Randolph Scott Biography

Fast Facts

• Served in the U
• S
• Army during World War I
• Aspired to play football professionally, but a back injury during his time at Georgia Institute of Technology prevented him from following that dream
• Starred in his final film, Ride the High Country, in 1962, playing an aging lawman; didn't take another acting role the last 25 years of his life
• In 1973, was the inspiration for the Statler Brothers hit song "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?," which asked what many Americans were thinking after his departure from movies
• Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers in 1975 at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Okla
• Was 21 years older than his second wife, Patricia Stillman; they were married 43 years before his death in 1987