Sonny Tufts
Known for Acting · 35 credits
- Born
- 1911-07-16
- Died
- 1970-06-04
- Place of birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Bowen Charlton "Sonny" Tufts III · Bowen Charlton Tufts III
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Sonny Tufts (born Bowen Charlton Tufts III, July 16, 1911, Boston, Massachusetts - June 4, 1970, Santa Monica, California) was a United States film actor.
Tufts was born into a prominent banking family, whose patriarch had supposedly sailed to America from England in 1683. He broke with the family banking tradition by studying opera at Yale, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. After graduating from college in 1935, he auditioned with the Metropolitan Opera in New York but eventually worked on the Broadway stage. In 1942, Tufts went to Hollywood. He attained some fame during World War II, principally because, due to an old college football injury, he was one of the few handsome male actors not serving overseas in the war.
He was married to Spanish dancer Barbara Dare from 1938 to 1953.
In the 1980s he was best known as one of the semi-random people and places that TV host Johnny Carson used in his jokes.
Known For
TV Shows (8)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Virginian
1962
as Frank Trampas
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
The Loner
1965
My Mother the Car
1965
Land's End
1968
as Hal
Movies (27)
The Seven Year Itch
1955
as Tom MacKenzie
The Virginian
1946
as Steve Andrews
Swell Guy
1946
as Jim Duncan
Easy Living
1949
as Tim 'Pappy' McCarr
So Proudly We Hail
1943
as Kansas
Variety Girl
1947
as Sonny Tufts
The Crooked Way
1949
as Vince Alexander
Gift Horse
1952
as Yank Flanagan
Town Tamer
1965
as Carmichael
Government Girl
1943
as E.H. 'Ed' Browne
No Escape
1953
as Det. Simon Shayne
Duffy's Tavern
1945
as Sonny Tufts
Cat-Women of the Moon
1953
as Laird Grainger
Here Come the Waves
1944
as Windy 'Pinetop' Windhurst
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Roland McDonald
Bring on the Girls
1945
as Phil North
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946
as Pug Prentiss
I Love a Soldier
1944
as Dan Kilgore
The Parson and the Outlaw
1957
as Jack Slade
The Well Groomed Bride
1946
as Torchy McNeil
Come Next Spring
1956
as Leroy Hightower
Serpent Island
1954
as Peter Mason
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
as Kevin O'Connor
Cross My Heart
1946
as Oliver Clarke
Run for the Hills
1953
as Charlie Johnson
The Untamed Breed
1948
as Tom Kilpatrick
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
1967
as Cousin Urie
About Sonny Tufts
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sonny Tufts (born Bowen Charlton Tufts III, July 16, 1911, Boston, Massachusetts - June 4, 1970, Santa Monica, California) was a United States film actor. Tufts was born into a prominent banking family, whose patriarch had supposedly sailed to America from England in 1683. He broke with the family banking tradition by studying opera at Yale, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. After graduating from college in 1935, he auditioned with the Metropolitan Opera in New York but eventually worked on the Br… With 35 credits spanning from 1943 to 1968, Sonny Tufts has appeared in 27 films and 8 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sonny Tufts Movies
- The Seven Year Itch (1955) — as Tom MacKenzie
- The Virginian (1946) — as Steve Andrews
- Swell Guy (1946) — as Jim Duncan
- Easy Living (1949) — as Tim 'Pappy' McCarr
- So Proudly We Hail (1943) — as Kansas
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