Arthur Hunnicutt (February 17, 1910 – September 26, 1979) was an American actor known for his portrayal of wise grizzled, old rural characters.
Biography
A native of Gravelly, Arkansas, Hunnicutt attended Arkansas State Teachers College but dropped out during his junior year when he ran out of money. He moved to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts where he joined up with a theatre company before moving to New York where he quickly found himself landing roles in Broadway productions. While touring as the lead actor in Tobacco Road, he developed the country character he would later be typecast as throughout his career. Hunnicutt often found himself cast as a character much older than himself.
Hunnicutt appeared in a number of films in the early 1940s before returning to the stage. In 1949 he moved back to Hollywood and resumed his film career. He played a long string of supporting role characters – sympathetic, wise rural types, as in The Red Badge of Courage (1951), The Lusty Men (1952), The Tall T (1957) and El Dorado (1967).
In 1952, he earned an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actor in the Howard Hawks western The Big Sky.
Throughout the '50s, '60s, and '70s, Hunnicutt made nearly 40 guest appearances on American television programs such as Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman and The Twilight Zone.
In his later years, Hunnicutt served as Honorary Mayor of Northridge, California. He developed tongue cancer. He died in 1979 and is buried in the Coop Prairie Cemetery in Mansfield, Arkansas.
Filmography
from Split Second (1953)
Year
Film
Role
1943
The Chance of a Lifetime
1949
Border Incident
1950
Stars in My Crown
1950
Two Flags West
1951
Sugarfoot
1951
The Red Badge of Courage
1952
The Big Sky
Zeb Calloway/Narrator
1952
The Lusty Men
1953
Split Second
1954
The French Line
1954
She Couldn't Say No
1955
The Last Command
Davy Crockett
1957
The Tall T
Rintoon
1959
Rio Bravo
1965
Cat Ballou
Butch Cassidy
1967
El Dorado
Bull Harris
1971
The Million Dollar Duck
1974
Harry and Tonto
1975
Moonrunners
Uncle Jesse
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NAME
Hunnicutt, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Actor
DATE OF BIRTH
1910-2-17
PLACE OF BIRTH
Gravelly, Arkansas, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
1979-9-26
PLACE OF DEATH
Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
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Categories: 1910 births | 1979 deaths | American actors | People from Arkansas
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