Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 14, 1902
Died
Dec 16, 1991
Credits
25 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Corner Gas
Player 1
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
Thundering Hoofs
Dave Armstrong
Rodeo Rhythm
Buck Knapp
Ridin' the Trail
Fred Martin
Two Gun Troubador
Fred Dean Jr
In Old Montana
Fred Dawson
Code of the Fearless
Fred Jamison
Songs and Bullets
Melody Hardy
Knight of the Plains
Fred
The Rangers' Round-Up
Ranger Tex Duncan
The Fighting Deputy
Tom Bentley
Make a Wish
Minstrel
Moonlight on the Range
Jeff Peters / Tom Killer Dane
Melody of the Plains
Steve Condon
The Singing Buckaroo
Grant Gordon
The Roaming Cowboy
Cal Brent
Romance Rides the Range
Barry Glendon
The Last Outlaw
Larry Dixon - Movie Singing Cowboy
Flash Gordon
Soldier
Beyond Victory
Fred
Swing High
Garry
The Grand Parade
Kelly
Rio Rita
Singing Texas Ranger
Bride of the Storm
Spike Mulligan