Will Hutchins

Will Hutchins (born Marshall Lowell Hutchason), is an American actor most noted for playing the lead role of the young lawyer from the Oklahoma Territory, Tom Brewster, in sixty-nine episodes of the Warner Bros. Western television series Sugarfoot, which aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. Hutchins was discovered by a talent scout for Warner Bros., who changed his name from Marshall Lowell Hutchason to Will Hutchins. The young actor's easygoing manner was compared to Will Rogers, the Oklahoma humorist. His contract led him to guest appearances in Warner Bros. Television programs, such as Conflict. Hutchins was also cast as a guest star on Cheyenne, Bronco, Maverick and 77 Sunset Strip. He had small roles in the Warners movies Bombers B-52, Lafayette Escadrille, and No Time for Sergeants where he screen tested for the lead of Will Stockdale with James Garner playing the psychiatrist. Hutchins leapt to national fame in the lead of Sugarfoot. During the series' run he guest-starred on other Warner Bros shows such as The Roaring 20's, Bronco, and Surfside 6. Warners tried him in the lead of a feature, Young and Eager aka Claudelle Inglish with Diane McBain. He tried another pilot for a series, Howie, that was not picked up and war in the Warners war film with Jeff Chandler, Merrill's Marauders, a picture filmed in the Philippine Islands and Chandler's last acting role. Hutchins guest-starred on Gunsmoke and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. While appearing in a play in Chicago in late 1963, he was flown to Los Angeles to shoot a television pilot for MGM, Take Me to Your Leader, in which Hutchins played a Martian salesman who came to Earth. Though the pilot was not picked up, it led MGM to sign him for Spinout, in which he co-starred as Lt. Tracy Richards ("Dick Tracy" backwards) alongside Elvis Presley. In 1965, Hutchins co-starred with Jack Nicholson and Warren Oates in Monte Hellman's The Shooting. In 1968–1969, Hutchins starred as Dagwood Bumstead in a CBS television version of the comic strip Blondie. He travelled to South Africa to appear in Shangani Patrol. Back in the United States, Hutchins guest-starred on Love, American Style, Emergency!, Chase, Movin' On, The Streets of San Francisco, and The Quest. He was in The Horror at 37,000 Feet, Slumber Party '57, and The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington. He also began appearing in circuses as Patches the Clown.

Known For: Acting

Born: Los Angeles, California, USA, 1930-05-05

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	Bombers B-52	Roberts - B-52 Navigator (uncredited)	56
2	1958	Lafayette Escadrille	Dave Putnam	46
3	1958	No Time for Sergeants	Lt. George Bridges	72
4	1961	Claudelle Inglish	Dennis Peasley	55
5	1962	Merrill's Marauders	Chowhound	61
6	1966	The Shooting	Coley Boyard	63
7	1966	Spinout	Tracy Richards	56
8	1967	Clambake	Tom Wilson / 'Scott Heyward'	59
9	1970	Shangani Patrol	Frederick Russell Burnham	50
10	1973	The Horror at 37,000 Feet	Steve Holcomb	49
11	1973	Magnum Force	Cost Plus Cop	71
12	1976	The Quest	Earl	100
13	1976	Slumber Party '57	Harold Perkins	40
14	1977	The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington	Randall Petersdorf	38
15	1979	When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion	Self	0
16	1981	Roar	Committee	59
17	1993	Warren Oates: Across the Border	Self	57
18	1994	Maverick	Spectator (uncredited)	69
19	2010	The Romantics	Grandpa McDevon	49

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Gunsmoke	Billy Poe	66
2	1955	Cheyenne		58
3	1955	Matinee Theater		50
4	1957	Sugarfoot	Tom Brewster, The Canary Kid	48
5	1957	Perry Mason	Donald Hobart	77
6	1957	Maverick		68
7	1957	Maverick	Lawyer	68
8	1958	Bronco		52
9	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Self	67
10	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Emcee	67
11	1960	Surfside 6	Arky Cooper	50
12	1960	The Roaring 20's		0
13	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	J.J. Fenton	78
14	1966	Hey Landlord!	Woodrow 'Woody' Banner	50
15	1968	Blondie		0
16	1972	Emergency!		78
17	1972	The Streets of San Francisco	Sparky	69

Will Hutchins

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