Tip Scanlon — Sporting Blood Character Profile

About Tip Scanlon

A crooked gambler and Rid's employer who purchases Tommy-Boy. He and Rid dominate races using both fair and unfair tactics. After a rigged loss angers the mob, Tip is murdered but manages to pass the horse to Missy before dying.

Character Facts

Played by

Lew Cody

Appears in

Sporting Blood (1931)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Tip Scanlon — Professional Employee — Warren 'Rid' Riddell (Clark Gable)

  Rid works for the crooked gambler Tip

• Tip Scanlon — Romantic Boyfriend — Miss 'Missy' Ruby (Madge Evans)

  Tip is in a relationship with Missy

• Tip Scanlon — Professional Owner — Himself, a Horse (Tommy Boy)

  Tip owns the racehorse Tommy-Boy

• Tip Scanlon — Professional Associate — MacGuire (J. Farrell MacDonald)

  MacGuire appears to be connected to Tip's gambling operation

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