John Sutton (actor)
John Sutton ( born October 22, 1908 in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan, † July 10, 1963 in Cannes, France) was a British actor.
Life
Sutton was born in the former British colony of British India. After finishing school, he traveled to the British colonies, as well as China and the Philippines. Mid-1930s, was initially hired as a consultant for colonial films in Hollywood. From 1936 he played extras roles, he had his first role in The Last of the Mohicans, a black and white film adaptation of the Leatherstocking novel by James Fenimore Cooper. His roles have become increasingly larger, during the Second World War, he had even some feature film lead roles. After supporting roles in The Three Musketeers with Gene Kelly and Vincent Price as well as in the monumental film David and Bathsheba next to Gregory Peck and Susan Hayward, he joined in the 1950s increasingly in television productions. He had in 1961 in Burt Kennedy's Western The red squadron His last film appearance. Two years later he died of a heart attack in Cannes.