John Lupton (Birthname: John Rollin Lupton b. August 23, 1928 in Highland Park, Illinois - d. November 3, 1993 in Los Angeles, California) was a movie and TV actor.

Upon graduation from New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Lupton secured immediate stage work. Then he was signed as a contract player at MGM in Hollywood. Lupton was lanky and handsome in a James Stewart or Henry Fonda sort of way. However, he didn't have much of a on-screen persona of his own. However, his opportunity came when he starred in the 2-season TV show Broken Arrow - Though some critics gave more positive review to his co-star, Michael Ansara. He co-starred in The Great Locomotive Chase with Fess Parker in 1956.

John Lupton has a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Fair-haired and boyishly handsome, lanky actor John Lupton's biggest claim to fame was as the co-star of the western TV series "Broken Arrow" (1956). A reliable actor, if not highly distinctive, he enjoyed a four decades-long career on stage, film and TV. Born on August 22, 1928 in Highland Park, Illinois, the son of a newspaper writer, the lad was raised in Milwaukee where he decided on an acting career after appearing in a couple of high school plays. He began paying his dues with a local stock company and also performed children's theater. He eventually trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Lupton made his Broadway debut in a minor part in the Mae West showcase "Diamond Lil" (1949) and subsequently co-starred with Susan Peters (I) in "The Glass Menagerie" and then was cast in the Katharine Hepburn 1950 tour of "As You Like It. It was Hepburn who helped introduce him to MGM and films. As a contract player he found the going rough, playing bit parts such as a spear carrier in Julius Caesar (1953) and a village idiot in Scandal at Scourie (1953). After two years, his option was dropped and he began to freelance. One of his better roles was in the Tab Hunter (I) starrer Battle Cry (1955) in which he played a young soldier who is killed in battle just after learning his girl back home, played by Anne Francis (I) was prostituting herself. He went on to appear as a rookie type in a number of late 50s action-oriented yarns including Great Locomotive Chase, The (1956), Drango (1957), Taming Sutton's Gal (1957), Gun Fever (1958) and Man in the Net, The (1959). He found more earnest roles in TV dramatic showcases such as "Robert Montgomery Presents", "Playhouse 90" and "Studio One". All this culminated in the "Broken Arrow" (1956) series in which he played a government agent mediating between the cowboys and Indians, the latter led by Cochise (played by Michael Ansara). Lupton's career maintained its pace into the next decade as a result of his long-running role as Tommy Horton on the daytime soap "Days of Our Lives" (1965), as well as in commercials and in a slew of mini-movies. He also guested on such popular programs as "Wagon Train", "Gomer Pyle", "The F.B.I.", "Ironside", "Kung Fu", "Cannon", "Harry O", "Charlie's Angels", "The Rockford Files" and "B.J. and the Bear". He played Jesse James in a hokey cult horror entitled Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966), which didn't do the infamous outlaw, or the monster for that matter, any favors. His first marriage, which produced a daughter, ended in divorce. A second marriage to Dian Friml, the granddaughter of "The Vagabond King" composer Rudolf Friml lasted until his death. He was seen less and less into the 1980s and later found full-time employment with a computer firm, appearing in guest roles on the sly. Volunteer work included serving with the Multiple Sclerosis Association and the Special Olympics. His last film Body Shot (1993) was released the same year of his death. He died of unreported causes on November 3, 1993, at age 65. Wife Dian died in 2005.