Brian Geoffrey Hutton (January 1, 1935[1] – August 19, 2014) was an American actor and film director whose notable credits are for the action films Where Eagles Dare (1968) and Kelly's Heroes (1970).
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Born | Brian Geoffrey Hutton (1935-01-01)January 1, 1935 New York City, U.S. |
Died | August 19, 2014(2014-08-19) (aged 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Film Director, actor |
Years active | 1954–2014 |
Hutton was born in New York City and studied at the Actors Studio.[1] He had a brief acting career between 1954 and 1962, including an appearance as an army deserter in the episode "Custer" in Gunsmoke (series 2, 1956). He played a young gunslinger, Billy Benson in season 2, episode 4 of "The Rifleman". He made two guest appearances on Perry Mason in 1957: as Rod Gleason in "The Case of the Sulky Girl" and as a parking attendant in "The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink." His last television appearance was in the series Archer in 1975.[2]
In 1958, Hutton played a young gunfighter named The Kid in the episode "Yampa Crossing" of the western series Sugarfoot.[3][4] The following year, he portrayed a remorseful defendant on trial for causing a traffic death in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (the episode "Your Witness").[3] Hutton played twins in an episode of Have Gun Will Travel as Adam and Sam M.
Hutton made his debut as a director in 1965 with Wild Seed starring Michael Parks. [5]
His first studio film was The Pad and How to Use It (1966) produced by Ross Hunter, shot in 19 days.[6]
Hutton then did Sol Madrid (1967) for producer Elliot Kastner. Kastner hired Hutton to direct Where Eagles Dare, from a screenplay by Alistair MacLean at MGM starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood. It was a huge success.[7]
MGM hired Hutton to direct Clint Eastwood again in Kelly's Heroes.[1]
He then directed Elizabeth Taylor in Zee and Co. (1972) and Night Watch (1973).[8] He was going to do Sleep is for the Rich for Kastner but it was never made.[9] In November 1972 Martin Poll announced he would direct The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing but he did not make the final movie.[10]
After Night Watch came out in 1973, Hutton stopped making films for seven years because he lost his enthusiasm for it.[11]
It wasn’t something I wanted to do to begin with – not my life’s work... When I finished the second Elizabeth Taylor picture I thought, ‘Well, what am I wasting my life doing this for?' I mean, a gorilla could have made those movies. All I had to do was yell ‘Action’ and ‘Cut-Print’ because everybody was doing what they had to do anyway.[11]
— Brian G. Hutton
He came back at the behest of Elliot Kastner who needed a director to replace Roman Polanski on The First Deadly Sin (1980) with Frank Sinatra.[12] Hutton then made High Road to China (1983) with Tom Selleck.
Hutton retired from making films altogether in the 1980s and began working in real-estate.[1] He died in Los Angeles, California on August 19, 2014, at age 79, a week after suffering a heart attack. He was survived by his wife.[2][8]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1955 | Good Morning, Miss Dove | Student | Actor, Uncredited |
1957 | Fear Strikes Out | Bernie Sherwill | Actor, Uncredited |
1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Rick | Actor |
1957 | Official Detective | Branton | Episode: "The Wristwatch" |
1957 | Perry Mason | Rod Gleason | Episode: "The Case of the Sulky Girl" |
1957 | Carnival Rock | Stanley | Actor |
1958 | The Walter Winchell File | Jerry Milner | Episode: "The Bargain" |
1958 | The Case Against Brooklyn | Jess Johnson | Actor |
1958 | King Creole | Sal | Actor |
1959 | Last Train from Gun Hill | Lee Smithers | Actor |
1959 | The Big Fisherman | John | Actor |
1962 | Geronimo | Indian scout | Actor, Uncredited |
1962 | The Interns | Dr. Joe Parelli | Actor |
1965 | Wild Seed | Director | |
1966 | The Pad and How to Use It | Director | |
1968 | Sol Madrid | Director | |
1968 | Where Eagles Dare | Director | |
1970 | Kelly's Heroes | Director | |
1972 | Zee and Co. | Director | |
1973 | Night Watch | Director | |
1980 | The First Deadly Sin | Director | |
1983 | High Road to China | Director |
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