Will Hutchins
Will Hutchins (born Marshall Lowell Hutchason; May 5, 1930) is an American actor most noted for playing the lead role of the young lawyer Tom Brewster, in the Western television series Sugarfoot, which aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961 for 69 episodes.
For the American painter and writer, see Will Hutchins (painter).
Will Hutchins
Actor
1941, 1956–2010
Golden Boot Awards (2002)[1]
Stone-Waterman Award (2004) – Cincinnati Old Time Radio Convention
Early life[edit]
Hutchins was born in the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles. As a child, he visited the location filming of Never Give a Sucker an Even Break and made his first appearance as an extra in a crowd.[2]
He attended Pomona College in Claremont, California, where he majored in Greek drama. He also studied at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he enrolled in cinema classes.
During the Korean War, he served for two years in the United States Army Signal Corps as a cryptographer in Paris, serving as a Corporal with SHAPE.[3] Following his enlistment he enrolled as a graduate student at UCLA in their Cinema Arts department on the G. I. Bill.[4]
Hutchins began acting and got a role on Matinee Theatre.
Career[edit]
Warner Bros.[edit]
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.[5]
His contract led him to guest appearances in Warner Bros. Television programs, such as Conflict, in which he appeared in three hour-long episodes, including his screen debut as Ed Masters in "The Magic Brew" on October 16, 1956.
Hutchins was also cast as a guest star on Cheyenne, Bronco, Maverick and 77 Sunset Strip.[6]
He had small roles in the Warners movies Bombers B-52 (1957), Lafayette Escadrille (1958), and No Time for Sergeants (1958) where he screen tested for the lead of Will Stockdale with James Garner playing the psychiatrist.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Hutchins was married to Chris Burnett, sister of Carol Burnett, with whom he had a daughter.[11]
