The film "cemented Scott's position as a cowboy hero" [29] and from this point on all but two of his starring films would be Westerns. The Scott Westerns of the late 1940s would each be budgeted around US$1,000,000, equal to $16,100,000 today.

List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. The Virginian. A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discovers that his best friend is engaged in cattle rustling. 2. Heritage of the Desert. Nabb controls the pass and lets all the ranchers through except Holderness and his stolen cattle.

His image from his Westerns as an upright, outstanding sheriff or cowboy was so strong that it was paid homage to in Mel Brooks' classic comedy Blazing Saddles (1974). When the African-American sheriff asks the reluctant townspeople for their help in fighting the bad guys, they unanimously reject him.

Randolph Scott. Actor: Ride the High Country. Handsome American leading man who developed into one of Hollywood's greatest and most popular Western stars. Born to George and Lucy Crane Scott during a visit to Virginia, Scott was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina in a wealthy family.

Mar 3, 1987 · Randolph Scott, the tall, handsome cowboy of countless Hollywood Westerns, an actor whose square-jawed countenance and poker-faced stare became prototypes for the generation of Western heroes...

Apr 1, 2021 · Scott was one of the greatest screen cowboys of them all, rivaling John Wayne and Gary Cooper as the greatest star of the saddle and altogether doing (again, depending on what you call a Western) nearly seventy oaters, ending in 1962 with a truly magnificent film.

Mar 3, 1987 · Randolph Scott, a versatile leading man who later specialized in playing the quiet-talking, fast-drawing hero of westerns, died today at his Bel-Air home. He was 89 years old.

Dec 1, 2024 · Known for his leading roles in some of the best Westerns ever,, Randolph Scott's career produced many iconic films that have stood the test of time.

🤠 Classic Western Action! Watch this thrilling clip from Rage at Dawn (1955), starring the legendary Randolph Scott! 🌵💥📜 Plot: A tough and fearless detec...

Aug 19, 2009 · Movie Cowboy: He was born Randolph Crane in 1898 and he went off to WW1 at 14 when he lied about his age. Scott eventually attended Georgia Tech and the University of North Carolina where he got a degree in engineering. He was Gary Cooper’s dialogue coach in the 1929 film “The Virginian”.