Mark Scott Biography
Mark Scott (born Samuel Marks Solomon; February 21, 1915 – July 13, 1960) was an American actor and broadcaster. He is best known for hosting the Home Run Derby television show that originally aired in 1960.
Biography
Scott was a native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Illinois. As an actor, he had minor roles in television series such as Dragnet and Boston Blackie and in movies such as Hell's Horizon and -30-. He was an announcer in 1956 for the Cincinnati Redlegs of Major League Baseball and in 1957 for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League, which transferred out of the city after that season due to the arrival of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
As host of the Home Run Derby show in 1960, Scott both announced the action and interviewed each batter while the batter's opponent was hitting. His most well known line from the show was, "It's a home run or nothing here on Home Run Derby." He died of a heart attack in Burbank, California, shortly after the first season of the show aired. Rather than find a replacement for him, the producers decided to cancel the series. Scott was also developing a celebrity golf show with the working *le of Back Nine at the time of his death. He was survived by his wife and three children.
References
Further reading
- Markusen, Bruce (September 29, 2015). "Cooperstown Confidential: Mark Scott and the Home Run Derby". FanGraphs.
- Zminda, Don (2011). "Home Run Derby: A Tale of Baseball and Hollywood". Endless Seasons: Baseball in Southern California. Society for American Baseball Research.
External links
- Mark Scott at the SABR Baseball Biography Project
- Mark Scott at IMDb
