Known For
Acting
Known Credits
42
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 5, 1930 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Will Hutchins (born Marshall Lowell Hutchason), is an American actor most noted for playing the lead role of the young lawyer from the Oklahoma Territory, Tom Brewster, in sixty-nine episodes of the Warner Bros. Western television series Sugarfoot, which aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. 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. His contract led him to guest appearances in Warner Bros. Television programs, such as Conflict. Hutchins was also cast as a guest star on Cheyenne, Bronco, Maverick and 77 Sunset Strip.
He had small roles in the Warners movies Bombers B-52, Lafayette Escadrille, and No Time for Sergeants where he screen tested for the lead of Will Stockdale with James Garner playing the psychiatrist.
Hutchins leapt to national fame in the lead of Sugarfoot. During the series' run he guest-starred on other Warner Bros shows such as The Roaring 20's, Bronco, and Surfside 6. Warners tried him in the lead of a feature, Young and Eager aka Claudelle Inglish with Diane McBain. He tried another pilot for a series, Howie, that was not picked up and war in the Warners war film with Jeff Chandler, Merrill's Marauders, a picture filmed in the Philippine Islands and Chandler's last acting role. Hutchins guest-starred on Gunsmoke and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
While appearing in a play in Chicago in late 1963, he was flown to Los Angeles to shoot a television pilot for MGM, Take Me to Your Leader, in which Hutchins played a Martian salesman who came to Earth. Though the pilot was not picked up, it led MGM to sign him for Spinout, in which he co-starred as Lt. Tracy Richards ("Dick Tracy" backwards) alongside Elvis Presley. In 1965, Hutchins co-starred with Jack Nicholson and Warren Oates in Monte Hellman's The Shooting.
In 1968–1969, Hutchins starred as Dagwood Bumstead in a CBS television version of the comic strip Blondie. He travelled to South Africa to appear in Shangani Patrol. Back in the United States, Hutchins guest-starred on Love, American Style, Emergency!, Chase, Movin' On, The Streets of San Francisco, and The Quest. He was in The Horror at 37,000 Feet, Slumber Party '57, and The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington.
He also began appearing in circuses as Patches the Clown.
| 2014 | Whips and Jinglesas Self | |
| 2010 | The Romanticsas Grandpa McDevon | |
| 1994 | Maverickas Spectator (uncredited) | |
| 1993 | Warren Oates: Across the Borderas Self | |
| 1981 | Roaras Committee | |
| 1979 | When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunionas Self | |
| 1977 | The Happy Hooker Goes to Washingtonas Randall Petersdorf | |
| 1976 | Slumber Party '57as Harold Perkins | |
| 1976 | The Questas Earl | |
| 1973 | Magnum Forceas Cost Plus Cop | |
| 1973 | The Horror at 37,000 Feetas Steve Holcomb | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Franciscoas Sparky | |
| 1972 | Emergency!as Curtis Murdock | |
| 1970 | Shangani Patrolas Frederick Russell Burnham | |
| 1969 | Love, American Styleas Will | |
| 1968 | Blondieas Dagwood Bumstead | |
| 1967 | Clambakeas Tom Wilson / 'Scott Heyward' | |
| 1966 | Spinoutas Tracy Richards | |
| 1966 | Hey Landlord!as Woodrow 'Woody' Banner | |
| 1966 | The Shootingas Coley Boyard | |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Houras J.J. Fenton | |
| 1962 | Merrill's Maraudersas Chowhound | |
| 1961 | Claudelle Inglishas Dennis Peasley | |
| 1960 | The Roaring 20'sas | |
| 1960 | Surfside 6as Arky Cooper | |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Stripas Emcee | |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Stripas Self | |
| 1958 | Broncoas Tom 'Sugarfoot' Brewster | |
| 1958 | No Time for Sergeantsas Lt. George Bridges | |
| 1958 | Lafayette Escadrilleas Dave Putnam | |
| 1957 | Bombers B-52as Roberts - B-52 Navigator (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | Maverickas Lawyer | |
| 1957 | Maverickas Tom 'Sugarfoot' Brewster | |
| 1957 | Perry Masonas Donald Hobart | |
| 1957 | Sugarfootas Tom Brewster, The Canary Kid | |
| 1956 | Conflictas | |
| 1956 | Conflictas Ed Masters | |
| 1956 | Conflictas John Smith /Walter Shaw | |
| 1955 | Matinee Theateras | |
| 1955 | Matinee Theateras Robert Dudley | |
| 1955 | Cheyenneas Tom Brewster | |
| 1955 | Gunsmokeas Billy Poe |