John Sutton (born Eugene Osmond Stephen Congdon; 22 October 1908 – 10 July 1963) was a British actor with a prolific career in Hollywood of more than 30 years.

Personal life

Sutton was born on 22 October 1908 in

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(now Rawalpindi,

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, Pakistan). He was the son of Lt. Colonel Arthur Congdon (1861-1924) of the

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and his wife Ann Bell Sutton Moxley Congdon. Before moving to Hollywood as an actor, he was a tea planter in Assam, India, and, failing that, he farmed for a while in South Africa. Upon being naturalized as a U.S. citizen while serving in the U.S. Navy in 1943 during the

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, he legally changed his name to John Sutton. Sutton was married at least three times. In 1933, he married wealthy socialite Charlotte Biddle Barrett. In the 1940 federal census, the household included his wife Charlotte and her daughter from a previous marriage. In October 1946, he divorced his high society wife and married Roberta Fidler, former wife of newspaper columnist and radio commentator Jimmie Fidler; this rather stormy second marriage ended in divorce in 1955. He married dancer Anita Rodney-Eden in 1957, but he received an

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in 1960, when it was shown that she was still legally the ninth wife of oft-married (13 marriages to 11 women) Tommy Manville. He died suddenly of a heart attack on 10 July 1963.

Filmography

*'' The House of a Thousand Candles'' (1936) as Young Man (uncredited) *'' Federal Agent'' (1936) as Elevator Operator (uncredited) *'' The Princess Comes Across'' (1936) as Ship's Passenger at Baggage Check / At Concert (uncredited) *'' The Last of the Mohicans'' (1936) as British officer, Fort Henry (uncredited) *'' Bulldog Drummond Comes Back'' (1937) as Sanger *'' Bulldog Drummond's Revenge'' (1937) as Jennings, Nielson's Secretary *'' The Buccaneer'' (1938) as British Officer Before Battle (uncredited) *'' Mad About Music'' (1938) as Photographer (uncredited) *'' Bulldog Drummond's Peril'' (1938) as Doctor (uncredited) *'' Fools for Scandal'' (1938) as Bruce Devon (uncredited) *'' Four Men and a Prayer'' (1938) as Capt. Drake *''

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'' (1938) as Richard's Knight (uncredited) *'' Kidnapped'' (1938) as English Officer (uncredited) *'' Blond Cheat'' (1938) as Fred Percy *'' Booloo'' (1938) as Ferguson *'' The Affairs of Annabel'' (1938) as Man at Newsstand (uncredited) *'' Arrest Bulldog Drummond'' (1939) as Inspector Tredennis (uncredited) *'' The Dawn Patrol'' (1938) as Adjutant (uncredited) *'' Zaza'' (1939) as Dandy (uncredited) *'' I'm from Missouri'' (1939) as Subaltern (uncredited) *''

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'' (1939, Short) as Hessian Courier (uncredited) *'' Susannah of the Mounties'' (1939) as Corporal Piggott *'' Bulldog Drummond's Bride'' (1939) as Inspector Tredennis *''

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'' (1939) as Capt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (uncredited) *''

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'' (1939) as John Wyatt *'' Charlie McCarthy, Detective'' (1939) as Bill Banning *'' The Invisible Man Returns'' (1940) as Doctor Frank Griffin *'' Sandy Is a Lady'' (1940) (uncredited) *'' I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby'' (1940) as Boston *'' South to Karanga'' (1940) as David Wallace *'' The Sea Hawk'' (1940) as Captain of the Guard (uncredited) *'' Murder Over New York'' (1940) as Richard Jeffery *'' Hudson's Bay'' (1941) as Lord Edward Crewe *'' A Very Young Lady'' (1941) as Dr. Franklin Meredith *'' A Yank in the R.A.F.'' (1941) as Wing Commander Morley *''

Moon Over Her Shoulder ''Moon Over Her Shoulder'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Lynn Bari, John Sutton (actor), John Sutton and Alan Mowbray.Fetrow p.320 It was produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. Plot Cast ...

'' (1941) as Dr. Phillip Rossiter *'' My Gal Sal'' (1942) as Fred Haviland *'' Ten Gentlemen from West Point'' (1942) as Howard Shelton *'' Thunder Birds'' (1942) as Peter Stackhouse *'' Tonight We Raid Calais'' (1943) as Geoffrey Carter *''

Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The firs ...

'' (1943) as Dr. Rivers *'' The Hour Before the Dawn'' (1944) as Roger Hetherton *''

Claudia and David ''Claudia and David'' is a 1946 American comedy drama film directed by Walter Lang and starring.s Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young (actor), Robert Young and Mary Astor. Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young repeat their roles from the film Claudia (1943 ...

'' (1946) as Phil Dexter *'' Captain from Castile'' (1947) as Diego De Silva *'' Adventures of Casanova'' (1948) as Count de Brissac *'' The Counterfeiters'' (1948) as Jeff MacAllister *'' Mickey'' (1948) as Ted Whitney *''

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'' (1948) as The Duke of Buckingham *'' The Fan'' (1949) as Cecil Graham *'' Bride of Vengeance'' (1949) as Prince Bisceglie *'' Bagdad'' (1949) as Raizul *'' The Second Woman'' (1950) as Keith Ferris *''

The Second Face ''The Second Face'' is a 1950 romantic drama film directed by Jack Bernhard and starring Ella Raines as a plain woman whose life is drastically changed by plastic surgery. Plot Claire Elwood runs to her car and speeds away. Phyllis Holmes chases ...

'' (1950) as Jerry Allison *'' Payment on Demand'' (1951) as Anthony Tunliffe *'' David and Bathsheba'' (1951) as Ira *'' Fireside Theatre'' (1951, TV Series) *'' 5 Fingers'' (1952) as Narrator (voice, uncredited) *''

Thief of Damascus '' Thief of Damascus '' is a 1952 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Will Jason and starring Paul Henreid, John Sutton (actor), John Sutton and Jeff Donnell. The film features a generous use of stock footage from such films as ''Joa ...

'' (1952) as Khalid *'' Lady in the Iron Mask'' (1952) as Duke de Valdac *'' The Schaefer Century Theatre'' (1952, TV Series) *'' Captain Pirate'' (1952) as Capt. Hilary Evans *'' The Golden Hawk'' (1952) as Captain Luis del Toro *'' My Cousin Rachel'' (1952) as Ambrose Ashley *'' Sangaree'' (1953) as Harvey Bristol *'' East of Sumatra'' (1953) as Daniel Catlin *''

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'' (1954, TV Series) as Evan *'' Private Secretary'' (1954, TV Series) as King Price *'' General Electric Theater'' (1954–1955, TV Series) as Ted Preston / Tom Wickers *'' Four Star Playhouse'' (1956, TV Series) as Rene Champion *'' Playwrights '56'' (1956, TV Series) as Mr. Black *'' Studio 57'' (1956, TV Series) as Mark Brinker *''

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'' (1956, TV Series) as De Villefort *'' Death of a Scoundrel'' (1956) as The Actor as 'Tom' in Stage Play *''The Amazon Trader'' (1956) as The Amazon Trader *'' Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers'' (1956, TV Series) *''

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'' (1958, TV Series) *'' The United States Steel Hour'' (1958, TV Series) as Colonel Resnor *'' Tumulto de Paixões'' (1958) as John Morgan *'' The Californians'' (1958, TV Series) as Sam Crawford *'' Behind Closed Doors'' (1958–1959, TV Series) as Harry Shaw *''

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'' (1959, TV Series) as David Armbruster *'' Return of the Fly'' (1959) as Insp. Beecham *'' The Bat'' (1959) as Warner, the chauffeur *'' Beloved Infidel'' (1959) as Lord Donegall *'' The Man From Blackhawk'' (1959, TV Series) as Bart Mason *''

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'' (1959, TV Series) as Orrin Thackeray / Andrew Stafford *'' 77 Sunset Strip'' (1959, TV Series) as Ralph Anderson *''

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'' (1959–1960, The Swamp Fox TV Series) as Colonel Banastre Tarleton *'' The Rebel'' (1960, TV Series) as C. Spencer Scott—The Earl of Durango / Gold Seeker *'' Men into Space'' (1959–1960, TV Series) as Air Vice Marshal Malcolm Terry *'' The Aquanauts'' (1960, TV Series) as Tony Randolph *'' The Case of the Dangerous Robin'' (1960, TV Series) *'' Stagecoach West'' (1961, TV Series) as Robert Allison / Rexford Jasper *'' The Canadians'' (1961) as Superintendent Walker *''

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'' (1961, TV Series) as George Parker *'' The Brothers Brannagan'' (1961, TV Series) as John Elliot *'' Perry Mason'' (1961, TV Series) as Clifton Barlow *'' Rawhide'' (1961, TV Series) as Lord Ashton *'' Shadow of Fear'' (1964) as Peter Halliday *'' Of Human Bondage'' (1964) as Kingsford (uncredited) (final film role)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton, John 1908 births 1963 deaths 20th-century British male actors British emigrants to the United States British male film actors British people in colonial India Male actors from British India Male actors from Rawalpindi United States Navy personnel of World War II