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Birthday: May 05, 1930
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Will Hutchins

Will Hutchins (born Marshall Lowell Hutchason), is an American actor most noted for playing the lead role of the young lawyer from the Oklahoma Territory, Tom Brewster, in sixty-nine episodes of the Warner Bros. Western television series Sugarfoot, which aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. Hutchins was discovered by a talent scout for Warner Bros., who changed his name from Marshall Lowell Hutchason to Will Hutchins. The young actor's easygoing manner was compared to Will Rogers, the Oklahoma humorist. His contract led him to guest appearances in Warner Bros. Television programs, such as Conflict. Hutchins was also cast as a guest star on Cheyenne, Bronco, Maverick and 77 Sunset Strip. He had small roles in the Warners movies Bombers B-52, Lafayette Escadrille, and No Time for Sergeants where he screen tested for the lead of Will Stockdale with James Garner playing the psychiatrist. Hutchins leapt to national fame in the lead of Sugarfoot. During the series' run he guest-starred on other Warner Bros shows such as The Roaring 20's, Bronco, and Surfside 6. Warners tried him in the lead of a feature, Young and Eager aka Claudelle Inglish with Diane McBain. He tried another pilot for a series, Howie, that was not picked up and war in the Warners war film with Jeff Chandler, Merrill's Marauders, a picture filmed in the Philippine Islands and Chandler's last acting role. Hutchins guest-starred on Gunsmoke and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. While appearing in a play in Chicago in late 1963, he was flown to Los Angeles to shoot a television pilot for MGM, Take Me to Your Leader, in which Hutchins played a Martian salesman who came to Earth. Though the pilot was not picked up, it led MGM to sign him for Spinout, in which he co-starred as Lt. Tracy Richards ("Dick Tracy" backwards) alongside Elvis Presley. In 1965, Hutchins co-starred with Jack Nicholson and Warren Oates in Monte Hellman's The Shooting. In 1968–1969, Hutchins starred as Dagwood Bumstead in a CBS television version of the comic strip Blondie. He travelled to South Africa to appear in Shangani Patrol. Back in the United States, Hutchins guest-starred on Love, American Style, Emergency!, Chase, Movin' On, The Streets of San Francisco, and The Quest. He was in The Horror at 37,000 Feet, Slumber Party '57, and The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington. He also began appearing in circuses as Patches the Clown.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Merrill's Marauders Chowhound 1962
The Horror at 37,000 Feet Steve Holcomb 1973
The Shooting Coley Boyard 1966
No Time for Sergeants Lt. George Bridges 1958
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion Self 1979
The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington Randall Petersdorf 1977
Claudelle Inglish Dennis Peasley 1961
The Quest Earl 1976
Maverick Spectator (uncredited) 1994
Spinout Tracy Richards 1966
Shangani Patrol Frederick Russell Burnham 1970
Clambake Tom Wilson / 'Scott Heyward' 1967
Slumber Party '57 Harold Perkins 1976
Bombers B-52 Roberts - B-52 Navigator (uncredited) 1957
The Romantics Grandpa McDevon 2010
Roar Committee 1981
Warren Oates: Across the Border Self 1993
Lafayette Escadrille Dave Putnam 1958
Magnum Force Cost Plus Cop 1973
Series Cast Year
Cheyenne 1955
Surfside 6 Arky Cooper 1960
Gunsmoke Billy Poe 1955
Perry Mason Donald Hobart 1957
Emergency! 1972
Blondie 1968
Hey Landlord! Woodrow 'Woody' Banner 1966
Bronco 1958
Matinee Theater 1955
The Roaring 20's 1960
Maverick 1957
77 Sunset Strip Self 1958
The Streets of San Francisco Sparky 1972
77 Sunset Strip Emcee 1958
Sugarfoot Tom Brewster, The Canary Kid 1957
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour J.J. Fenton 1962
Maverick Lawyer 1957
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