Famous Scott Biographies!

Scott Bowers, founder of SSSS. Super Genius.

Scott Bowers, SSSS founder, Super Genius.

by Scott Bowers

I spent the first four billion years of my existence as a grouping of undifferentiated atoms in a nebula found in the Small Magellenic Cloud. As with many star systems, a nearby supernova caused a gravitational collapse which led to the creation of a sun and 11 planets. Eight billion years of evolution led to me (and, of course, many others just like me.) It was decided at my birth to implant me with a memory storage device as I was to be sent on a mission to gather useless knowledge. My destination was to be a planet in the Sirius Star System. I was placed into stasis for the next 150,000 years and sent at near-light speed toward my destination. The Sol System was the last to be used as a gravitational “slingshot” on my journey to Sirius. Unfortunately, the engineers on my home planet forgot to carry the 8 on a mathematical calculation, and I slammed into this planet, landing in a field in Illinois. A nice family adopted me, but it seems that your YELLOW sun has drained my super powers.

Following the principle that those who are the loudest usually think they are most important, I have devoted my useless knowledge gathering to the species Homo sapiens. I have entered their ranks, and seem to be fitting in quite well now that I have relocated to San Francisco. As a token of my appreciation for all that I have learned from humanity, and, as a manifestation of my newly created ego, I plan, on the occurrence of my death, to be buried in the permafrost with 100 boxes of Jello. With this, I am hoping that some future civilization will find my frozen remains and put pictures of them on the cover of their version of Time Magazine.

Scott Adams, Comic Strip Writer.

by Scott Bowers

Scott Adams is the creator of the popular comic strip Dilbert.

Scott Baio, Actor.

by Scott Bowers

Star in such great television shows such as "Happy Days" (played Chacci), and "Charles in Charge". Movie credits include "Zapped!"

Scott Bakula, Actor.

by Scott Bowers

Scott is most famous for his role in the television show "Quantum Leap" for which he was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards (He won in 1992) He has been in many musicals as well as some other television shows and movies.

Scott Brosius, Third Base, New York Yankees.

by Scott Bowers

After moving from the Oakland A's to the Yankees, Scott Capped off an excellent 1998 season in which he hit .300 with 19 home runs, 98 RBI's, and 11 stolen bases with a fiery postseason. After helping the Yankees sweep the Texas Rangers and pummel the Cleveland Indians, Brosius hit .471 with two home runs to lead the Yankees past the San Diego Padres. For his efforts, Brosius was named the MVP for the 1998 World Champions.

Scott Burrell, Professional Basketball Player.

by Scott Bowers

Backup forward for the World Champion Chicago Bulls. Now he is playing for the New Jersey Nets. Here is a LINK to his NBA page.

Scott Hamilton, Olympic Figure Skater.

by Scott Bowers

Scott Joplin, Jazz Musician.

by Scott Bowers

He was a ragtime musician who became renowned after his death of syphillis. Here is a LINK to a well done biography.

Scott MacKenzie, Rock Musician.

by Scott Bowers

Everyone on the earth knows this song. It is true.

Scottie Pippen, Professional Basketball Player.

by Scott Bowers

Scottie was the All-Star, two-time Olympic gold-medal winning, six-time NBA Champion small forward for the Chicago Bulls. Some people like to give MJ all the credit for the Bull's success, but they don't remember that Scottie led them to the conference finals in 1994, the year Jordan retired to play baseball. So there. Now he has been traded to the Houston Rockets, and my money says they will win the 1999 championship. (Since 1991, only the Rockets and the Bulls have won.)

Scott Rolen, 3rd Base, Philadelphia Phillies.

by Scott Bowers

Potential superstar player for the Phillies. Here is a LINK to his ESPN page.

Scott Weiland, Singer, Stone Temple Pilots.

by Scott Bowers

Scott Weiland is/was the singer for the Stone Temple Pilots.

Scott Williamson, Pitcher, Cincinnati Reds.

by Scott Bowers

Scott Williamson was selected the 1999 Rookie of the Year for the National League by the Baseball Writers Association. He is a relief pitcher who nearly helped carry the Reds to the playoffs. His winning of this award marks the second consecutive season that a Scott has won a major baseball award (following the 1998 World Series MVP by Scott Brosius)

Scott Wolf, TV Star, Party of Five.

by Scott Bowers

Scott Wolf has been in "Party of Five" on television as well as the movies "Rainman" and "Misery"

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Author.

by Scott Bowers

He is the author of the famous book, "The Great Gatsby" among others.

Francis Scott Key, Patriot.

by Scott Bowers

Francis Scott Key was taken prisoner by the English in the War of 1812. While he was a POW, he wrote a very famous song that is now the national anthem for the USA.

Dennis Scott, Professional Basketball Player.

by Scott Bowers

Dred Scott, Slave, Patriot.

by Scott Bowers

This guy sued his owner to be free from slavery. We need some people like this to stand up against corporate slavery in 20th century America, I think. Here is a LINK to a better biography.

George C. Scott, Actor.

by Scott Bowers

Image and Story from BBC. Used without permission.

George C Scott: The man who refused an Oscar

George C Scott was born in Virginia on 18 October 1927, the son of a mine surveyor. As a child he was both athletic and sensitive. He remembered his mother, who died when he was eight, as a creative inspiration.

On graduating from high school in 1945, he enlisted in the US Marines, where he spent four years burying bodies in Arlington National Cemetery and, as he later recalled, "picking up a solid drinking habit that stayed with me from then on".

Upon discharge from the Marines, he entered the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri and joined the university drama club.

Playing his first role in a production of The Winslow Boy his life was transformed. "The minute I got on stage, I knew...that this was what I had to do."

Screen debut

In 1959, he appeared in his first film, a psychological Western, The Hanging Tree. The same year, Otto Preminger cast him as the relentless prosecuting attorney in Anatomy of a Murder. The role brought him his first, unsuccesful, Oscar nomination.

The early 1960s saw many appearances both on television and in the theatre. But Hollywood made George C Scott an international star.

Memorable in The Hustler in 1961, the following year saw him as the bomb-loving US General Buck Turgidson in Doctor Strangelove. The film, a satire on the Cold War, starring Peter Sellars delighted and provoked audiences around the world.

He brought characteristic gravitas to the role of Abraham in the 1966 production of The Bible before taking the lead role in Patton for which he will probably be best remembered.

His ability to dominate the screen was essential in such films. He played Patton as a larger than life character, sometimes out of control, at other times coolly calculating.

More recently, George C Scott returned to Broadway in Inherit the Wind with Jack Lemmon and was still to be seen in innumerable cameo roles both on TV and film.

He was uneasy with stardom, once admitting: "There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition. Then a self-loathing sets in when you realise you're enjoying it."

George C Scott was a complex man whose reputation as a hellraiser belied the range of his ability. In an age of tightly marketed, yet limited, Hollywood superstars, his status as one of the finest ever American actors is assured.

Robert Falcon Scott, Explorer.

by Scott Bowers

He is the second person to visit the South Pole overland. Many things are named after him in Antarctica including two glaciers, two historic huts, an island, a coast, and a scientific base. His party got stuck in a blizzard while returning from the South Pole, and they all froze to death.

Sir Walter Scott, Poet.

by Scott Bowers

Willard Scott, Weatherman.

by Scott Bowers

Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald. This reminds me of my first memory. I was three years old and in trouble for stuffing my little brother's Ronald McDonald doll into the toilet. Now he is the cheary weatherman for the TV Show "Good Morning America."