He was a cowboy actor, who died in 1987. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000068/
From the trivia page: His image from his westerns as an upright, outstanding sheriff or cowboy was so strong, it was paid homage to in Mel Brooks's classic comedy Blazing Saddles (1974). When the African-American sheriff chides the reluctant townspeople that they would have helped Randolph Scott, the great western star's name is intoned by a chorus on the soundtrack and the townspeople are won over.
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Date: 2008-03-02 04:33 am (UTC)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000068/
From the trivia page:
His image from his westerns as an upright, outstanding sheriff or cowboy was so strong, it was paid homage to in Mel Brooks's classic comedy Blazing Saddles (1974). When the African-American sheriff chides the reluctant townspeople that they would have helped Randolph Scott, the great western star's name is intoned by a chorus on the soundtrack and the townspeople are won over.
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Date: 2008-03-02 04:44 am (UTC)