Morton Scott

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Morton William Scott (born January 17, 1912 in Alameda , California , † April 15, 1992 in Santa Barbara , California) was an American music director . In the 1940s in particular, he was employed as music director in numerous film productions. From July 1943 until his death in April 1992, he was married to actress Gwen Kenyon , who was mainly active in the 1930s and 1940s .

life and career

Morton Scott was born on January 17, 1912 in the city of Alameda on the shores of San Francisco Bay in the US state of California. After attending Stanford University , among others , and graduating from it, he was best known for his collaboration with the independent film production company Republic Pictures . According to the Internet Movie Database , or IMDb for short, between 1942 and 1950 he was involved in a total of 127 different productions as music director and composed numerous works. In July 1943, in the Shatto Chapel of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, in front of around 150 invited guests, he married the then actress Gwen Kenyon , with her sister Thelma serving as Kenyon's maid of honor. The couple spent their honeymoon in Santa Barbara and lived together in Studio City . Shortly after the marriage, Gwen Kenyon ended her acting career in 1945. On February 1, 1946, their only child, Gayle Scott Kenyon, was born. Morton Scott was nominated twice for an Oscar during his career ; both times at the 1946 Academy Awards .

On the one hand, he and his long-time partner R. Dale Butts received a nomination for the music of the film San Francisco Lilly , and on the other hand, he was nominated for the coveted film award for the music of Hitchhike to Happiness alone . Neither the first-named film by director Joseph Kane with John Wayne and Ann Dvorak in the cast, nor the second-named film by director Joseph Santley and actors such as Al Pearce , Dale Evans , Stanley Brown or William Frawley received an Oscar subsequently. After he especially by the end of the 1940s in a variety of films, it almost exclusively at B-Movie - Western , was involved and was seen in at least three films in roles as he retired in the years that followed largely from the film business back. Scott died on April 15, 1992 at the age of 80 in Santa Barbara, California. His wife, to whom he was married for more than 48 years until his death, survived him by seven and a half years and died on October 18, 1999 in Montecito , California.

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SURNAME Scott, Morton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scott, Morton William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American music director
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Alameda , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1992
Place of death Santa Barbara , California , United States