Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott — They Died with Their Boots On Character Profile

About Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott

Senior general who helps Custer secure his cavalry assignment and later brokers his promotion to lieutenant colonel to send him to the Dakota Territory.

Character Facts

Played by

Sydney Greenstreet

Appears in

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

Role

Supporting

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