Editing Scott Kolden

{{short description|American actor}}

{{Infobox person
| name        = Scott Kolden
| image       = Sigmund and the Sea Monsters Scott Kolden 1974.jpg
| image_size  = 175px
| caption     = Scott Kolden, circa 1973
| birth_name  = Scott Cary Kolden
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1962|02|11}}
| birth_place = [[Torrance, California]]
| death_date  = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) -->
| death_place = 
| nationality = American 
| other_names = 
| spouse      = Lorraine Vanek (m. 1985)
| children    = 6
| known_for   = 
| occupation  = Actor, sound engineer
| years_active= 1971–1980 (actor)<br>1993–present (sound engineer)
}}

'''Scott Cary Kolden''' (born February 11, 1962) is an American [[sound engineer]] and former [[child actor]].  Beginning his professional show business career at the age of eight, Kolden is perhaps best known for his Disney film roles; as Leonard in ''[[The Mystery in Dracula's Castle]]'' and as Rupert in ''[[Charley and the Angel]]'', as well as for his role as Scotty on the [[NBC]] Saturday morning children's series ''[[Sigmund and the Sea Monsters]]''.

==Early life==
Kolden was born in [[Torrance, California]], the son of Janet Louise (née Wilford) and Lloyd Cameron Kolden. His father was a design supervisor for [[Hughes Aircraft]].  Kolden grew up with an older sister, Karen Patricia Kolden (b. 1957), an older brother, Lloyd Cameron "Cam" Kolden, Jr. (b. 1958) and later, a younger sister, Katherine Courtney Kolden (b. 1977).<ref name="NBC Television News">{{cite web|url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/9/93/20120913104244!Sigmund_and_the_Sea_Monsters_Scott_Kolden_1974.jpg|title=Sigmund and the Sea Monsters - Scott Kolden|author=|date=Fall 1974|page=4|work=NBC Television News}}</ref>

==Career==

===Actor===
[[File:Me and the Chimp Ted Bessell Scott Kolden Buttons.jpg|thumb|left|Kolden (front) with ''[[Me and the Chimp]]'' co-stars, [[Ted Bessell]] and "Buttons", 1971]]
From the time he was a baby, friends commented on Kolden's photogenic looks, suggesting to his mother that she get him into show business.<ref name="NBC Television News"/>  Years later, when recounting how he began his acting career, Kolden explained, "I got started at about 7½ [or] 8-years-old.  I was just the little kid that was kind of the ham-bone.  I'd do funny voices and I was putting on a show for the relatives and friends and I guess enough people bugged mom saying 'Gee you oughta get him in show business.'"<ref name="Sigmund DVD">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Sigmund-Sea-Monsters-Season-One/dp/B0055CP9R2/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1346741611&sr=1-1&keywords=sigmund+and+the+sea+monsters+season+2|title=Interview with Whitaker and Kolden|author=|date=6 September 2011|work=Sigmund & the Sea Monsters DVD}}</ref>

Kolden's mother took him to a commercial talent agent.  The agency signed him, sent him on three auditions, and he was promptly hired for all three commercials.<ref name="NBC Television News"/>  Kolden continued, "I guess I just had the right look at the right time [because] every [audition] I seemed to go on, I just started getting them."<ref name="Sigmund DVD"/>  After starting as essentially a [[child model]] in commercials, Kolden quickly transitioned to acting roles.<ref name="NBC Television News"/>

In January 1971, ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' reported that [[Paramount Television]] was filming a new pilot for [[CBS]], tentatively titled ''[[The Plumbum]]''.  The pilot reportedly starred [[Kenneth Mars (actor)|Kenneth Mars]] and Kolden as a bachelor plumber and his young cousin, however, no record of the pilot or subsequent series having aired has been found.<ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/669582322.html?dids=669582322:669582322&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+18%2C+1971&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=James+Gregory+Set+for+Comedy&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202020341/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/669582322.html?dids=669582322:669582322&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+18,+1971&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=James+Gregory+Set+for+Comedy&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2013|title=James Gregory Set for Comedy|author=|date=18 January 1971|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>  According to IMDb, Kolden made his television debut in a small role as Bobby on the 1971 comedy series ''[[Funny Face (TV series)|Funny Face]]''.<ref name="IMDb.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463980/|title=Scott C. Kolden - IMDb|author=|access-date=12 September 2012|work=Internet Movie Database}}</ref>  The following year, he landed a co-starring role as Scott Reynolds, the son of [[Ted Bessell]] and [[Anita Gillette]] on the short-lived [[CBS]] comedy series ''[[Me and the Chimp]]''.<ref name="Schenectady Gazette">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3mwtAAAAIBAJ&pg=3672,1861616|title=Ted Bessell Premieres In Series About Chimp|author=|date=8 January 1972|work=Schenectady Gazette}}</ref>

[[File:Billy Barty Johnny Whitaker Scott Kolden Sigmund and the Sea Monsters 1973.JPG|thumb|right|Kolden (back) with ''[[Sigmund and the Sea Monsters|Sigmund]]'' co-stars [[Billy Barty]] and [[Johnny Whitaker]], 1973]]
In January 1973, Kolden co-starred as Leonard Booth alongside [[Johnny Whitaker]] as his brother, Alfie in ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' two-part television film, ''[[The Mystery in Dracula's Castle]]''.<ref name="Connecticut Sunday Herald">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vFhjAAAAIBAJ&pg=2791,1064843|title=World of Disney - 'The Mystery in Dracula's Castle'|author=|date=14 January 1973|work=Connecticut Sunday Herald}}</ref><ref name="Wood County Democrat">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D5k9AAAAIBAJ&pg=3499,2539046|title=Sunday - The Mystery in Dracula's Castle|author=|date=8 September 1977|work=[[Wood County Democrat]]}}</ref>  In March of that year, he made his feature film debut co-starring as Rubert Appleby, the son of [[Fred MacMurray]] and [[Cloris Leachman]] in the Walt Disney family film ''[[Charley and the Angel]]''.<ref name="New York Times">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/28/archives/film-charley-and-angel-the-cast.html|title=Film: 'Charley and Angel'; The Cast|author=|date=28 June 1973|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="The Southeast Missourian">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_mkfAAAAIBAJ&pg=4564,5177902&dq=scott-kolden&hl=en|title=On the Esquire Screen|author=|date=20 April 1973|work=The Southeast Missourian}}</ref>  In 1976, Kolden starred as Joey Fields, a boy who befriends a Killer Whale at [[Marineland of the Pacific|Marineland]] in the feature film ''[[A Whale of a Tale (film)|A Whale of a Tale]]''<ref name="Allmovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/scott-kolden-p38993/|title=Scott Kolden movies, photos, reviews|author=|access-date=12 September 2012|work=Allmovie.com}}</ref> (although earliest reports of a release date to 1976,<ref name="Pittsburgh Post-Gazette">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=neUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6716,1858366|title=Talk of the Triangle - Name Dropping|author=|date=20 August 1976|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref> records indicate the film was shot circa 1972<ref name="Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eZEmAAAAIBAJ&pg=7183,54822|title=Stage and Screen - Alumni Notes|author=|date=1 August 1972|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref>).

In 1973, Kolden landed his co-starring role as Scotty Stuart on the [[Sid & Marty Krofft]] Saturday morning comedy-fantasy series ''[[Sigmund and the Sea Monsters]]'', once again paired alongside fellow child star Johnny Whitaker as his brother, Johnny.<ref name="Oscala Star-Banner">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u6BPAAAAIBAJ&pg=4799,1572431=|title=Cartoon Fun For All Ages Fills Saturday Mornings|author=|date=7 September 1973|work=Oscala Star-Banner}}</ref>  The series was a success and aired on [[NBC]] from 1973 to 1975, becoming the first Krofft Saturday morning series to be picked up for a second season and co-starring such veteran character actors as [[Billy Barty]], [[Mary Wickes]], [[Rip Taylor]] and [[Margaret Hamilton (actress)|Margaret Hamilton]], among others.<ref name="St. Joseph News-Press">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zNxeAAAAIBAJ&pg=2665,129714|title='Sigmund' Back Into Production|author=|date=1 June 1974|work=St. Joseph News-Press}}</ref><ref name="TV Series Finale">{{cite web|url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/hr-pufnstuf-sigmund-and-the-sea-monsters-head-to-the-big-screen/|title=Pufnstuf & Sigmund: Headed to the Big Screen?|author=|date=27 June 2008|work=TV Series Finale}}</ref><ref name="The Bay Area Reporter">{{cite web|url=http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=dvd&article=371|title=TV on DVD: New Sets|author=|date=5 January 2012|work=The Bay Area Reporter}}</ref>

On September 7, 1973, Kolden also appeared as Scotty Stuart on the [[Saturday morning preview specials#NBC|NBC Saturday Morning Preview]] special introducing the new Saturday morning offerings of the 1973–1974 season alongside fellow ''Sigmund'' co-stars, Johnny Whitaker and Billy Barty.<ref name="The Rock Hill Herald">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HUctAAAAIBAJ&pg=5515,103789|title=Saturday Morning Video Fare To Be Previewed|author=|date=1 September 1973|work=The Rock Hill Herald}}</ref><ref name="The Robesonian">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RCRSAAAAIBAJ&pg=6066,227772&dq=scott-kolden&hl=en|title=Children's Shows Previewed|author=|date=2 September 1973|work=The Robesonian}}</ref>  In 1980, Kolden made his final on-screen appearance as Steve, the son of [[Jim Davis (actor)|Jim Davis]] in the science-fiction feature film, ''[[The Day Time Ended]]''.<ref name="Allmovie.com"/>

===Sound engineer===
In 1993 Kolden began a career as a sound engineer, working as a sound mixer and sound effects editor on over 200 films and television series, including ''[[The X-files]]'', ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', ''[[Pinocchio's Revenge]]'' and ''[[Leprechaun 3]]'', as well as working on the Disney channel children's series ''[[Hannah Montana]]'', ''[[The Suite Life of Zack & Cody]]'' and ''[[Cory in the House]]''.<ref name="IMDb.com"/>

In 2000, Kolden won the [[Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors)|Golden Reel Award]] for his work on the children's film ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein]]''<ref name="IMDb.com 2"/> and in 2004, was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for his work on the dramatic television film ''[[44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out]]''.<ref name="Emmys.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/nominations/2004/|title=Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for 2004|author=|date=12 September 2012|work=Emmys.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==
During his years working on ''Sigmund and the Sea Monsters'', Kolden attended Wilmington Junior High School in [[Wilmington, California]].  His favorite hobbies at that time were sports, playing drums, baseball and riding his unicycle.<ref name="NBC Television News"/>  After leaving show business, Kolden graduated from Phineas Banning High School in Wilmington, California in 1979.<ref name="Facebook.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/scott.kolden|title=Scott Kolden - Work and Education|author=|access-date=12 September 2012|work=Facebook.com}}</ref>
 
On October 19, 1985, Kolden married Lorraine Vanek.  He is the father of six children: four sons and two daughters.<ref name="KoldenFamily.com">{{cite web|url=http://koldenfamily.com/KoldenFam/Home.html|title=The Kolden Family|author=|access-date=12 September 2012|work=KoldenFamily.com}}</ref>

Since February 2003, Kolden has served as Technical Arts Director at Discovery Church in Simi Valley, California.<ref name="DiscoveryChurch.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.discoverychurch.com/about/staff/|title=Discovery Church, Simi Valley > Our Staff|author=|access-date=12 September 2012|work=DiscoveryChurch.com}}</ref>

==Filmography==
This filmography lists only Kolden's film and television appearances as an actor.  See the "External links" section below for an [[IMDb]] link to a complete filmography of his work as a sound engineer.
{| class="wikitable" rowspan=5; style="text-align: center; background:#ffffff;"
|-
! colspan=4 | Film
|-
!Year !!Film !!Role !!Notes
|-
|1973||''[[Charley and the Angel]]''||Rupert Appleby||—
|-
|1976||''[[A Whale of a Tale (film)|A Whale of a Tale]]''||Joey Fields||Filmed in 1972
|-
|1980||''[[The Day Time Ended]]''||Steve Williams||—
|-
! colspan=4 | Television
|-
!Year !! Program !!Role !!Notes
|-
|1971||''[[The Plumbum]]''||Little Cousin||Unaired pilot
|-
|1971||''[[Funny Face (TV series)|Funny Face]]''||Bobby||Episode: "Don't Worry, I'll Manage"
|-
|1972||''[[Me and the Chimp]]''||Scott Reynolds||13 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|1973||''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]''||Leonard Booth||"The Mystery in Dracula's Castle"
|-
|''[[Saturday morning preview specials#NBC|NBC Saturday Morning Preview]]''||Scott Stuart||Special
|-
|1973–1975||''[[Sigmund and the Sea Monsters]]''||Scott Stuart||29 episodes
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable" rowspan=5; style="text-align: center; background:#ffffff;"
!Year!!Award!!Category!!Work!!Result!!Ref.
|-
|2000||rowspan=5|[[Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors)|Golden Reel Award]]||Best Sound Editing - Direct to Video - Sound Editorial||''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein]]''||{{won}}||rowspan=5|<ref name="IMDb.com 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463980/awards|title=Scott C. Kolden - Awards|author=|access-date=12 September 2012|work=Internet Movie Database}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3|2001||Best Sound Editing - Direct to Video - Sound Editorial||''[[An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster]]''||{{nom}}
|-
|Best Sound Editing - Television Mini-Series - Effects & Foley||''[[Sally Hemings#Representation in other media|Sally Hemings: An American Scandal]]''||{{nom}}
|-
|Best Sound Editing - Television Movies and Specials - Effects & Foley||''[[Operation Sandman]]''||{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2004|| Best Sound Editing in Television Long Form - Sound Effects & Foley||rowspan=2|''[[44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out]]''||{{nom}}
|-
|[[Emmy Award]]||Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special||{{nom}}||<ref name="Emmys.com"/>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Scott Kolden}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0463980}}
* {{tcmdb name|id=1109171|name=Scott Kolden}}
* [http://www.allmovie.com/artist/scott-kolden-p38993 Scott Kolden] at [[Allmovie.com]]
* [http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/scott-kolden/207590 Scott Kolden] at [[TVGuide.com]]

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