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- Category: Television
- Star rank: 2224
- Address:
1604 Vine St - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing north
- GPS location:
34.101186, -118.326539
Scott Forbes
Biography
Scott Forbes as Jim Bowie
Source: Freebase.com
Conrad Scott-Forbes (11 September 1920 – 25 February 1997), popularly known as Scott Forbes, was a movie and television actor and screenwriter. In his later career as a screenwriter, he was credited as C. Scott Forbes. Forbes was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. He attended Repton, a public school near Derby, England, and then studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked for the Ministry of Defence before settling on a performing career. In the 1940s Forbes used the name Julian Dallas, appearing in Night Boat to London (1946), Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947), But Not in Vain (1948), This Was a Woman (1948) and The Reluctant Widow (1951). He also appeared on the stage as Julian Dallas, spending a year with the Liverpool Old Vic, and in London under the direction of John Gielgud in The Cradle Song, among other plays. Following his few British productions, he moved to the U.S. and he quickly found film work.
Fact file
- Born: Conrad Scott-Forbes 11 September 1920 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Died: 25 February 1997 (aged 76) Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Other names: C. Scott Forbes Julian Dallas
- Years active: 1946-1970s
- Spouse: Jeanne Moody
Read more about Scott Forbes at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Vine St, east side, between Selma and Hollywood
Nearby you will also find Jimmy Durante, Al Hibbler, Audrey Hepburn, Vera Miles, Vaughn Monroe, Madge Kennedy, Kathryn Grayson, Fritz Lang, and many others.