Scott was born in Detroit, Michigan, lived in New Mexico,[1] and moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1959 for his acting career.
[3] Scott co-founded the Met Theatre with James Gammon in Los Angeles.
[1] He also appeared in films, like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), as drifter Smokey Lonesome in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Vanishing Point (1971), and The Electric Horseman (1979), and television, like 1966 series Batman and miniseries Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life.
[1] He died of a heart attack in a Los Angeles hospital at age 57 in June 1995 where he was receiving cancer treatment.
[4] He was cremated, his ashes scattered at screenwriter Bill Wittliff's ranch, Plum Creek, located between two Texas cities, Luling and Gonzales.