Gregory Scott Frances was born on 15 December 1879 in Sandy, 8 miles (13 km) to the east of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.

[1] His first theatrical engagement was with the Ben Greet company "which played a series of Shakespearean, Sheridan and Goldsmith productions at Brighton".

[5] Scott's first role was playing 'Lieutenant Seton Boyne' in the production of Beauty and the Barge, directed by Harold M. Shaw and released in February 1914.

[4][10] Scott appeared in several short films made about the same time, including Twin Trunks playing the male lead opposite Nash's actress wife Joan Ritz.

[11] Shortly afterwards Scott also had a role in Neptune's second feature production Enoch Arden, made on location at Polperro in Cornwall and also directed by Nash.

[15] He later described his military service as "a long series of parades, route marches, fatigues, and other scenes familiar to the man in khaki".

In a December 1920 interview Scott confided that the reason he often played the part of a villain was because "I'm entirely in the hands of the producer"; he added: "I long to try some other role".

[19] The director Walter West commented in 1924: "I also plead guilty to having trained several leading artistes in film villainy, among them being Cameron Carr, Gregory Scott, Arthur Walcott, Bob Vallis, Lewis Gilbert and Mercy Hatton".

[22] In an article in the August 1924 Pictures and Picturegoer magazine about the "stars of yesteryear", it was reported about Gregory Scott: "When last heard from, he was chicken farming somewhere in Sussex and apparently Movieland will see him no more".