Jim Hutton
Early in his career, Jim Hutton was being groomed as a romantic lead before transitioning to supporting roles. Starting in 1960, he appeared in a spate of romantic comedies opposite actress Paula Prentiss; both actors were under contract with MGM at the time and, perhaps not incidentally, were among the tallest actors at the studio, with Hutton measured in at a steep six-foot five-inches. In all they made four films together: "Where the Boys Are" (1960), "The Honeymoon Machine" (1961), "Bachelor in Paradise" (1961), and "The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962). During this time, Hutton was often compared to Jimmy Stewart, with whom he shared a penchant for offhand line-readings and a dawdling manner. Into the late 1960s, Hutton began to appear in more dramatic films, showing up as a cavalry lieutenant in Sam Peckinpah's "Major Dundee" (1965) and as comic relief in John Wayne's Vietnam fable, "The Green Berets" (1968). Into the 1970s, the actor gained exposure on TV -- especially as the title character of the mystery hour "Ellery Queen." In the role of the amateur sleuth, Hutton memorably turned to face the camera at the show's end and ask the audience if they could solve the episode's crime. Hutton's son is actor Timothy Hutton.
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Jim Hutton
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sky Trap | Unknown (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flying High | Unknown (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Too Many Suspects | Ellery Queen (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Psychic Killer | Arnold James Masters (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ellery Queen | Ellery Queen (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest | Greg Leyden (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Underground Man | Stanley Broadhurst (Character) | - | 1974 |
71% |
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Alex Farnham (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Call Her Mom | Prof. Jonathan Calder (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Triple Play II | Unknown (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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They Call It Murder | Doug Selby, D.A. (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deadly Hunt | Cliff Cope (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Reluctant Heroes | Cpl. Bill Lukens (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Whispering Death | Randell File (Character) | - | 1971 |
13% |
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Hellfighters | Greg Parker (Character) | - | 1968 |
23% |
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The Green Berets | Sgt. Petersen (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet |
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Who's Minding the Mint? | Harry Lucas (Character) | - | 1967 |
83% |
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Walk, Don't Run | Steve Davis (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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Never Too Late | Charlie Clinton (Character) | - | 1965 |
97% |
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Major Dundee | Lieutenant Graham (Character) | $14.9K | 1965 |
33% |
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The Hallelujah Trail | Capt. Paul Slater (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Looking for Love | Paul Davis (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Horizontal Lieutenant | Lt. Merle Wye (Character) | - | 1962 |
71% |
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Period of Adjustment | George Haverstick (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet |
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The Honeymoon Machine | Jason Eldridge (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet |
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Bachelor in Paradise | Larry Delavane (Character) | - | 1961 |
88% |
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Where the Boys Are | TV Thompson (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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A Time to Love and a Time to Die | Hirschland (Character) | - | 1958 |
TV
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92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Major William Gart (Character) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Day at a Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ellery Queen | Ellery Queen (Character) | 1975-1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Knows Best | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |