John Sutton

Actor

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Birth Place

India

Born

October 22, 1908

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

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John Sutton started out playing minor roles in action and adventure films until he hit his career's peak in the 1940s with major parts in swashbucklers. Often he filled in for bigger stars serving in the armed forces during World War II. His first major co-starring role was as Lord Edward Crewe in "Hudson's Bay," starring Gene Tierney, an elaborate story of English colonialism in Canada....

Filmography

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The Last Safari (1967)

The Drums of Tabu (1967)

Of Human Bondage (1964)

Marizinia (1962)

The Canadians (1961)

Superintendent Walker

Beloved Infidel (1959)

Photos & Videos

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My Gal Sal (1942) -- (Movie Clip) What's Your Answer?

Fan, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Lady Windermere's Fan

Biography

John Sutton started out playing minor roles in action and adventure films until he hit his career's peak in the 1940s with major parts in swashbucklers. Often he filled in for bigger stars serving in the armed forces during World War II. His first major co-starring role was as Lord Edward Crewe in "Hudson's Bay," starring Gene Tierney, an elaborate story of English colonialism in Canada. In 1943, Sutton took one of the few leading roles of his career in the war drama "Tonight We Raid Calais" and played a relatively minor role in the more major film "Jane Eyre," starring Orson Welles. In the latter half of the 1940s, Sutton stayed more focused on derring-do, with a costarring role in "Captain from Castile," starring Tyrone Power as a Spanish officer aiding Cortes's invasion of Mexico; and "The Three Musketeers," as the Duke of Buckingham, an ally of d'Artagnan. In the 1950s, Sutton's film career significantly subsided, though he made several one-off and recurring appearances on television--often in adaptations of classic literature, Westerns, and adventure-filled period pieces.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Last Safari (1967)

The Drums of Tabu (1967)

Of Human Bondage (1964)

Marizinia (1962)

The Canadians (1961)

Superintendent Walker

Beloved Infidel (1959)

Return of the Fly (1959)

Inspector Beecham

Death of a Scoundrel (1956)

The Amazon Trader (1956)

The Amazon Trader

Africa Adventure (1954)

Professional hunter

East of Sumatra (1953)

My Cousin Rachel (1953)

Sangaree (1953)

5 Fingers (1952)

Lady in the Iron Mask (1952)

Captain Pirate (1952)

The Golden Hawk (1952)

Thief of Damascus (1952)

Payment on Demand (1951)

[Anthony] Tunliffe

David and Bathsheba (1951)

The Second Woman (1950)

The Second Face (1950)

[Prince] Raizul

Bride of Vengeance (1949)

The Three Musketeers (1948)

The Duke of Buckingham

The Counterfeiters (1948)

Jeff MacAllister, also known as "Piccadilly Jeff"

Adventures of Casanova (1948)

Count Julien De Brissac

Captain from Castile (1948)

Claudia and David (1946)

The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)

Roger Hetherton

Jane Eyre (1944)

Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)

Geoffrey Carter

Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)

My Gal Sal (1942)

Thunder Birds (1942)

Peter Stackhouse

Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941)

Dr. Philip Rossiter

A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)

Wing Commander [John] Morley

A Very Young Lady (1941)

Dr. [Franklin] Meredith

Hudson's Bay (1941)

Lord Edward Crewe

British Intelligence (1940)

I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby (1940)

South to Karanga (1940)

The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

Dr. Frank Griffin

Murder over New York (1940)

Richard Jeffrey

I'm from Missouri (1939)

Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)

Inspector Tredennis

Tower of London (1939)

Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)

Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

Corporal Piggott

Kidnapped (1938)

English officer

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1938)

Nielson's secretary

Blond Cheat (1938)

The Dawn Patrol (1938)

The Affairs of Annabel (1938)

Man at newsstand

Four Men and a Prayer (1938)

[Captain] Drake

Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938)

Inspector Tredennis

Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)

Fools for Scandal (1938)

Man at Lady Malverton's table

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)

Producer (Feature Film)

Small Pleasures (1993)

Sound (Feature Film)

Jailbreakers (1994)

Reform School Girl (1994)

That Night (1993)

The Dark Half (1993)

Passion Fish (1992)

Dogfight (1991)

The Grifters (1990)

Film Production - Construction/Set (Feature Film)

Satisfaction (1988)

Construction Coordinator

Construction Coordinator

Film Production - Lighting/Electrical (Feature Film)

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Stephen King's The Night Flier (1997)

Production Coordinator

Location Manager (Feature Film)

Location Manager (Safari Camp)

Special Thanks (Feature Film)

When Brendan Met Trudy (2000)

Special Thanks To

ENDURANCE (1999)

Special Thanks To

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Out Of Africa (1985)

Sound (TV Mini-Series)

Family Album (1994)

Life Events

Videos

My Gal Sal (1942) -- (Movie Clip) What's Your Answer? Joining the number midway, headliner Sally (Rita Hayworth) performing a song in fact written by Paul Dresser, the brother of the novelist Theodore Dreiser, played here by Victor Mature, who's come to New York seeking redress, James Gleason his agent, in My Gal Sal, 1942.

Fan, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Lady Windermere's Fan From a framing device in post-WWII London, confirming the source is Oscar Wilde's play, Madeleine Carroll as ancient Mrs. Erlynne reveals herself to aged Lord Darlington (George Sanders), decades before with Cecil and Arthur (John Sutton, Richard Greene), in Otto Preminger's The Fan, 1949.

Fan, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) What Most Other Men Are Lord and Lady Windermere (Richard Greene, Jeanne Crain) attend a fencing match to watch Darlington (George Sanders) and Graham (John Sutton) compete, as evil Mrs. Erlynne (Madeleine Carroll), with Augustus (Hugh Dempster), alarms the duchess (Martita Hunt), in Otto Preminger's The Fan, 1949.

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937) -- (Movie Clip) I Should've Been An Actor John Barrymore in a beefed-up role as Scotland Yard man Neilson, aims to make sure the title character (John Howard), with partner Algy (Reginald Denny) and butler Tenny (E.E. Clive), doesn’t know he’s helping chase the kidnapped fiancè, in Bulldog Drummond Comes Back, 1937.

Golden Hawk (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Throw The Wench Back In Amid battle between ships helmed by Spaniard Del Toro (John Sutton) and pirate Gerardo (Sterling Hayden, title character), previously unmentioned prisoners appear, Columbia getting full Technicolor value from a dunked Rhonda Fleming, as Dutch “Jane,” in The Golden Hawk, 1952.

Jane Eyre (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Dreaming Again Peggy Ann Garner as young the young orphan title character in her famous school punishment, friend Helen (an un-credited Elizabeth Taylor) stealing the scenes, Dr. Rivers (John Sutton) riding by, in Jane Eyre, 1944, starring Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles.

Three Musketeers, The (1948) --(Movie Clip) Brand New Creatures Director George Sidney with closer looks at key players, John Sutton as the English Prime Minister, in love with French Queen Anne (Angela Lansbury), diabolical Cardinal Richelieu (Vincent Price) with his chief collaborator Lady de Winter (Lana Turner), in MGM's The Three Musketeers, 1948.

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