Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was the quintessential American Western hero, an iconic actor whose tall, lean frame and stoic, weathered persona came to define the genre for a generation.
While his early career spanned comedies, musicals, and war films, Scott found his true calling in the Western. By the 1950s, he was a massive box-office draw, exclusively making movies that celebrated the American frontier. He is best remembered for his acclaimed series of gritty, psychologically complex Westerns with director Budd Boetticher, including the classics Ride Lonesome (1959) and Comanche Station (1960).
With a career of over 100 films, more than 60 of them Westerns, Randolph Scott’s legacy is that of a true Hollywood legend. His quiet strength and rugged integrity created an enduring image of the honorable man of the West.
