
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.

as Singing Texas Ranger

as Player 1
2004

as Soldier
1936

as Singing Texas Ranger
1929

as Fred
1938

as Larry Dixon - Movie Singing Cowboy
1936

as Melody Hardy
1938

as (archive footage)
1976

as Spike Mulligan
1926

as Fred Martin
1940

as Kelly
1930

as Dave Armstrong
1942

as Jeff Peters / Tom Killer Dane
1937
as Buck Knapp
1942

as (archive footage)
1976

as Dave Armstrong
1942

as Buck Knapp
1942

as Fred Martin
1940

as Fred Dean Jr
1939

as Fred Dawson
1939

as Fred Jamison
1939

as Melody Hardy
1938

as Fred
1938

as Ranger Tex Duncan
1938

as Tom Bentley
1937

as Minstrel
1937

as Jeff Peters / Tom Killer Dane
1937

as Steve Condon
1937

as Grant Gordon
1937
as Cal Brent
1937

as Barry Glendon
1936

as Larry Dixon - Movie Singing Cowboy
1936

as Soldier
1936

as Fred
1931

as Garry
1930

as Kelly
1930

as Singing Texas Ranger
1929

as Spike Mulligan
1926