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Willard Scott
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American weather presenter and television personality (1934–2021)
OverviewAI-generated
Willard Scott, born Willard Herman Scott Jr. on 7 March 1934 in Alexandria, was an American actor, television actor, writer and film actor. He worked for NBC in Washington, D.C., in a career that ran from 1950 to 2015, and had two children. He was credited with 21 works, including The Heart of Faith, Weekend Getaways Around Washington, D. C. and Kids' Letters to President Reagan.
He died on 4 September 2021 in Delaplane.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- The heart of faith
- Best of Sanibel-Captiva Islands Restaurants and Recipes
- Weekend Getaways Around Washington, D. C.
- Murder under Blue Skies
- Kids' Letters to President Reagan
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- In Their Own Words: Jim Henson — Self - Friend & Broadcaster2015
- The Singles 2nd Ward — Harry2007
- I Love the '70s: Volume 2 — Self2006
- NBC 75th Anniversary Special — Self2002
- Holy Man — Willard Scott1998
- E! True Hollywood Story1996
- Roommates — Self1995
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest1993
- Mickey Goes to Moscow — Narrator1989
- 1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular — Self1989
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1934
- Active to
- 2021
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 12
- Total plays
- 86
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Willard+Scott">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Common method biases in behavioral research: A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies.
· 2003 · cited 67,744x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 48,841x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,510x
- Going deeper with convolutions
· 2015 · cited 32,876x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,947x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Willard Herman Scott Jr. , ( 1934-03-07 ) March 7, 1934, Alexandria, Virginia , U.S.
- Died
- September 4, 2021 (2021-09-04) (aged 87), Delaplane, Virginia , U.S.
- Education
- American University
- Occupations
- Weather presenter author television personality actor clown comedian narrator radio personality
- Years active
- 1950–2015
- Notable work
- Weather Reporter on Today Creator and original portrayer of Ronald McDonald Joy Boys Radio Program Birthday greetings for centenarians Narrator of NASA TV programs
- Spouses
- Mary Dwyer Scott ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1959 ; died 2002 ) Paris Keena, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2014 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Scott
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Alexandria
- Place of death
- Delaplane
- Occupation
- weather presenter
- Employer
- NBC
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Willard Scott 1997.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- date of birth
- 1934-03-07
- Commons category
- Willard Scott
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- date of death
- 2021-09-04
- end of work period
- 2015-00-00
- name in native language
- Willard Scott
- birth name
- Willard Herman Scott Jr.
- writing language
- English language
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Willard Herman Scott Jr. (March 7, 1934 – September 4, 2021) was an American weatherman, radio and television personality, actor, narrator, clown, comedian, and author, whose broadcast career spanned 68 years, 65 years with the NBC broadcast network. Scott was notable as a weather reporter on NBC's Today show where he also celebrated US centenarian birthdays and notable anniversaries. Scott was the creator and original performer of McDonald's mascot clown Ronald McDonald.
The 6'3", 290 lb. (191 cm, 130 kg) Scott was described by The New York Times as a "garrulous, gaptoothed, boutonnière-wearing, funny-hatted, sometimes toupee-clad, larger-than-life American Everyman". Scott parlayed his national exposure as weather presenter into a highly successful career as a pitchman who promoted an ever-widening range of products the fees for which outstripped his million-dollar annual salary at NBC (equivalent to $2.2 million in 2024). Scott said, "I run me like a conglomerate, because that's what I am. I always keep lots of balls in the air."
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