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Grady Sutton

 
Actor: Grady Sutton
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  • Born: Apr 05, 1908 in Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Died: Sep 17, 1995
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'40s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
  • Career Highlights: The Man on the Flying Trapeze, The Bashful Bachelor, Susie Steps Out
  • First Major Screen Credit: Gridiron Flash (1935)

Biography

While visiting a high school pal in Los Angeles in 1924, roly-poly Grady Sutton made the acquaintance of his friend's brother, director William A. Seiter. Quite taken by Sutton's bucolic appearance and comic potential, Seiter invited Sutton to appear in his next film, The Mad Whirl. Sutton enjoyed himself in his bit role, and decided to remain in Hollywood, where he spent the next 47 years playing countless minor roles as dimwitted Southerners and country bumpkins. Usually appearing in comedies, Sutton supported such master clowns as Laurel and Hardy and W.C. Fields (the latter reportedly refused to star in 1940's The Bank Dick unless Sutton was given a good part); he also headlined in two short-subjects series, Hal Roach's The Boy Friends and RKO's The Blondes and the Redheads. Through the auspices of Blondes and the Redheads director George Stevens, Sutton was cast as Katharine Hepburn's cloddish dancing partner in Alice Adams (1935), the first of many similar roles. Sutton kept his hand in movies until 1971, and co-starred on the 1966 Phyllis Diller TV sitcom The Pruitts of Southampton. A willing interview subject of the the 1960s and 1970s, Grady Sutton went into virtual seclusion after the death of his close friend, director George Cukor. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Grady Sutton
Born Grady Harwell Sutton
April 5, 1906(1906-04-05)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Died September 17, 1995 (aged 89)
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Occupation Actor
Years active 1925-1979

Grady Harwell Sutton (April 5, 1906 — September 17, 1995) was an American film and television actor from the 1920s to the 1970s.

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Biography

Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Sutton was raised in Florida where he attended St. Petersburg High School. He began his career during the silent film era and made the transition to sound films with the college themed serials The Boy Friends.[1] He moved on to countless character roles, where he frequently played dimwitted country boys. His most well-known roles were as Frank Dowling, Katharine Hepburn's dancing partner, in Alice Adams (1935) and as a foil to W.C. Fields in several films, including Og Oggilby, Fields' daughter's fiancé, in The Bank Dick (1940).

Sutton continued to work throughout the 1950s and 1960s, finally retiring from acting in 1979. The strength of his association with Fields was such that it was mentioned in the commentary for My Fair Lady. Sutton has a non-speaking role in some of the formal-dress scenes, and subtly performs some comic shtick. The commentator refers to him as "an old W. C. Fields actor".

On September 17, 1995, Sutton died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hill, California at the age of 89.[2]

Selected filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
1925 The Freshman Student who goes to dean Uncredited
Alternative title: College Days
1926 Brown of Harvard One of the Dickeys Uncredited
1930 Hit the Deck
1932 Hot Saturday Archie
1933 Only Yesterday Charlie Smith, Party Guest Uncredited
1935 Man on the Flying Trapeze Claude Neselrode Alternative title: The Memory Expert
1936 My Man Godfrey Charlie Van Rumple Uncredited
1937 Stage Door Butch
1938 Having Wonderful Time Gus Alternative title: Having a Wonderful Time
1939 The Angels Wash Their Faces Gildersleeve (Mayor's secretary) Alternative title: Angels Wash Their Faces
1940 The Bank Dick Og Oggleby, Bank Teller
1940 Torrid Zone Sam, Steve's Secretary
1941 She Knew All the Answers Ogleby
1942 The Affairs of Martha Justin I. Peacock, Jr
1943 A Lady Takes a Chance Malcolm Scott Alternative title: The Cowboy and the Girl
1944 The Great Moment Homer Quimby
1945 Anchors Aweigh Bertram Kraler - Susan's beau
1946 Dragonwyck Astor House clerk Uncredited
1948 Romance on the High Seas Ship Radio operator Uncredited
Alternative title: It's Magic
1954 A Star Is Born Artie Carver Uncredited
1962 The Chapman Report Simon Uncredited
1963 Come Blow Your Horn Clothing Store Manager Uncredited
1964 My Fair Lady Ascot Extra/Guest at Ball Uncredited
1965 Tickle Me Mr. Dabney
1966 Paradise, Hawaiian Style Mr. Cubberson
1968 I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! Funeral Director Alternative title: Kiss My Butterfly
1970 Myra Breckinridge Kid Barlow
1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter Storekeeper
1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School School Board President
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1954 I Married Joan Newsroom Walk Through 1 episode
1960 The Ann Sothern Show Swann 2 episodes
Shirley Temple's Storybook Simon 1 episode
1960-1961 Lawman Ben Toomey 8 episodes
1964 Mickey Mr. Freebish 1 episode
1965 Burke's Law Hubie 1 episode
Petticoat Junction Chef 1 episode
1967 Batman Irving Cash 1 episode
1972 Hawaii Five-O Minister 1 episode
1974 The Odd Couple Pops Belkon 1 episode

References

  1. ^ Gifford, Denis (1995-09-26). "Obituary: Grady Sutton". The Independent (London). http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950926/ai_n14008507. Retrieved on 2009-01-29. 
  2. ^ "Grady Sutton, 89, a Comic Foil to Fields, Hepburn and Lombard". The New York Times. 1992-10-28. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DC133EF93BA1575AC0A963958260. Retrieved on 2009-01-29. 

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