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Jim Hutton
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Actor Born: May 31, 1934 in Binghamton, NY Death: June 2, 1979 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:American actor "Jim Hutton" was performing in a military show in Germany when he was discovered by director "Douglas Sirk". Sirk promptly cast Hutton in "A Time to Love and a Time to Die" (1958), which though released by Universal, led to an MGM contract for the young actor. Evidently MGM had plans to turn Hutton into the new "Jimmy Stewart", for the studio insisted upon casting their young star in roles calling for ingenuous clumsiness. Perhaps the quintessential Hutton role was as "The Horizontal Lieutenant" (1962), in which his constant bumbling eventually transforms him into a war hero. MGM frequently paired Hutton with another player of acute comic skill, "Paula Prentiss"; they worked so well together that many fans assumed Hutton and Prentiss were married -- which must have been amusing to "Paula"'s longtime husband "Richard Benjamin". Hutton was allowed a few non-comedy "outdoors" roles in... Full Biography
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