the early '60s. Having invested in oil wells, real... Full Biography
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