Editing Randolph Scott (section)

===Stage and early film appearances===

====Early films====
Around 1927, Scott developed an interest in acting and decided to make his way to Los Angeles and seek a career in the motion picture industry. Scott's father had become acquainted with [[Howard Hughes]] and provided a letter of introduction for his son to present to the eccentric millionaire film maker.<ref name="Thomas"/> Hughes responded by getting Scott a small part in a [[George O'Brien (actor)|George O'Brien]] film called ''[[Sharp Shooters]]'' (1928). A print of the film survives in the [[UCLA Film and Television Archive]].

In the next few years, Scott continued working as an extra and bit player in several films, including ''Weary River'' (1929) with [[Richard Barthelmess]], ''[[The Far Call]]'' (1929), ''[[The Black Watch (film)|The Black Watch]]'' (1929) (directed by [[John Ford]] with [[John Wayne]] also uncredited) and uncredited as the Rider in ''[[The Virginian (1929 film)|The Virginian]]'' (1929) with [[Gary Cooper]]. Scott also served as Cooper's dialect coach in this latter film.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Edelstein |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOgGEAAAQBAJ |title=Legends of the Wild West: True Tales of Rebels and Heroes |date=December 1, 2020 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-951274-35-1 |pages=64 |language=en}}</ref>

Scott was also uncredited on ''[[Dynamite (1929 film)|Dynamite]]'' (1929) directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]], and Ford's ''[[Born Reckless (1930 film)|Born Reckless]]'' (1930).