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George Randolph Scott (Comtat d'Orange, Califòrnia, 23 de gener de 1898 - Beverly Hills, Califòrnia, 2 de març de 1987) va ser un actor nord-americà. Va arribar a Hollywood en temps del cinema mut, a la recerca de fama, i avalat per la seva amistat amb el magnat Howard Hughes, amb qui havia coincidit a la Universitat de Carolina del Nord, on Randolph s'havia graduat com a enginyer tèxtil. Va començar a participar en algunes pel·lícules com a figurant a finals dels anys vint. Després de la seva aparició a la pel·lícula "El virginiano", va ser descobert pels agents de la Paramount, que el van contractar, de manera que va començar a protagonitzar pel·lícules, especialment comèdies romàntiques, drames, pel·lícules d'aventures i alguns westerns. Però seria als anys 1950, després de crear la seva pròpia productora, i col·laborant amb el director Budd Boetticher i el guionista Burt Kennedy, quan assoliria la cúspide de la seva fama amb diversos westerns de baix pressupost però plens d'autenticitat. El 1962 treballaria en la seva última pel·lícula, Duel a l'Alta Serra, fantàstic film dirigit per Sam Peckinpah i coprotagonitzat per una altra veterana estrella del western, Joel McCrea. L'actor es va retirar de la pantalla per viure completament allunyat del cine gaudint de les seves sàvies i quantioses inversions monetàries. Randolph Scott va morir el 2 de març de 1987 a la ciutat californiana de Los Angeles.

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Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American film actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962.

As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in a variety of genres, including social dramas, crime dramas, comedies, musicals (albeit in non-singing and non-dancing roles), adventure tales, war films, and even a few horror and fantasy films. However, his most enduring image is that of the tall-in-the-saddle Western hero. Out of his more than 100 film appearances more than 60 were in Westerns; thus, "of all the major stars whose name was associated with the Western, Scott most closely identified with it."

Scott's more than thirty years as a motion picture actor resulted in his working with many acclaimed screen directors, including Henry King, Rouben Mamoulian, Michael Curtiz, John Cromwell, King Vidor, Alan Dwan, Fritz Lang, and Sam Peckinpah. He also worked on multiple occasions with some noted directors: Henry Hathaway (8 times), Ray Enright (7), Edwin R. Marin (7), Andre DeToth (6), and most notably, his seven film collaborations with Budd Boetticher.

Scott also worked with a diverse array of cinematic leading ladies, from Shirley Temple and Irene Dunne to Mae West and Marlene Dietrich. He also appeared with Gene Tierney, Ann Sheridan, Maureen O'Hara, Nancy Carroll, Donna Reed, Gail Russell, Margaret Sullavan, Virginia Mayo, Bebe Daniels, Carole Lombard, and Joan Bennett.

Tall (6 ft. 2 in.; 188 cm), lanky, and handsome, Scott displayed an easygoing charm and courtly Southern drawl in his early films that helped offset his limitations as an actor, where he was frequently found to be stiff or "lumbering". As he matured, however, Scott's acting improved while his features became burnished and leathery, turning him into the ideal "strong, silent" type of stoic hero. The BFI Companion to the Western noted: "In his earlier Westerns...the Scott persona is debonair, easy-going, graceful, though with the necessary hint of steel. As he matures into his fifties his roles change. Increasingly Scott becomes the man who has seen it all, who has suffered pain, loss, and hardship, and who has now achieved (but at what cost?) a stoic calm proof against vicissitude."

During the early 1950s, Scott was a consistent box-office draw. In the annual Motion Picture Herald Top Ten Polls, he ranked tenth in 1950, eighth in 1951, and again tenth in 1952. Scott also appeared in the Quigley’s Top Ten Money Makers Poll from 1950 to 1953.

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Scott hatte seine ersten Auftritte vor der Kamera Ende der 1920er Jahre. Seine herausragende Stellung als Western-Darsteller wurde von Mel Brooks 1974 in seinem Film Der wilde wilde Westen einer Persiflage unterzogen – was jedoch seine außerordentliche Bedeutung für das Genre des idealistisch-heroisch angelegten amerikanischen Western umso mehr unterstreicht.

1936 heiratete er Marion DuPont aus der Milliardärsfamilie DuPont. Diese Ehe wurde drei Jahre später wieder geschieden. 1944 heiratete er Patricia Stillman. Die Ehe dauerte bis zu seinem Tod. Beide hatten zwei Adoptivkinder.

Randolph Scott starb 1987 im Alter von 89 Jahren in Beverly Hills und wurde auf dem Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte (North Carolina) beigesetzt.

Er hielt stets das Image des Saubermanns aufrecht. Trotzdem gab es das Gerücht, er stehe in einer homosexuellen Beziehung zu seinem Schauspielerkollegen Cary Grant, da die beiden rund zehn Jahre lang ein gemeinsames Haus bewohnten. Begründet wurde diese frühe Wohngemeinschaft mit der ausgeprägten Sparsamkeit beider, die zu dieser Zeit aber bereits große Stars und damit Großverdiener waren. Dieses Zusammenwohnen endete 1942, als Cary Grant die Woolworth-Erbin Barbara Hutton, damals die reichste Frau der Welt, heiratete. Randolph Scott selbst wurde ebenfalls ein vermögender Mann, da er seine Filmhonorare mit Weitsicht investierte und eine eigene Produktionsfirma gründete. Er soll auch erfolgreich an der Börse spekuliert haben und galt zum Zeitpunkt seines konsequenten Rückzugs aus der Öffentlichkeit als reichster Hollywood-Schauspieler.

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