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    Fred Scott

    1902-02-14 (122 years old) in

    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.

    Movies

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    Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
    0 %|May 1, 1976
    Western, Comedy, Family
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    Thundering Hoofs
    32 %|Jul 24, 1942
    Western
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    Ridin' the Trail
    20 %|Jul 27, 1940
    Music, Western
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    Two Gun Troubador
    0 %|Mar 5, 1939
    Western, Action, Music, Romance
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    In Old Montana
    40 %|Feb 5, 1939
    Western
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    Code of the Fearless
    50 %|Jan 5, 1939
    Music, Western
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    Songs and Bullets
    60 %|May 14, 1938
    Western
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    Knight of the Plains
    47 %|May 7, 1938
    Western
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    The Rangers' Round-Up
    60 %|Feb 9, 1938
    Western
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    The Fighting Deputy
    30 %|Dec 5, 1937
    Western
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    Make a Wish
    57.14 %|Sep 1, 1937
    Music, Comedy
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    Moonlight on the Range
    0 %|Jun 10, 1937
    Action, Romance, Music
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    Melody of the Plains
    0 %|Apr 1, 1937
    Western
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    The Singing Buckaroo
    5 %|Jan 15, 1937
    Western
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    The Roaming Cowboy
    0 %|Jan 4, 1937
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    Romance Rides the Range
    0 %|Sep 1, 1936
    Western
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    The Last Outlaw
    60 %|Jun 19, 1936
    Western
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    Beyond Victory
    0 %|Apr 3, 1931
    Drama, War
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    Swing High
    70 %|May 18, 1930
    Music, Drama
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    The Grand Parade
    0 %|Feb 2, 1930
    Drama, Comedy
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    Rio Rita
    85 %|Sep 15, 1929
    Romance, Western, Music
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    Bride of the Storm
    0 %|Feb 20, 1926
    Drama

    Series

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    Corner Gas
    79 %|Jan 22, 2004
    Comedy