Actor Found Guilty in Murder of His Grandfather
A San Fernando Superior Court jury on Thursday found Noel P. Scott, a struggling actor and musician, guilty of first-degree murder in the 1983 slaying of his grandfather in North Hollywood.
The jury apparently accepted a key prosecution argument that Scott was one of the few intruders his grandfather’s guard dog would have allowed into his house.
Scott, 29, faces up to 27 years to life in prison when he is sentenced June 28, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said Scott, of Hollywood, shot 70-year-old Louis Fox three times in the head after struggling with him in the bedroom of Fox’s house. He had entered the house through the open sliding-glass door to Fox’s bedroom before dawn on Oct. 16, 1983, hoping to steal $20,000 in jewelry, they said.
Scott, whose resume states that he was featured in television series such as “Eight is Enough” and “King’s Crossing,” testified that he was at a Hollywood dance club when the killing took place.
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