John Sutton (actor)

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British actor (1908–1963)

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::summary British actor (1908–1963) ::

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nameJohn Sutton
imageJohn Sutton Captain from Castile Henry King 1947.png
captionSutton in Captain from Castile (1947)
birth_nameEugene Osmond Stephen Congdon
birth_date
birth_placeRawalpindi, Punjab, British India
death_date
death_placeCannes, France
nationalityBritish
occupationActor
yearsactive1936–1963
spouse{{plainlist
* {{marriageCharlotte Biddle Barrett
* {{marriageRoberta Fidler
* {{marriageAnita Rodney-Eden
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| name = John Sutton | image = John Sutton Captain from Castile Henry King 1947.png | caption = Sutton in Captain from Castile (1947) | birth_name = Eugene Osmond Stephen Congdon | birth_date = | birth_place = Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India | death_date = | death_place = Cannes, France | othername = | nationality = British | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1936–1963 | spouse = {{plainlist|

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John Sutton (born Eugene Osmond Stephen Congdon; 22 October 1908 – 10 July 1963) was a British actor with a prolific career in Hollywood of more than 30 years.

Personal life

Sutton was born on 22 October 1908 in Rawalpindi, India (now Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan). He was the son of Lt. Colonel Arthur Congdon (1861-1924) of the Royal Munster Fusiliers and his wife Ann Bell Sutton Moxley Congdon. Before moving to Hollywood as an actor, he was a tea planter in Assam, India, and, failing that, he farmed for a while in South Africa. Upon being naturalized as a U.S. citizen while serving in the U.S. Navy in 1943 during the Second World War, he legally changed his name to John Sutton.

Sutton was married at least three times. In 1933, he married wealthy socialite Charlotte Biddle Barrett. In the 1940 federal census, the household included his wife Charlotte and her daughter from a previous marriage. In October 1946, he divorced his high society wife and married Roberta Fidler, former wife of newspaper columnist and radio commentator Jimmie Fidler; this rather stormy second marriage ended in divorce in 1955. He married dancer Anita Rodney-Eden in 1957, but he received an annulment in 1960, when it was shown that she was still legally the ninth wife of oft-married (13 marriages to 11 women) Tommy Manville. He died suddenly of a heart attack on 10 July 1963.

Filmography

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Arturo_de_Córdova_and_John_Sutton_in_Adventures_of_Casanova_(1948).jpg" caption="Sutton (with knife) and [[Arturo de Córdova]] in ''[[Adventures of Casanova]]'' (1948)"] ::

References

References

  1. World War II Draft Registration Card:https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=17859642&tid=&pid=&queryId=28dcb313e0d64795db3e90d31e5f8266&usePUB=true&_phsrc=hYI2192&_phstart=successSource
  2. [https://newspapers.com/clip/127520236/ "Louella Parsons on Hollywood: John Sutton Is Latest To Win Film Recognition"], ''The San Francisco Examiner'', p. 26, Oct. 5, 1941.
  3. Petition for Naturalization: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3998/images/43867_3421606203_0610-00784?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=28dcb313e0d64795db3e90d31e5f8266&usePUB=true&_phsrc=hYI2193&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.198473903.1498679909.1612451459-1093218731.1597084329&pId=2312311
  4. [https://newspapers.com/clip/127520270/ "Actor Says Socialite Wife Watched Him Via Spyglass"], ''Daily News'', Los Angeles, Calif., p. 3, Oct. 14, 1946.
  5. [https://newspapers.com/clip/127520290/ "First Husband Helps Actor Win Annulment"], ''The Los Angeles Times'', p. 2, October 16, 1946.
  6. [https://newspapers.com/clip/127520328/ "Ex-Mrs. Fidler wed to Actor"], p. 2, ''The Los Angeles Times'', Oct. 23, 1946.
  7. (1955-06-16). "Actor John Sutton Divorced For Cruelty". [[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio).
  8. (1960-05-18). "Actor John Sutton Seeking Annulment". [[Southeast Missourian]].
  9. (1960-06-02). "John Sutton (actor obtains default annulment from former wife of Tommy Manville), 1960". [[University of Southern California Libraries]].

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