Greetings,
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rportnoy — 18 years ago(November 28, 2007 04:29 PM)
This is odd. I was watching an episode of Ellery Queen with my Mom back in the seventies and I distinctly remember her saying that Jim Hutton looked just like another actor from the past and it must be his son!
Timothy was not an actor yet. This always added another layer of confusion when Tim Hutton became famous and I confused him with his father Jim.
I am wondering if maybe Jim's true birth parent is indeed another well known hollywood actor. I have an image of who that might be but I still need to put a name or movie to the face. Any ideas?
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idahlstrom — 16 years ago(February 10, 2010 10:54 PM)After reading all these posts, I believe the (older) actor that looks a little like Jim Hutton (Ellery Queen) is Robert Hutton. Robert Hutton was a long time contract player for Warner Bros. I also used to think he was Jim Hutton's father, but Jim was born in 1934, and Robert in 1920 (as far as I know, they are not directly related). Robert Hutton may be best known for co-starring in the great Warner Bros film "Hollywood Canteen." If anyone knows more about Robert Hutton and his career (and relatives), please post it here.
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ccurts2319 — 14 years ago(May 04, 2011 07:21 PM)
Per my 2+ yrs research for a bio, Jim Hutton is not related to actor Robert Hutton. However, Jim Hutton does appear to have been adopted. I did not attempt to get JH's birth records as I had already determined the bio best left unwritten.
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hobnob53 — 12 years ago(January 24, 2014 12:01 PM)
ccurts2319,
If Jim Hutton was adopted it's been pretty well hiddenwhich doesn't mean it couldn't be true. Presumably his children would know, or his ex-wives if they're still living. Did you try to speak with any of them?
Obviously if he was adopted he couldn't be related to Robert Hutton. If not, it's still pretty far-fetched, especially for the poster who ludicrously thought Robert might have been Jim's father.
Even worse is the poster who insists that Timothy Hutton was born in 1947 and couldn't be Jim's son.
Just curious why you decided a bio was "best left unwritten". That makes your subject seem rather mysterious.
But since you researched his life perhaps you could answer one side question of no importance, but which came up in a recent discussion I was in about various 60s Hollywood actors: Do you know what Jim's politics were?
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ccurts2319 — 12 years ago(January 24, 2014 09:51 PM)
Yes, it was carefully hidden. Found family references to it. Only politics I know is his oppostion to the Vietnam War, which he did not speak openly about. However, many actors chose silence on that matter. Of note, his film with John Wayne, who supported the war, there were no problems and they got along well. (Re John Wayne, I find references saying he supported the troops tremendously, but no info
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hobnob53 — 12 years ago(January 24, 2014 10:20 PM)
Thank you for answering, ccurts. John Wayne got along well with many actors he didn't agree with politically, so it wouldn't be surprising he'd get along with Jim Hutton, or at least that the war wouldn't necessarily come between them. Wayne hired George Takei (from
Star Trek
) for that film, and he was very antiwar. But most actors go where the jobs are, of course.
I think it's no secret at all that Wayne supported the war from the start, and I'm surprised you say you could find no clear info on it. He never made any bones about his hawkish views. I lived through those times and Wayne was considered the loudest voice in Hollywood in defense of the war. Other Hollywood conservatives supported it too, of course, like James Stewart, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and many others, but the Duke was the most vociferous and best known. Heck, he specifically made
The Green Berets
(he produced and co-directed it) to bolster public support for the war, and made many public speeches in its favor. This was entirely in keeping with his lifelong conservative views, about which he was very open and vigorous in propounding for decades.
Again, thank you for responding. I'm sorry you decided to drop your biography, it would have been interesting. Take care.