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Ashmead Scott(1893-1965)

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  • Actor
  • Director
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Ashmead Scott was born on 27 November 1893 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Your Witness (1949), The Herb Shriner Show (1949) and The Life of Riley (1948). He died on 3 February 1965 in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.
BornNovember 27, 1893
DiedFebruary 3, 1965(71)
BornNovember 27, 1893
DiedFebruary 3, 1965(71)
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Known for

Your Witness
TV Series
  • Writer
The Herb Shriner Show (1949)
The Herb Shriner Show
6.8
TV Series
  • Director
  • 1949
Jackie Gleason in The Life of Riley (1948)
The Life of Riley
7.1
TV Series
  • Writer
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
The House on Telegraph Hill
6.9
  • Inspector Hardy
  • 1951

Credits

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Writer

  • The Marionette Mystery
    TV Short
    • Writer
    • 1950
  • Your Witness
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1949
  • Jackie Gleason in The Life of Riley (1948)
    The Life of Riley
    7.1
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1949

Actor

  • The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
    The House on Telegraph Hill
    6.9
    • Inspector Hardy
    • 1951
  • Joan Bennett, Joan Blondell, Robert Cummings, Edmund Gwenn, William Perlberg, Gigi Perreau, George Seaton, and Clifton Webb in For Heaven's Sake (1950)
    For Heaven's Sake
    6.4
    • Doctor (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Your Witness
    TV Series
    • Moderator
    • 1949

Director

  • Your Witness
    TV Series
    • director
    • 1949
  • The Herb Shriner Show (1949)
    The Herb Shriner Show
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1949–1956

Personal details

  • Born
    • November 27, 1893
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • February 3, 1965
    • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico(gunshot wound)

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