{{short description|American actor (born 1958)}} {{Infobox person | image = Eric Scott actor.jpg | caption = Scott in 2012 | name = Eric Scott | birth_name = Eric Scott Magat | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|10|20}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1971–2011 | spouse = {{plainlist| * Karey Louis (1980–1982)<br>Theresa Fargo (1989–1992) * {{marriage|Cynthia Ullman Wolfen|2000}} }} }}
'''Eric Scott''' (born '''Eric Scott Magat'''; October 20, 1958, in Los Angeles, California, United States) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Ben Walton, which he first played in the television film ''The Homecoming: A Christmas Story'' (1971) and then in the series it inspired, ''The Waltons''.
==Early life== Scott's father was a mail carrier, and his mother was his guardian on the set of ''The Waltons''.<ref>Scott, Vernon, 'The Waltons' Eric Scott Is Just a Normal 16-year-old, ''Tulsa World'', November 30, 1975, page 142</ref> He has an older brother, Alan, and a younger brother, Dana. As a child he appeared in several television commercials, and had roles in ''Medical Center'', ''The Interns'', ''Bewitched'', ''Lancer'', ''The Doris Day Show'', ''The Young Rebels'',<ref>Mailbag, ''The Kansas City Star'', August 18, 1974, page 119</ref> and in the film ''The Million Dollar Duck''.<ref name="Huser">Huser, Mary Ann, Actor learns to cope with real-life tragedy, ''Simi Valley Star'', December 4, 1994, page 8</ref>
==Personal life== Scott is of the Jewish faith.<ref name="People">A Walton Family Tragedy, ''People'', February 1, 1993, pages 79-84</ref> He was briefly married to actress Karey Louis. His second marriage was to Theresa Fargo, the mother of his daughter Ashley, until her death from acute myelomonocytic leukemia on November 5, 1992. Fargo developed the disease during her pregnancy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20112757,00.html|title=Life After the Waltons|website=People.com|accessdate=6 December 2017|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145048/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20112757,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ashley was delivered by cesarean section one month early so that Fargo could begin chemotherapy, but Fargo died two days after the birth of her child.<ref name="People" />
In March 2000, Scott married Cynthia (Cindy) Ullman Wolfen. They have a daughter, Emma, born in 2001, and a son, Jeremy, who was born in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/tv/homecoming/scott.html|title=Eric Scott|website=Angelfire.com|access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref>
Today, Scott owns Chase Messengers, a parcel delivery service, in Encino, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanprofile.com/articles/where-are-the-waltons/|title=Where are the Waltons?|date=10 February 2008|website=Americanprofile.com|accessdate=6 December 2017}}</ref> He stated that being rejected from auditions as a child was a good preparation for working in sales.<ref name="Huser" />
==Filmography== ===1960s=== *''Lancer'' (1969) ===1970s=== *''The Homecoming: A Christmas Story'' (1971) *''Medical Center'' (1971) *''Bewitched'' (1971) *''The Million Dollar Duck'' (1971) *''The Waltons'' (1972–1981) *''Celebrity Bowling'' (1973, self) *''Which Mother Is Mine?'' (1979) *''Family Feud'' (1979)
===1980s=== *''The Loch Ness Horror'' (1981) *''A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain'' (1982) *''Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain'' (1982) *''A Wedding on Walton's Mountain'' (1982) *''The Fall Guy'' (1985)
===1990s=== *''A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion'' (1993) *''A Walton Wedding'' (1995) *''Defying Gravity'' (1997) *''A Walton Easter'' (1997)
===2000s=== *''TV total'' (2004)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0779109|Eric Scott}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Eric}} Category:American male television actors Category:Businesspeople from Los Angeles Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:Male actors from Los Angeles