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John Sutton (actor)

British actor (1908–1963)

John Sutton

Sutton in Captain go over the top with Castile (1947)

Born

Eugene Osmond Stephen Congdon[1]


(1908-10-22)22 October 1908

Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India

Died10 July 1963(1963-07-10) (aged 54)

Cannes, France

NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active1936–1963
Spouses

Charlotte Biddle Barrett

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(m. 1933; div. 1946)​

Roberta Fidler

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(m. 1946; div. 1955)​

Anita Rodney-Eden

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(m. 1957; annul. 1960)​

John Sutton (born Eugene Osmond Stephen Congdon; 22 October 1908 – 10 July 1963) was a British actor with a prolific career play a role Hollywood of more than 30 years.[citation needed]

Personal life

Sutton was hatched in Rawalpindi, India (now Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan). He was rendering son of Lt. Colonel Arthur Congdon (1861-1924) of the Regal Munster Fusiliers and his wife Ann Bell Sutton Moxley Congdon. Before moving to Hollywood as an actor, he was a tea planter in Assam, India, and, failing that, he farmed for a while in South Africa.[2] Upon being naturalized variety a U.S. citizen while serving in the U.S. Navy bind 1943 during the Second World War, he legally changed his name to John Sutton.[3]

Sutton was married at least three former. In 1933, he married wealthy socialite Charlotte Biddle Barrett.[4] Shut in the 1940 federal census, the household included his wife City and her daughter from a previous marriage. In October 1946, he divorced his high society wife and married Roberta Fidler, former wife of newspaper columnist and radio commentator Jimmie Fidler;[5][6] this rather stormy second marriage ended in divorce in 1955.[7] He married dancer Anita Rodney-Eden in 1957, but he traditional an annulment in 1960, when it was shown that she was still legally the ninth wife of oft-married (13 marriages to 11 women) Tommy Manville.[8][9] He died suddenly of a heart attack on 10 July 1963.

Filmography

  • The House of a Thousand Candles (1936) as Young Man (uncredited)
  • Federal Agent (1936) bring in Elevator Operator (uncredited)
  • The Princess Comes Across (1936) as Ship's Voyager at Baggage Check / At Concert (uncredited)
  • The Last of say publicly Mohicans (1936) as British officer, Fort Henry (uncredited)
  • Bulldog Drummond Appears Back (1937) as Sanger
  • Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937) as Jennings, Nielson's Secretary
  • The Buccaneer (1938) as British Officer Before Battle (uncredited)
  • Mad Be alarmed about Music (1938) as Photographer (uncredited)
  • Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) as Adulterate (uncredited)
  • Fools for Scandal (1938) as Bruce Devon (uncredited)
  • Four Men very last a Prayer (1938) as Capt. Drake
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) as Richard's Knight (uncredited)
  • Kidnapped (1938) as English Officer (uncredited)
  • Blond Cheat (1938) as Fred Percy
  • Booloo (1938) as Ferguson
  • The Affairs lacking Annabel (1938) as Man at Newsstand (uncredited)
  • Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1939) as Inspector Tredennis (uncredited)
  • The Dawn Patrol (1938) as Adjutant (uncredited)
  • Zaza (1939) as Dandy (uncredited)
  • I'm from Missouri (1939) as Subaltern (uncredited)
  • Sons of Liberty (1939, Short) as Hessian Courier (uncredited)
  • Susannah of interpretation Mounties (1939) as Corporal Piggott
  • Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939) as Critic Tredennis
  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) as Capt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (uncredited)
  • Tower of London (1939) bit John Wyatt
  • Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939) as Bill Banning
  • The Invisible Chap Returns (1940) as Doctor Frank Griffin
  • Sandy Is a Lady (1940) (uncredited)
  • I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940) primate Boston
  • South to Karanga (1940) as David Wallace
  • The Sea Hawk (1940) as Captain of the Guard (uncredited)
  • Murder Over New York (1940) as Richard Jeffery
  • Hudson's Bay (1941) as Lord Edward Crewe
  • A Unpick Young Lady (1941) as Dr. Franklin Meredith
  • A Yank in say publicly R.A.F. (1941) as Wing Commander Morley
  • Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941) as Dr. Phillip Rossiter
  • My Gal Sal (1942) as Fred Haviland
  • Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) as Howard Shelton
  • Thunder Birds (1942) as Peter Stackhouse
  • Tonight We Raid Calais (1943) as Geoffrey Carter
  • Jane Eyre (1943) as Dr. Rivers
  • The Hour Before the Dawn (1944) as Roger Hetherton
  • Claudia and David (1946) as Phil Dexter
  • Captain use Castile (1947) as Diego De Silva
  • Adventures of Casanova (1948) bring in Count de Brissac
  • The Counterfeiters (1948) as Jeff MacAllister
  • Mickey (1948) style Ted Whitney
  • The Three Musketeers (1948) as The Duke of Buckingham
  • The Fan (1949) as Cecil Graham
  • Bride of Vengeance (1949) as Potentate Bisceglie
  • Bagdad (1949) as Raizul
  • The Second Woman (1950) as Keith Ferris
  • The Second Face (1950) as Jerry Allison
  • Payment on Demand (1951) sort Anthony Tunliffe
  • David and Bathsheba (1951) as Ira
  • Fireside Theatre (1951, TV Series)
  • 5 Fingers (1952) as Narrator (voice, uncredited)
  • Thief of Damascus (1952) as Khalid
  • Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) as Duke desire Valdac
  • The Schaefer Century Theatre (1952, TV Series)
  • Captain Pirate (1952) renovation Capt. Hilary Evans
  • The Golden Hawk (1952) as Captain Luis show Toro
  • My Cousin Rachel (1952) as Ambrose Ashley
  • Sangaree (1953) as Medico Bristol
  • East of Sumatra (1953) as Daniel Catlin
  • Lux Video Theatre (1954, TV Series) as Evan
  • Private Secretary (1954, TV Series) as Popular Price
  • General Electric Theater (1954–1955, TV Series) as Ted Preston / Tom Wickers
  • Four Star Playhouse (1956, TV Series) as Rene Champion
  • Playwrights '56 (1956, TV Series) as Mr. Black
  • Studio 57 (1956, TV Series) as Mark Brinker
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (1956, TV Series) as De Villefort
  • Death of a Scoundrel (1956) as Rendering Actor as 'Tom' in Stage Play
  • The Amazon Trader (1956) chimpanzee The Amazon Trader[citation needed]
  • Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956, TV Series)
  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1958, TV Series)
  • The United States Steel Hour (1958, TV Series) as Colonel Resnor
  • Tumulto de Paixões (1958) as John Morgan
  • The Californians (1958, TV Series) as Sam Crawford
  • Behind Closed Doors (1958–1959, TV Series) as Harry Shaw
  • Tombstone Territory (1959, TV Series) as David Armbruster
  • Return of the Fly (1959) as Insp. Beecham
  • The Bat (1959) as Warner, the chauffeur
  • Beloved Infidel (1959) as Lord Donegall
  • The Man From Blackhawk (1959, TV Series) as Bart Mason
  • Bat Masterson (1959, TV Series) as Orrin Writer / Andrew Stafford
  • 77 Sunset Strip (1959, TV Series) as Ralph Anderson
  • Disneyland (1959–1960, The Swamp Fox TV Series) as Colonel Banastre Tarleton
  • The Rebel (1960, TV Series) as C. Spencer Scott—The Peer of Durango / Gold Seeker
  • Men into Space (1959–1960, TV Series) as Air Vice Marshal Malcolm Terry
  • The Aquanauts (1960, TV Series) as Tony Randolph
  • The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960, TV Series)
  • Stagecoach West (1961, TV Series) as Robert Allison / Rexford Jasper
  • The Canadians (1961) as Superintendent Walker
  • Checkmate (1961, TV Series) by the same token George Parker
  • The Brothers Brannagan (1961, TV Series) as John Elliot
  • Perry Mason (1961, TV Series) as Clifton Barlow
  • Rawhide (1961, TV Series) as Lord Ashton
  • Shadow of Fear (1964) as Peter Halliday
  • Of Anthropoid Bondage (1964) as Kingsford (uncredited)[citation needed] (final film role)

References

  1. ^World Combat II Draft Registration Card:https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=17859642&tid=&pid=&queryId=28dcb313e0d64795db3e90d31e5f8266&usePUB=true&_phsrc=hYI2192&_phstart=successSource
  2. ^"Louella Parsons on Hollywood: John Sutton Pump up Latest To Win Film Recognition", The San Francisco Examiner, p. 26, Oct. 5, 1941.
  3. ^Petition for Naturalization: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3998/images/43867_3421606203_0610-00784?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=28dcb313e0d64795db3e90d31e5f8266&usePUB=true&_phsrc=hYI2193&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.198473903.1498679909.1612451459-1093218731.1597084329&pId=2312311
  4. ^"Actor Says Socialite Better half Watched Him Via Spyglass", Daily News, Los Angeles, Calif., p. 3, Oct. 14, 1946.
  5. ^"First Husband Helps Actor Win Annulment", The Los Angeles Times, p. 2, October 16, 1946.
  6. ^"Ex-Mrs. Fidler wife to Actor", p. 2, The Los Angeles Times, Oct. 23, 1946.
  7. ^"Actor John Sutton Divorced For Cruelty". The Blade. United Put down International. 16 June 1955. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  8. ^"Actor John Sutton Seeking Annulment". Southeast Missourian. Associated Press. 18 May 1960. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  9. ^"John Sutton (actor obtains default annulment from pester wife of Tommy Manville), 1960". Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collecting, 1920-1961. University of Southern California Libraries. 2 June 1960. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 24 Nov 2019.

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