Zachary Scott

Throughout the 1940s, Zachary Scott (1914-1965) was the model for sophisticated, debonair villains in American film. His best-known roles include a mysterious criminal in The Mask of Dimitrios and the indolent husband in Mildred Pierce . He garnered further acclaim for his portrayal of villains in Her Kind of Man , Danger Signal , and South of St. Louis . Although he earned critical praise for his performance as a heroic tenant farmer in Jean Renoir's The Southerner , Scott never quite escaped t