Harold Scott (actor)

{{Short description|English actor (1891–1964)}}

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| name = Harold Scott

| image = File:Harold_Scott_(actor).jpg

| caption = Scott in Trottie True (1949)

| birth_name = Harold Ernest Scott

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1891|04|21}}

| birth_place = Kensington, London, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1964|04|15|1891|04|21}}

| death_place = London, England

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| occupation = Actor

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| spouse = {{Marriage|Florence Alice Mackey|1917}}

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Harold Scott (21 April 1891 – 15 April 1964) was an English actor of stage and screen.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fa29cae|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209014652/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fa29cae|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2019|title=Harold Scott|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/harold-scott-p110559|title=Harold Scott | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}

His stage work ran from the 1910s to the 1960s, and included the original West End productions of The Constant Nymph (1926–1927), Grand Hotel (1931–1932), Waters of the Moon (1951–1953) and Agatha Christie's Spider's Web (1954–1956).{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/f4t/harold-scott|title=Harold Scott | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}

Scott's television appearances included The Children of the New Forest, ITV Television Playhouse, BBC Sunday Night Theatre, The New Adventures of Charlie Chan, William Tell, Armchair Theatre, Maigret, Dixon of Dock Green, The Avengers and Martin Chuzzlewit. {{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=54906|title=Harold Scott|website=www.aveleyman.com}}