Grady Harwell Sutton (April 5, 1906 â€" September 17, 1995) was an
American film and television actor from the 1920s to the 1970s. He
appeared in more than 180 films.Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Sutton
was raised in Florida where he attended St. Petersburg High
School.Sutton began his career during the silent film era and made the
transition to sound films with the college themed shorts The Boy
Friends. He moved on to countless character roles, where he frequently
played dimwitted country boys. His best-known roles were as Frank
Dowling, Katharine Hepburn's dancing partner, in Alice Adams (1935)
and as a foil to W.C. Fields in four films, The Pharmacist (1933), Man
on the Flying Trapeze (1935), You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939),
and The Bank Dick (1940).Film historian William J. Mann characterizes
Sutton as a typical "Hollywood Sissy," that is as a gay actor who
ordinarily portrayed an effeminate character for comedic effect.
American film and television actor from the 1920s to the 1970s. He
appeared in more than 180 films.Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Sutton
was raised in Florida where he attended St. Petersburg High
School.Sutton began his career during the silent film era and made the
transition to sound films with the college themed shorts The Boy
Friends. He moved on to countless character roles, where he frequently
played dimwitted country boys. His best-known roles were as Frank
Dowling, Katharine Hepburn's dancing partner, in Alice Adams (1935)
and as a foil to W.C. Fields in four films, The Pharmacist (1933), Man
on the Flying Trapeze (1935), You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939),
and The Bank Dick (1940).Film historian William J. Mann characterizes
Sutton as a typical "Hollywood Sissy," that is as a gay actor who
ordinarily portrayed an effeminate character for comedic effect.
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