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Will Hutchins (born May 51932, Los Angeles, California) is an American actor most noted for playing the lead role of Tom Brewster in the Warner Brothers Western television series Sugarfoot on ABC from 1957-1961. Hutch, as he prefers to be known, attended Pomona College in Claremont, California, and specialized in Greek drama, and UCLA, where he took cinema classes. He served two years as a U.S. Army cryptographer in Paris, France.
In 1966-1967, he costarred with Sandy Baron in an NBC sitcom Hey, Landlord set in a New York City apartment building. The program followed Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color but failed to attract a sustaining audience against CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show and ABC's The F.B.I..
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Lanky and like able Will Hutchins was born in Los Angeles, California in 1932 and went to Pomona College and UCLA while spending two years as an Army cryptographer. Practically out of nowhere, he was discovered by a Warner Bros. TV talent scout and signed without any previous experience. Besides appearing as a guest on many TV westerns like "Maverick" (1957) and "Cheyenne" (1955), he earned his own series "Sugarfoot" (1957) in which he played an unlikely western hero. The program ran a respectable four seasons. In its aftermath, he focused on films, the most important being Merrill's Marauders (1962), and co-starred in a two-year stage tour of "Never Too Late". His gawky comedy style was put to the test as well in the 60s with two short-lived series, "Hey, Landlord" (1966) and "Blondie" (1968), the latter in which he played Dagwood Bumstead. He also backed up Elvis Presley in three of his mediocre film efforts. He also wed Carol Burnett's younger sister, Chrissie; they divorced in later years. As is often the case with an instant TV star, there is an eventual downswing and, in the late 60s, Will started to flounder badly. In his case, he turned his back on Hollywood and became, of all things, a ringmaster and clown for various circuses. Will has also worked behind-the-scenes for NBC and still attends conventions on occasion, more recently the 2004 Cincinnati Old Time Radio Convention where he received the "Stone-Waterman Award".







