Acting
Fred Scott
- Born
- Feb 14, 1902 · Aged 89
- Died
- Dec 16, 1991
- Place of birth
- Fresno, California, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 24
- TV credits
- 1
Also known as (1)
- Fred Leedon Scott
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…
