Arthur Hunnicutt

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Arthur Hunnicutt
in Stars in My Crown (1950)
Born	February 17, 1910(1910-02-17) Gravelly, Arkansas, U.S.
Died	September 26, 1979 (aged 69) Woodland Hills, California, U.S.

Arthur Hunnicutt (February 17, 1910 – September 26, 1979) was an American actor known for his portrayal of wise grizzled, old rural characters.

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.

[edit] Partial filmography

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

[edit] External links

• Arthur Hunnicutt at the Internet Movie Database

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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.