![]() ![]() Scott, a Beverly Hills resident, also directed “The Last Boy Scout,” starring Bruce Willis, “Crimson Tide,” starring Washington and Hackman, and “True Romance,” written by Quentin Tarantino. ![]() Scott broke into Hollywood royalty three years later when he directed Tom Cruise in “Top Gun,” one of the highest-grossing films of 1986. ![]() He directed television commercials before his debut film, “The Hunger” starring pop singer David Bowie, was released in 1983. Scott, an avid mountain climber, graduated from the Royal College of Art in London. He starred in his brother’s first movie, “Boy and Bicycle,” in 1960. ![]() Jennifer Osburn.īorn June 21, 1944, in North Shields, England, Anthony David Scott was the younger brother of prominent Hollywood producer Ridley Scott. Scott, 68, climbed a fence on the south side of the bridge’s apex and leapt off “without hesitation” around 12:30 p.m., according to the Coroner’s Department and port police.Ī suicide note was found inside Scott’s black Toyota Prius, which was parked on one of the eastbound lanes of the bridge, said U.S. LOS ANGELES - British film director Tony Scott, known for such Hollywood blockbusters as “Top Gun,” “Days of Thunder,” “Beverly Hills Cop II” and “The Taking of Pelham 123,” jumped to his death Sunday from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s officials. ![]()
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