Brian Geoffrey Hutton (January 1, 1935 – August 19, 2014) was an American actor and film director whose notable credits are for the action films ''

Where Eagles Dare ''Where Eagles Dare'' is a 1968 war film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. It follows a joint British-American Special Operations Executive team of paratroopers raiding a castle (shot on lo ...

'' (1968) and '' Kelly's Heroes'' (1970).

Acting career

Hutton was born in New York City and studied at the

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. He had a brief acting career between 1954 and 1962, including an appearance as an army deserter in the episode "Custer" in ''

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'' (series 2, 1956). He played a young gunslinger, Billy Benson in season 2, episode 4 of "The Rifleman". He made two guest appearances on '' Perry Mason'' in 1957: as Rod Gleason in "The Case of the Sulky Girl" and as a parking attendant in "The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink." His last television appearance was in the series ''Archer'' in 1975. In 1958, Hutton played a young gunfighter named The Kid in the episode "Yampa Crossing" of the western series '' Sugarfoot''. The following year, he portrayed a remorseful defendant on trial for causing a traffic death in ''

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'' (the episode "Your Witness"). Hutton played twins in an episode of Have Gun Will Travel as Adam and Sam M.

Director

Hutton made his debut as a director in 1965 with '' Wild Seed'' starring Michael Parks. His first studio film was '' The Pad and How to Use It'' (1966) produced by Ross Hunter, shot in 19 days. Hutton then did ''

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'' (1967) for producer

Elliot Kastner Elliott Kastner (January 7, 1930 – June 30, 2010) was an American film producer, whose best known credits include ''Where Eagles Dare'' (1968), '' The Long Goodbye'' (1973), ''The Missouri Breaks'' (1976), and ''Angel Heart'' (1987). Early lif ...

. Kastner hired Hutton to direct ''

'', from a screenplay by Alistair MacLean at MGM starring Richard Burton and

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. It was a huge success.Preview: a young director and his $9 million cliff-hanger: 'Chat' pictures 'What's that?' 'Positive' alternatives By Roderick Nordell. The Christian Science Monitor 7 Mar 1969: 4. MGM hired Hutton to direct Clint Eastwood again in '' Kelly's Heroes''. He then directed

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in ''

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'' (1972) and ''

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'' (1973).Obituary
theguardian.co.uk; accessed August 25, 2014. He was going to do ''Sleep is for the Rich'' for Kastner but it was never made. In November 1972 Martin Poll announced he would direct '' The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing'' but he did not make the final movie.

Retirement

After ''

'' came out in 1973, Hutton stopped making films for seven years because he lost his enthusiasm for it.

Temporary return to filmmaking

He came back at the behest of Elliot Kastner who needed a director to replace Roman Polanski on '' The First Deadly Sin'' (1980) with

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.Brian G Hutton Pendreigh, Brian. The Herald; Glasgow (UK) lasgow (UK)0 Aug 2014: 18. Hutton then made ''

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'' (1983) with Tom Selleck. Hutton retired from making films altogether in the 1980s and began working in real-estate. He died in Los Angeles, California on August 19, 2014, at age 79, a week after suffering a heart attack. He was survived by his wife.

Filmography

References

External links

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Brian G. Hutton profile
allmovie.com; accessed August 25, 2014. 1935 births 2014 deaths American male film actors American male television actors American film directors Male actors from New York City Place of birth missing {{US-film-director-1930s-stub