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Arthur Hunnicutt(1910-1979)

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Arthur Hunnicutt
Grady and Bobby Lee run moonshine for Uncle Jesse, who prides himself on his old-school moonshining methods, and refuses to buckle in to the 'big business moonshine' of Jake, who controls these parts for New York mobsters.
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Moonrunners (1975)
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Lean, tall American character actor Arthur Hunnicutt was known for playing humorously wise rural roles. He attended Arkansas State Teachers College in his native state, but was forced to drop out in his third year due to lack of funds. He joined a theatre company in Massachusetts, then migrated to New York, where he began to find acting roles on Broadway and on tour. He played in numerous productions, including the leading role in "Tobacco Road", a part his rangy country persona was made for. He took a few roles in small films in the early 1940s, then returned to stage work. In 1949 he came back to Hollywood permanently and began a long career as a reliable supporting player. His wonderfully written and vibrantly played role in the Howard Hawks Western The Big Sky (1952) won him acclaim and an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actor. He continued playing similar characters, almost always sympathetic, for the remainder of his career. He was stricken with cancer of the tongue and died in 1979.
BornFebruary 17, 1910
DiedSeptember 26, 1979(69)
BornFebruary 17, 1910
DiedSeptember 26, 1979(69)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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James Stewart and Arthur Hunnicutt in Broken Arrow (1950)
Lon Chaney Jr., Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, and Arthur Hunnicutt in Apache Uprising (1965)
Lon Chaney Jr., Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, and Arthur Hunnicutt in Apache Uprising (1965)
Joseph Cotten, Jay C. Flippen, and Arthur Hunnicutt in Two Flags West (1950)
Noah Beery Jr., Joseph Cotten, Arthur Hunnicutt, and Dale Robertson in Two Flags West (1950)
Joseph Cotten and Arthur Hunnicutt in Two Flags West (1950)
Ted de Corsia, William Fawcett, Arthur Hunnicutt, Marjorie Main, and Una Merkel in The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
Kirk Douglas, Arthur Hunnicutt, Dewey Martin, and Elizabeth Threatt in The Big Sky (1952)
Kirk Douglas, Iron Eyes Cody, Arthur Hunnicutt, Dewey Martin, and Theodore Last Star in The Big Sky (1952)
Charlotte Greenwood, Arthur Hunnicutt, and Dennis O'Keefe in The Great Dan Patch (1949)
Arthur Hunnicutt and Marjorie Main in The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
Arthur Hunnicutt in She Couldn't Say No (1953)

Known for

Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, and James Caan in El Dorado (1966)
El Dorado
7.5
  • Bull
  • 1966
Kirk Douglas, Arthur Hunnicutt, Dewey Martin, and Elizabeth Threatt in The Big Sky (1952)
The Big Sky
6.9
  • Zeb Calloway
  • 1952
Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Nat 'King' Cole, Dwayne Hickman, Stubby Kaye, and Tom Nardini in Cat Ballou (1965)
Cat Ballou
6.7
  • Butch Cassidy
  • 1965
Moonrunners (1975)
Moonrunners
5.9
  • Uncle Jesse Hagg
  • 1975

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  • Leif Erickson, Jimmy Clem, Elisha Cook Jr., Michael Dante, Dennis Fimple, Seamon Glass, Arthur Hunnicutt, L.Q. Jones, Sacheen Littlefeather, Gilbert Lucero, Chuck Pierce Jr., Ace Powell, Denver Pyle, Woody Strode, and Dawn Wells in Winterhawk (1975)
    Winterhawk
  • Moonrunners (1975)
    Moonrunners
  • The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975)
    The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
  • Robert Forster in Nakia (1974)
    Nakia
  • Harry and Tonto (1974)
    Harry and Tonto
  • Ron Howard, Lee Marvin, Charles Martin Smith, and Gary Grimes in The Spikes Gang (1974)
    The Spikes Gang
  • Elizabeth Montgomery, Robert Foxworth, Arthur Hunnicutt, and L.Q. Jones in Mrs. Sundance (1974)
    Mrs. Sundance
  • Fess Parker in Climb an Angry Mountain (1972)
    Climb an Angry Mountain
  • Clint Walker in The Bounty Man (1972)
    The Bounty Man
  • William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Roger Hanin, Reinhard Kolldehoff, and Woody Strode in The Revengers (1972)
    The Revengers
  • Ernest Borgnine and Sammy Davis Jr. in The Trackers (1971)
    The Trackers
  • Gregory Peck, John Davis Chandler, Robert F. Lyons, and Pepe Serna in Shoot Out (1971)
    Shoot Out
  • Sandy Duncan, Joe Flynn, James Gregory, Dean Jones, Lee Montgomery, and Tony Roberts in The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
    The Million Dollar Duck
  • Tim Considine, William Frawley, Don Grady, Stanley Livingston, and Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons (1960)
    My Three Sons
  • Gunsmoke (1955)
    Gunsmoke

Soundtrack

  • Clint Walker in Cheyenne (1955)
    Cheyenne

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The Tall T
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Personal details

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    • February 17, 1910
    • Gravelly, Arkansas, USA
    • September 26, 1979
    • Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(mouth cancer)
    • October 7, 1940 - September 27, 1979 (his death, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Unsold pilot: Co-starred with Edgar Buchanan in a pilot for a CBS sitcom to be called "Lum and Abner" about a pair of Ozark storekeepers.
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    Was Honorary Mayor of Northridge, a suburb of Los Angeles.
    • He often played old-timers and frontiersmen. He was one of a very few actors who were almost always bearded.

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