Grady Sutton(1906-1995)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Grady Sutton was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He arrived in California in
1924. He got his first break in Hollywood from director William A. Seiter who
used him as an extra in Toubilllon de jeunesse (1925) starring May McAvoy. Grady remained a
Hollywood staple for the next 55 years.
He specialized in playing naive, slightly befuddled young men and country bumpkins, adding comedic bits to many films. His most famous association came from appearing in four movies with W.C. Fields: The Pharmacist (1933), Les joies de la famille (1935), Sans peur et sans reproche (1939) and Mines de rien (1940). He can also be seen in such classics as Mon homme Godfrey (1936), Pension d'artistes (1937), La folle parade (1938), The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939), Escale à Hollywood (1945), Noël blanc (1954) and Une étoile est née (1954). He was also a regular on The Egg and I (1951) and The Pruitts of Southampton (1966) television series.
In total, he appeared in over 200 feature films and short subjects spanning 1924 to 1979. His final film appearance was in Le lycée des cancres (1979). In 1994 he moved to the Motion Picture and Television Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California where he died September 17, 1995, of natural causes.
He specialized in playing naive, slightly befuddled young men and country bumpkins, adding comedic bits to many films. His most famous association came from appearing in four movies with W.C. Fields: The Pharmacist (1933), Les joies de la famille (1935), Sans peur et sans reproche (1939) and Mines de rien (1940). He can also be seen in such classics as Mon homme Godfrey (1936), Pension d'artistes (1937), La folle parade (1938), The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939), Escale à Hollywood (1945), Noël blanc (1954) and Une étoile est née (1954). He was also a regular on The Egg and I (1951) and The Pruitts of Southampton (1966) television series.
In total, he appeared in over 200 feature films and short subjects spanning 1924 to 1979. His final film appearance was in Le lycée des cancres (1979). In 1994 he moved to the Motion Picture and Television Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California where he died September 17, 1995, of natural causes.
