Arthur Hunnicutt
Arthur Hunnicutt was born in Gravelly, Arkansas, United States on February 17th, 1910 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 69, Arthur Hunnicutt biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Arthur Lee Hunnicutt (February 17, 1910 – September 26, 1979) was an American actor best known for his portrayals of wise, grizzled, and old rural characters.
For his role in The Big Sky (1952), he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor by the Academy Award.
Early years
Hunnicutt was born in Gravelly, Arkansas, on February 17, 1910. He attended Central Arkansas and Arkansas State Teachers College but had to drop out because he ran out of funds.
Career
Hunnicutt gained early acting experience in stock theatre and performed in traveling shows. "There isn't a decent sized medicine show touring Kentucky, Illinois, Georgia, Indiana, or Mississippi, or a stock company touring those states that hasn't had Arthur Hunnicutt on its websites," an article in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle's September 22, 1940 issue. He enrolled in a drama school in Cleveland in 1936 to study theatrical methods for a year.
He moved to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where he joined a theatre company. He spent 17 months at the Algonquin Hotel before landing roles in Broadway productions. He created the country person he'd later be typecast as he went on tour while being the lead actor in Tobacco Road. Hunnicutt was often depicted as a much older man than himself.
Wildcat (1942), Hunnicutt's first film. He appeared in a number of films in the early 1940s before returning to the stage. In 1949, he returned to Hollywood and revived his film career. He played a long line of supporting role characters —sympathetic, wise rural, as in The Last Command (1955), The Lusty Men (1955), Cat Ballou (1965), The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1966), and The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1951).
In 1952, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Howard Hawks' film The Big Sky.
Hunnicutt made nearly 40 guest appearances on American television shows in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. In "The Case of the Drowsy Moss," he appeared on Perry Mason for two memorable appearances: he was an orange grower Amos Kennesaw Mountain Keller in "The Case of the Golden Oranges" and prospector Sandy Bowen in "The Case of the Drowsy Moss" He also appeared on Bonanza, Cheyenne, Gunsmoke, The Outer Limits, The Rifleman, Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Andy Griffith Show, Adam-12, and the Twilight Zone. In one of his last films, Moonrunners (1975), the precursor to The Dukes of Hazzard, was played by Jean Jesse.
Hunnicutt served as the honorary mayor of Northridge, California, in his later years. He had tongue cancer.