Fred Scott
Actor
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
Make a Wish
as Minstrel 1937
Knight of the Plains
as Fred 1938
Rio Rita
as Singing Texas Ranger 1929
Swing High
as Garry 1930
Code of the Fearless
as Fred Jamison 1939
Thundering Hoofs
as Dave Armstrong 1942
The Last Outlaw
as Larry Dixon - Movie Singing Cowboy 1936
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage) 1976
The Fighting Deputy
as Tom Bentley 1937
The Rangers' Round-Up
as Ranger Tex Duncan 1938
In Old Montana
as Fred Dawson 1939
Songs and Bullets
as Melody Hardy 1938
The Singing Buckaroo
as Grant Gordon 1937
Ridin' the Trail
as Fred Martin 1940
Bride of the Storm
as Spike Mulligan 1926
Beyond Victory
as Fred 1931