Timothy Scott (actor, died 1995)
Tom Harmon[1] (1937/38–June 14, 1995), credited as Timothy Scott or Tim Scott, was an American actor. He had a wife Donna Leigh Scott, one stepdaughter Marisa Scott-Windom, and two sons, Scott Harmon and Dean Swope.[2] He was born in Detroit, Michigan, lived in New Mexico,[1] and moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1959 for his acting career.[2] He lived in Woodland Hills and was undergoing treatment for lung cancer.[3] He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles at age 57.[1] Scott was commemorated in Los Angeles[2] and Texas.[3] He was cremated, his ashes scattered at screenwriter Bill Wittliff's ranch, Plum Creek, located between two Texas cities, Luling and Gonzales.[1]
Scott appeared in films and television that are mostly Western-genre. He portrayed Pea-Eye in the miniseries Lonesome Dove and its sequel Return to Lonesome Dove. Scott was replaced by Sam Shepard as Pea-Eye in another sequel Streets of Laredo.[1] He also appeared in films, like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Vanishing Point (1971), One More Train to Rob (1971), Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1972), Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973), The Electric Horseman (1979), Footloose (1984), Inside Out (1986) and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), and television, like 1966 series Batman and miniseries Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life.[3]
Scott co-founded the Met Theatre with James Gammon in Los Angeles.[2]
References
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